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Apple's New MacBook Air: The End of the Conventional Hard Drive?

Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most intriguingly, the new MacBook Air ...READ»

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Intel Debuts a Vision for MacBook Air's New CPU

A cluster of future CPUs from Intel have just been announced, and among them are mobile chips that may (or may not) power the rumored, smaller MacBook Air upgrade. Thing is, there are two candidates.READ»

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Dell Adamo, Rival to MacBook Air, Pictured in the Wild

Brian Solis has posted several top-notch photos of the Dell Adamo. Still no technical specs available on Dell's MacBook Air competitor, but it sure does look pretty.READ»

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Apple Launches New MacBook Air, Lion OS X, Mac App Store, iLife 11

Steve Jobs shows off Apple's latest MacBook Air, its latest operating system Lion, and the Mac app store.READ»

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Mac Rumor Roundup: Lion on the Prowl?

In advance of Apple's super-secret announcement in Cupertino tomorrow, we serve up the gossip and rate its likelihood.READ»

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Plausible Rumor: Refreshed iPod Touch and Skinnier, Lighter MacBook Air En Route

The MacBook Air could soon get a radical makeover with new tech thinking that'll spread throughout the Mac lineup. It's happened before, and the latest set of rumors are plausible. The latest comes from Digitimes, a site that ...READ»

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What's the Deal With Apple's Non-Removable Batteries?

In an unexpected move on Monday, when everyone was looking at the new iPhones, Apple also tweaked its notebook lineup. Among the changes: The 13-inch MacBook Pro now has a non-removable battery. Why does Apple love to torture us so ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Apple's MacBook Announcement Eclipses Toshiba's New Notebooks; Warner Reveals DivX Distribution Plans

While Apple's Steve Jobs wowed Mac addicts with the latest versions of the MacBook today, Toshiba quietly announced a roundup of new notebooks. Care to wager on the winner?READ»

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New MacBook Pro Leaked?

The folks over at Engadget have gotten ahold of what might be a leaked photo of the new Apple [AAPL] MacBook Pro. Mac pundits everywhere have joined a chorus demanding the model's redesign, which is said to be long overdue. If this ...READ»

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Forget Adamo: Dell's Real MacBook Air Rival Is the Latitude Z

Dell's forthcoming high-style laptop may finally be a worthy rival to the Apple MacBook Air, right down to its lofty price tag.READ»

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My Brand-Sponsored Playlist

Last night, while chopping veggies with the TV buzzing in the background, I suddenly felt the hypnotic pull of that song with the drunken-piano-indie-chick-voice oozing, "Hoping I could learn bit bout how to give and ...READ»

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Pre-CES Buzz Jockeying

And...go! On Thursday the sprawling consumer electronics industry descends on Las Vegas for its biggest tradeshow, CES. For many companies, it will set the entire year's product calendar. But how to stand out? One ploy is to jump ...READ»

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Why The 15-Inch MacBook Air Rumor Makes Sense

It's major rumor-month for Apple products, and the latest that's hitting the internets suggests that there's a 15-inch version of the super-skinny MacBook Air on the way. This rumor even gets a little credibility from its source--a ...READ»

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Alienware's M17X Is the Antithesis of a Netbook

Alienware has been hinting at the release of its new gaming laptop with a cryptic "All Powerful" campaign. But it looks like someone at the company didn't speak to marketing, and released info on the M17X anyway. It's a ...READ»

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Dell's Ultra-Thin Adamo Notebook to Rival MacBook Air

Rumors and snippets of information are circlating that Dell has a novel new laptop on the way: An ultra-thin, ultra-light machine in the MacBook Air class. Only Dell's machine, dubbed Adamo, is to be thinner. Apple's MacBook Air ...READ»

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Toshiba Portege Gets Massive Solid State Hard Drive

The venerable Portege line, Toshiba's [OTC: TOSBF] ultra-portable notebooks, has just gotten a little more venerable. The R500, the company's well-received 12.1-inch LED-backlit laptop, has officially gotten an upgrade to a 128GB ...READ»

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Apple Adds a New Cat to the Pack

If you weren’t listening closely to the first couple of minutes during Steve Jobs’ keynote speech yesterday, you might have missed another significant product announcement: Snow Leopard OS X. Details were sparse from the Silicon ...READ»

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WANTED: LG X300 Netbook With Nigh Invincible Gorilla Glass Screen

LG, though not normally known in North America for their PCs, has put together a damn fine-looking one: the X300 netbook, featuring a near-invincible Gorilla glass screen. The X300 is more a netbook than a full-fledged laptop: it's ...READ»

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Dell's Adamo Revealed: Big Luxury, Big Price, Low Greenness

After all the fuss, Dell's finally revealed the first machine in its Adamo line of notebook PCs. As expected, it's pretty high on the luxury scale and correspondingly high in price. And surprisingly not so high in terms of ...READ»

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MySI - Helping The Sports Handicapped

Last week I talked about using Twitter as a business tool. This week, I chose a different tool that has helped me in business life, MySI aka: Sports Illustrated Mobile version for Windows Mobile. How is this a secret business ...READ»

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The Tablets of Our Dreams

Computers in movies look nothing like the beasts we lug around today. They're thin and light, a single pane that jumps to life when touched. Technology follows Hollywood dreams; here's hoping this montage is a portent of what's ...READ»

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LG's LH95 is World's Thinnest LED-Lit LCD TV

The LH95 television due for unveiling at CES 2009 makes it sound like LCD technology has just taken an incredible advance. That's because LG is branding it as the world's thinnest LED-illuminated LCD TV.It's just 24.8mm thick--only ...READ»

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Why Won't the Apple Tablet Rumors Go Away?

Digitimes reported today that LCD manufacturer Wintek will produce displays for a new Apple [AAPL] netbook to be released this summer. We've been hearing about the non-existant Apple netbook for months. Why won't these rumors die? ...READ»

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Lenovo's S12 Netbook Gets Big-Screen, Big Graphics Power from Nvidia

Lenovo's pulled the wraps off its S12, which is far more than a ho-hum addition to its long list of netbook PCs. It's got a 12-inch screen, and is the first netbook to use Nvidia's powerful Ion platform. The S12 is further ...READ»

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The Home Office, Kids Edition

Kids and offices don't mix, right? Tempting though it would be to take a leaf out of Apple's book and employ my young charges--open up a blogging sweatshop, if you like--I think I'd be on the fast track to nowhere--I'd get sacked ...READ»