Apparently members of Congress have not read the studies which indicated iPhones have a significantly higher error rate. Or maybe they just want to switch from their Blackberries to the latest bling?

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter ended September 27, 2008. The Company posted revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share.

On Wednesday, T-Mobile's G1 Android-based phone made its retail appearance (it was previously only available via pre-order to existing T-Mobile customers). T-Mobile opened all of its retail storefronts at 8 AM, anticipating increased demand.

According to Gartner Inc.'s preliminary Q3 report on worldwide PC shipments, Apple's U.S. market share has nearly reached double-digits, at 9.5%, up from 7.7% last year (a 29.4% increase). Meanwhile, worldwide shipments reached 80.6 million units in the quarter, a 15% increase from last year.

Apple unveiled an all new MacBook® family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures and pro-performance notebook graphics by $700 to make them far more affordable.

Today Apple held its previously announced "Spotlight Turns to Notebooks" event. And besides new notebooks and new chipsets, they gave us more.

>When I watched an old 1988 thriller, "Miracle Mile," one of the things that struck me was the huge cellular phone used by Denise Crosby. And even that handset was five years newer than the phone used in the first commercial cellular phone call.

All right, before someone else says it, I'll say it: the first studies studies linking potential hearing loss and MP3 players were done years ago. And they concluded what any person with common sense would already know: yep, play it too loud, and you'll lose some hearing.

As expected, Apple has officially scheduled an event on Oct. 14th. The tagline for the event is "The spotlight turns to notebooks," emphasizing a notebook-focused event, which was also predicted.

A false report on CNN's new social news site, iReport, caused Apple stock to plummet on Friday morning. The site allows users to post unvetted, unfiltered stories, and a report of a massive heart attack suffered by Steve Jobs caused the drop (as you can see in the posted image).

Tuesday morning in New York City, T-Mobile and Google held their much anticipated launch event of the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. While the name of the device isn't as snappy as say, iPhone, and while it's unlikely the device is going to generate the buzz of thatdevice, there open-source nature of the device OS and the backing of many partners in the Open Handset Alliance, is bound to give this device legs.

Apple announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock.