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Papermaster hire on hold; IBM wins injunction

by Robert Palmer (Nov 10th, 2008)

Apple's quest to replace outgoing iPod and iPhone VP Tony Fadell has run into a major roadblock: a federal district judge has granted IBM an injunction, forbidding former IBMer Mark Papermaster from joining Apple's ranks, at least for now. The story is a classic HR nightmare. According to a timeline ...

Crazy Cringely Rumor: Apple to do H.264 Hardware in Every Mac

by Mat Lu (Mar 10th, 2007)

Robert X. Cringley is not the most reliable source of news, but he is almost always provocative. So take this one with a big grain of salt, but he is suggesting that Apple will soon incorporate hardware H.264 decoding and encoding chips across the Mac line. The big advantage of this would be to ...