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Ars checked in with Omni Group head honcho Ken Case at the 2011 Macworld Expo to see what's in store for this year. Better cloud syncing between task and project management apps and a version of OmniOutliner for the iPad are on the way.

There's an idea emanating from New York that if you put a bunch of journalists and programmers in a room and feed them, in 24 hours some magic will happen and there will be a solution to the vexing problem of how journalism can exist on the Internet. This is a question for the journalists, of course

During the calendar year 2010 Apple spent nearly $2 billion in R&D. That is a significant increase from $714 million in 2006. However, as a percent of sales, R&D spending has decreased. Sales have grown more rapidly than resources hired to develop the products (or to sell them).

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Bloggers like simplicity. They view themselves as computer industry geniuses, as the embodiment of a fantasied future, vectors for all forms of intellectual

by Jean-Louis Gassée This year, three wishes were on top of my list: A smaller, lighter MacBook, an app store for the Mac, and a curated iOS app store. I