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| Jan.3 |
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Video iPod to be Unveiled
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| Jan.7 |
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Apple unveils 17-inch laptop CEO Steve Jobs introduced two lightweight laptops and a software for easier handling of digital videos, music and photos
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| Jan.10 |
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Arrested for selling missile tech to China Qing Chang Jiang, was arrested on charges he illegally exported technology that could be used in missile guidance systems
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| Jan.15 |
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$8 million first-quarter loss PC maker is blaming restructuring charges. Apple Computer lost 2 cents per share, on revenue of $1.47 billion
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| Jan.25 |
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Borland moving to Cupertino Cupertino officials excited, but it's unclear if the company will move its headquarters or just some of its employees
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| Jan.28 |
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Prices Cut on Power Macs, Displays
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| Feb.10 |
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Apple Gets Into Data Storage Business
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| Feb.11 |
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Google Tops Apple, Coke in Branding Poll
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| Feb.13 |
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3 bodies found, possible murder-suicide| Woman and two children found in a home. The house smells overwhelmingly of gas | |
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| Feb.14 |
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Broken Heater May Have Killed Family
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| Feb.21 |
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IBM Closes Acquisition of Rational
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| Feb.24 |
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Power outage
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| Mar.5 |
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Subscription music service to be launched
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| Mar.19 |
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Gore joins board of Apple Former Vice President popularized the 'information superhighway'. Gore fills a seat left vacant by Oracle chief executive Ellison
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Original iMac Retired as Sales Slacken
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| Mar.20 |
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Additional Independent Director
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| Apr.1 |
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Al Gore receives 30,000 stock options Former Vice President was elected to board of directors
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| Apr.6 |
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Features added to Movie, DVD Software
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| Apr.11 |
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Talks to Buy Universal Music Apple Computer is in talks to buy the world's largest record company from Vivendi Universal for as much as $6 billion
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| Apr.16 |
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$14 million net profit, twice what expected Quarterly profits fell 65%. Net income for the 3 months is 4 cents a share
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| Apr.21 |
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New Online Music Service
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| Apr.24 |
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CEO Ducks Questions on Music Strategy
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| Apr.25 |
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Shareholders want options expensed Shareholders are rejecting the company's wishes to keep the costs off the books
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| Apr.28 |
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Apple launches online music service| iTunes Music Store draws from all 5 major record labels in offering 200,000 songs at 99 cents a download | | |
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| May.2 |
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Music Store Starts Strong
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| May.6 |
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Online Music Store Sells 1 Million Tracks
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| May.7 |
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House explodes after gas line cut| A house burst into flames after a construction crew working nearby using a boring machine severed a gas line | |
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| May.14 |
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Online Music Store Sells 2 Million Songs
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| May.28 |
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Software to block Internet file sharing| The company issued an update to iTunes after some Macintosh owners used it to swap songs | | |
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| Jun.4 |
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2-alarm fire damaged 3 units
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| Jun.5 |
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Movie Editing Software A new version will broaden the market for digital film and DVD editing products
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| Jun.23 |
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New 64-bit Power Macintosh, OS X The new Power Mac is based on the long-awaited G5 microprocessor. Jobs also previewed the next version of OS X
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| Jul.7 |
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Adobe to abandon software for Mac The latest overhaul of video editing program Premiere would no longer work on Macintosh computers
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| Jul.16 |
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Quarter profit slides, beats expectations| Profits fell by 41%. Apple earned $19 million, or 5 cents per share | |
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| Aug.18 |
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Symantec buys patent Symantec has purchased a key security technology patent as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by Hilgraeve
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| Sep.12 |
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Beatles' company sues over trademark Apple Corps Ltd. said Apple Computer violated a 1991 agreement by entering the music business with its iTunes
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| Sep.16 |
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New notebooks, which are overtaking PCs Apple Computer expects to soon be selling as many computer laptops as desktops
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| Nov.6 |
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ITunes Outsold Napster 5-1 in 1st Week Consumers purchased and downloaded 1.5 million songs during the same period that Napster is selling 300,000 songs
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| Nov.18 |
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New Macs Rolled Out Ahead of Season Apple Computer unveiled an iMac with a 20-inch flat-panel screen and a new model of Power Mac G5 desktop computer
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| Dec.15 |
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Online Store Sales Top 25 Million Songs More than $1 million worth of iTunes online gift certificates and allowances have been bought
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