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App Store for the Mac: Will It Be a Home Run?

The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»

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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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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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How Apple's MacBook Air Refresh Will Slay Optical Drives, Make You Reconsider Hard Drives

This week we're expecting big things from Apple. One of them is a MacBook Air refresh, and some tempting details surfaced over the weekend. The leaked data inspires one interesting thought: Are we about to say bye-bye to the optical drive?READ»

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Apple Patents Hint at Touchscreen Macs, MagSafe iPads, and Wireless Syncing

Time for your Friday check of Apple rumors. Patents are re-injecting some intrigue into the thoughts about touchscreen iMacs, and potential MagSafe connectors for the iPad could hint that Apple plans wireless syncing at last.READ»

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iFive: Sony's Google TV, Facebook's Checkin Patents, MacBook Air Rumor, Hypertension Cures, Facebook Revamp

Here's the early news, crafted while you dozed by other industrious folk who's day is already begun: 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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Apple Patent Foresees Sexy, Bulletproof iPhone 5

The Cupertino giant files a design for a cosmetically attractive composite material. It may point the way to indestructible iDevices. READ»

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iPads For All: 5 Technologically Decked-Out Schools You Wish You Went To

Gone are the days when a decent education alone lured college applicants. Now it's all about who's got the best gadget giveaways. Below, five college campuses with the goods to get the geeks.The University of Notre DameAs part of a ...READ»

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Tools of My Trade: Shanghai Peace Hotel's Architect Ian Carr

From pencils to messenger bags, the things that inspire the architect behind the renovation of Shanghai's historic Peace Hotel.READ»

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Apple Files Patent for Swiveling, Touchscreen iMac

As with all patent filings, we shouldn't be tempted into thinking this touchscreen iMac is necessarily real. But man, is it tempting.READ»

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Synaptics on the Future of Touchscreen Technology

Synaptics, a developer of human interface solutions, hit the jackpot when it bet big on touchscreen technology before it became an integral part of consumer culture.READ»

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Webcam-Spying Pennsylvania High School Avoids Federal Charges

Remember that Lower Merion, PA high school's webcam spying scandal? Well, federal prosecutors have decided not to file any criminal charges against the school. That's not to say they'll escape scot-free, though.READ»

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How Sparkseed Founder Mike Del Ponte Found His True Calling

Mike Del Ponte is the founder of Sparkseed, a non-profit that invests in young social entrepreneurs. Del Ponte was an activist en route to priesthood when it occurred to him that the best way to create social change was through entrepreneurship, not volunteerism.READ»

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All You Need to Know About Apple's New iMac, Mac Pro, 27-inch Display [Updated]

Apple has, as expected, lavished some upgrade love on several of its products: The Mac Pro, the iMac and the Cinema Display lineups have all been tweaked to improve their specs. The Mac Pro even got a 12-processor core ...READ»

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Apple Reveals Magic Trackpad Peripheral

 The rumors were right: Alongside new Macs, Apple's revealed its newest gizmo--a Bluetooth trackpad. It's designed to bring the same sort of multitouch goodness that MacBook users have experienced for months to iMac or even PC ...READ»

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The Itch Steve Jobs Can't Scratch: The Scrappy Influence of Brian Lam's Gizmodo

This interview is part of our ongoing series related to The Influence Project. A number of people have told me they believe Steve Jobs is the most influential person on the Internet. If that's true, what does that make Gizmodo ...READ»

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What Will Apple Do or Say at Tomorrow's iPhone 4 Briefing?

Apple's called a press event for a select group of reporters on Friday July 16th, in all likelihood to address the furor over its antenna flaw.READ»

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Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere

Everyone wants to be like Steve Jobs and his powerhouse company. It's not as easy as it looks.READ»

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Social Networking Affects Brains Like Falling in Love

Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has discovered, for the first time, that social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains. And that should be a wake-up call for every company.READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Apple's Tree of Knowledge

"I owned all three versions of the Newton," blurted Fast Company art director Dean Markadakis during a recent editorial gathering. "I've had every Mac since 1984." Markadakis isn't normally so voluble, but this time, he couldn't ...READ»

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Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning

Pad, tablet, book, slate - what shall we call these mini-computers?READ»

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WANTED: Wacom Bamboo Touch Pad

Wacom's Bamboo Touch is a USB-connected multitouch trackpad. It's like a MacBook trackpad, but bigger, portable, and it works with Windows. READ»

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Apple's New Mac Mini: A Preview of the Next Apple TV

Apple has just lavished attention on its smallest Mac, the Mini, and now the tiny beast is smaller, more powerful and HDMI-capable. And it provides a preview of what Apple's other media box, the Apple TV, might be like--if Jobs and ...READ»