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Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X [Rumor]

This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13" and 15" models, one running Mac OS X. This source claims that the two ...READ»

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Psystar Keeps Shipping Mac Clones, Despite Lawsuit

Psystar ventured to do the impossible: sell generic Macintosh clones preinstalled with Apple's [NASDAQ:AAPL] Mac OS X operating system, without Apple's blessing. It's not usually a good idea to cross Apple's team of attack-dog IP ...READ»

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What's Behind The Acronyms

In order to participate in the discussion it's helpful to know what people are talking about. I've grabbed some of my favorite acronyms from a number of different online sources. I invite everyone to amend, alter, correct and ...READ»

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Should Mac OS X Be Open?

There's a little computer company in Florida called Psystar making cheap Macintosh clones, that thinks that OS X should be open. But Apple [AAPL] thinks the company may be the puppet of a larger enemy. The Cupertino computer-maker ...READ»

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Ten Mac Apps That Make Windows Users Drool

// Used to be that Windows users could admit the Mac was easy to use--they just complained there wasn't any software for the platform. Apple knew their weakness, too, so they endeavored to turn their developer tools into the envy ...READ»

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Hacking, Like The Weather, Is Seasonal

A survey of the hackers attending this month's Defcon 17 conference turned up these rather interesting results: About 81% of the hackers say they're more active during the winter holidays. READ»

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free game downloads The Advantages and Disadvantages of Free Game Download Do you have a game you want to play in mind but don't have an installer to get started? Well, that seems to be a great problem before, but not today. ...READ»

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Meet T.J. Pluhacek, the Youngest iPad App Developer

The 16-year-old developer from Oregon has already landed his first iPad-specific program in the App Store--NoteLook. This is not a game.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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HP's New MediaSmart Home Servers To Play With Macs

HP's EX485 and 487 servers have just hit the network-attached storage scene, and they're likely to make a bit of a splash: they're apparently the first NAS devices not made by Apple that are officially compatible with the Time Machine ...READ»

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Hackintosh Superstore Will Raise $175 Million in IPO

Newegg, the hardware hacker's playground, is making an initial public offering valued at $175 million, according to Reuters. The venture-backed e-tailer has been profitable every year since it opened its doors in 2001, scooping up ...READ»

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Sylvania g Netbook Meso [review]

Sylvania g Netbook Meso [I've spent nearly every day and night with this netbook since right up before Thanksgiving. It's like my new moleskin notebook -- because it's practically that light. Did I say it was only 2.2 lbs? Well, it ...READ»

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Great Customer Service: How Does Witopia Do It?

In a world where we mostly complain about service, Witopia, my VPN provider has risen to the challenge of providing world-class support.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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Is Apple Planning A "Mac Nano?"

A Chinese company says it's producing a case for an upcoming iPhone Nano. Bits of code inside the latest version of OS X suggest a new Mac Mini. Are they one in the same?READ»

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Technology: Hacking, Loving, Hating the Asus EEE PC

This week I became the roughly one billionth person to buy one of those diminutive, happy little things called Asus Eee PCs. Mine is the low-end $299 version, and it came in a color I've taken to calling Confident Man ...READ»

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Apple Sues Clone-Maker Psystar

Since Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] moved its computers to Intel chips, they've had to rebuild OS X to run on x86 -- aka, PC -- hardware. That's obviously opened some doors for mettling hacker-types, who've since ported the OS to run on any ...READ»

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Technology: Hacking the iPhone for Espionage

No, it's not enough that you can hack your iPhone to operate on the T-Mobile network, or launch third-party applications, or play games. No, someone had to go and demonstrate how you can -- quite easily, with some know-how -- turn an ...READ»

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User Feedback Optimizes Molly Reed's Productivity App OmniGraffle

Molly Reed uses customer feedback to create user-friendly productivity apps that make film sets more efficient.READ»

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iPhone Backlash

The much extolled iPhone has finally been released amongst a veritable storm of praise and acclamation into the hands of its adoring fans. But with all the praise must inevitably come some backlash. Just what are critics saying could be wrong with Apple's latest invention?READ»

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Tech Watch: Obama Launches Video Game Campaign; Microsoft on Windows 7; and Adobe Ships CS4

In a last-minute campaign effort, Obama's team has launched a full force Video Game Campaign extending the candidate's reach into the 18-34 market.READ»

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As Apple WWDC 08 Nears, Rumors Mount

With less than five days until Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] Worldwide Developers' Conference in San Fransisco, Mac fanboys are getting some exciting peaks into the coming announcements. Spy shots taken at the Moscone Center, where the ...READ»

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Uploading Kodak Zi8 Videos to Flickr

 Recently my mom bought me a Kodak Zi8 pocket HD video camera for my birthday. Thanks, Mom! You know what an engineer likes! I love photography, and I upload my photos to the Flickr photo sharing site. But I think my ...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»