Long ago, in a more simple era–before we had new-fangled modern conveniences like magnetic power adapters–there was a small bag company that just made quality backpacks for your PowerBook’s conveyance from place to place.
Well, time marches forward and you just can’t buy a new PowerBook these days, but you still can buy a bag from […]

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Apple COO Tim Cook, Steve Jobs’ right-hand man, recently spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium, offering 45 minutes of discussion and Q&A, with a significant portion of the time devoted to the iPhone. Apple has the audio from the event available on their website, but AppleInsider has also transcribed the juiciest iPhone […]

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Gizmodo turned us on (no pun intended) to these pairs of iPhone thong underwear finding their way onto eBay. The item description features these gems:

IS HE HYPNOTIZED WITH THE NEW IPHONE?, … THEN HYPNOTIZE HIM WITH THIS IPHONE THONG!. GUARANTEED TO MAKE HIM TAKE ONE LOOK AND KEEP HIS EYES LOCKED ON IT.

-GIRLS: […]

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My iPhone has their take on the iPhone and Newton comparisons.

The story we posted the other day about a MacBook Pro surviving a gunshot has taken a strange turn. Wired has coverage of the unfolding drama, which includes the victim being threatened over her photos.

Australia’s Herald Sun has an interesting look a […]

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Blogger Jon Fortt at Business 2.0 (you know you’re old when you remember when the magazine was called The Net) has a substantial and intriguing position on the iPhone: license the platform. The prediction is rather ominous:

I predict Apple has three years to decide whether to license the iPhone platform and be a market […]

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Over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories there is a hilarious “hands on” with a test of the iPhone. See what Apple changed between the prototype iPhone demonstrated during Steve’s Macworld keynote and the final shipping product.

Macworld has a review of the Aegis Portable 80GB hard drive, a compact external FireWire drive. The $139 […]

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The UK’s Times Online has a unique perspective on the iPhone, looking at the fight between component makers and the companies potentially vying to assemble the final product. The lucrative contracts could make or break some companies–as has been seen in the stock prices of some companies that were able to supply parts for […]

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If you’re one of the MacBook Pro owners suffering from the irritation of a high-pitched buzzing noise coming from your notebook, Apple has at least confirmed you aren’t crazy or making it up in a new Knowledge Base article. The article offers no direct solutions to the noise, which sometimes brings along some vibrations, […]

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Computerworld keeps pumping out the goods, this time with an interesting comparison between the late, great Newton and the forthcoming iPhone. Reading this almost made me want to dig out my old Newton 120, so I could remember those fond times cursing the fact that I hadn’t ponied up the extra cash for the […]

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Forbes has a piece discussing analysis from RBC Capital Markets analysts on RIM’s prospects for the future, particularly in the face of imminent competition from the iPhone. While some have suggested the iPhone could be a Blackberry killer, assuming the iPhone’s screen proves adequate for significant typing, at least this expert believes RIM will […]

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Financial blog Notable Calls has some interesting information on the analysis of Goldman Sachs regarding the iPhone. In their notes on the call, they report that surveys show the number of potential buyers for the iPhone is 75-percent of the current iPod user installed base. Given that Apple has sold somewhere in the […]

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