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THE ARCHIVES: Stories You May Have Missed the First Time Around
(Listed in Ascending Order with "Newest" at End of each Category)


Special Reports

PBCentral.com's Coverage of Macworld 2007 (With Reports from Various Ends of the Spectrum)

• The One-Week Countdown to Macworld 2007 Begins | NEWS: (1.02.07)
• Fanning the Winds of Macworld 2007's Rumor Mills | COMMENTARY: (1.03.07)
• A 'Spot'-light on What Leopard's Top Secret Feature May Be | OPINION: (1.04.07)
• 24 Hours to Macworld and 'Breakfast with Steve' | FEATURE: (1.08.07)
• 'Live from San Francisco, it's Breakfast with Steve Jobs' | NEWS: (1.09.07)
• Macworld Expo 2007: A Look Back, Thoughts, & Wrap-Up | COMMENTARY: (1.12.07)

The Lead-Up to Apple's iPhone Debut (With Coverage of the iPhone 'World Premiere' on 6/29)

• 'Apple + AT&T + iPhone =' What, Exactly for the non-Apple...? | NEWS/FEATURE: (6.20.07)
• iPhone's Real 'Deep Impact' Yet to be Seen; Apple Inc. to... | COMMENTARY: (6.22.07)
• iPhone-related News Tidbits Around the Web | NEWS: (6.26.07)
• Don't Make Friday a 'Cingular' Sensation; Team Up to Battle... | FEATURE: (6.28.07)
• iPhones at AT&T/Cingular Wireless Stores (In-Depth List) | NEWS: (6.28.07)
• 'If You Build it, Will they Come?': Yes, iDid (Coverage of "iDay"- 6/29) | NEWS: (7.02.07)

Mac OS X v10.5- Leopard Release Day: 10/26 (With Reports from Various Ends of the Spectrum)

• Leopard: 'Introducing Windows Vista 2.0' (Pre-Coverage) | FEATURE: (10.26.07)
• 'The "Wow" Starts Now' for Apple, Inc. (Coverage of Event) | FEATURE: (10.30.07)

News

• 09.29.06: Return of the Apple 'Ultra-Portable' Line?
• 10.21.06: CNET, CNN Corroborate 'Central Columnist's Conclusion
• 10.24.06: Apple Officially Acknowledges MacBook's New Blue Hue
• 11.17.06: Innovation will be Key Factor in Success of 'iPhone'
• 11.30.06: CNBC's On the Money: 'It is an iPod/Mac Christmas'
• 12.03.06: Top Two Electronics Store Retail Chains Selling Macs Again
• 12.28.06: Apple's All the Rage in the Business World this Week
• 01.30.07: Windows PC Users to Get a Taste of Mac OS X Tiger Today
• 02.19.07: Best Buy in Special Sunday Insert: 'Make Your Move to Mac'
• 03.23.07: Apple Technology Helps Kids with Illness Stay in School
• 04.10.07: The Next-Gen 12" Ultra-Portable is Here (but not from Apple)
• 05.11.07: Intel's New Lineup to Increase Speed, Decrease Energy Use
• 08.02.07: 'Dateline NBC' Investigation Sheds Light on Another Serial Offender: Apple Jacks
• 08.07.07: Apple Inc. to Announce New Products Today
• 09.18.07: AMD: Why They're 'The Smarter Choice'
• 01.04.08: Get Just the Right One at Your Apple Store
• 01.09.08: CompUSA Closures Halted by New Buyer
• 03.25.08: Apple's 'Evil'-ution Credited to One Genius
• 04.28.08: iTunes' Fifth (B-day) Shows Why It's First
• 08.13.08: 3-Alarm Fire on Apple's Cupertino Campus

Features

• 10.04.06: Has Your 'Book been Exhibiting Signs of the Blues?
• 11.22.06: Use Your Mac for Something Other than Work this Holiday
• 11.24.06: Holiday Wish List: What's the Apple of Everyone's 'i' (Eye)?
• 11.27.06: What's the Apple of Everyone's 'i' (Eye) this Holiday?
• 12.29.06: Believe in the Magic of the 'Halo'-day Season
• 02.27.07: Putting the Puzzle Pieces of a 12" Pro Portable in Place
• 05.10.07: Apple Store mini: Now Open at a Best Buy Store Near You
• 05.14.07: Your G4 Mac isn't Officially 'Vintage' Until it's in this Museum
• 07.12.07: 'Get a Mac' Spoof: Hi, I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC
• 07.31.07: 'The Mac's New Face': Twelve Years Later
• 10.16.07: iPhone, PowerBook Gain Celebrity Status
• 10.31.07: Get a Digital Makeover with Morpheus
• 11.21.07: Get Black Friday Deals on 'New' Macs 24/7
• 11.23.07: iPod Holiday Shopping Guide '07 (& Review)
• 11.26.07: Can You Make a Leopard Change its Spots?
• 11.28.07: Two Black Friday Deals You Missed Out On
• 11.30.07: How Not to Get Your Rock On this Christmas
• 12.27.07: Apple's iPhone Tops List of Hot Items for '07
• 04.30.08: PowerBook G4 Econo-Mac Stimulus Plan '08

Opinion

• 09.22.06: Apple's Efforts to Innovate Inconsistent as of Late - "Think Different" (Part 1)
• 10.06.06: Apple Should Take a Page Out of Sony's 'book
• 10.20.06: A Shift in Newton's Law
• 11.28.06: A Super Ultra-Portable Mac in an Easy-to-Swallow Pill?
• 02.28.07: Is the 12" G4 the New Modern-Day 'Pismo' PowerBook?
• 04.12.07: Why Windows Vista is a Little Long in the Horn (Tooth)
• 07.11.07: OK, is it a Sony MacBook or an Apple VAIO?
• 10.12.07: Apple Unaware it 'Did a Bad Bad Thing'
• 12.07.07: Why Apple Needs a Pro Ultra-Portable Again
• 03.26.08: Leopard's Certainly no Microsoft 'Vista 2.0'
• 04.29.08: Does Buying New Make 'Cents' These Days?
• 06.30.08: What's the Mac-centric Message in 'Wall-E'?

Commentary

• 10.25.06: In Apple's Shoes / A Real-Life Lesson for my Students
• 11.15.06: 'Genius (Misery) Loves Company'
• 01.17.07: Was Going Retro Over the MacBook Pro a Good Choice? - "Think Different" (Part 2)
• 02.21.07: Getting to the Core of One Bad Aspect of Apple Innovation
• 03.27.07: Intel's 'Classmate PC': a Missed Opportunity for Apple?
• 05.04.07: IBM Announces Major Technological Breakthrough in Chips
• 06.13.07: iPod Still a Driving Force Behind Apple Inc.'s Quest to Command and Conquer
• 07.05.07: 'Transformers' Real Star? Apple Notebooks
• 07.10.07: Apple Inc. Taking Page Out of its 'Notebook' for Next-Gen iMac; Sony Doing Same (Again)
• 08.08.07: Thoughts on Apple's New Flagship iMacs
• 09.05.07: 'And the Beat Goes On...' (No, Not That)
• 09.26.07: On Design Ave., Apple's No Backseat Driver
• 10.10.07: 'Which iPod Are You?' (Good Question)
• 03.27.08: Will Computers One Day Run on Single OS?
• 06.27.08: Apple, Inc.- You Sly Fox, 'Wall-E' Coyote You
• 08.08.08: IBM Makes Mobile Devices, 'Real' Computers

Reader's Rants & Raves

• 12.27.06: The Press Box Mailbox: Edition #1 (Reader's E-mails)

The Humor Bin

• 01.01.07: Three Big Mac Stories You Missed in 2006

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Joe Leo begins his second year as a columnist for Power|'Book Central. His passion for writing, along with his extensive background in journalism and technology, are a perfect complement for this educator and professional freelance journalist based in San Francisco, CA.