Macinhack has a nice article on maximizing your notebook’s battery life. Included in the article are the different ways of calibrating your battery for best performance, as well as measuring your battery’s strength and capacity.

Broadcom has been confirmed as an iPhone chip supplier, putting to bed some long-standing rumors. The news came out, of all things, from a lawsuit filed against the company by Qualcomm. Broadcom is a supplier of video chips for various iPod models.

In a partnership with Case-mate, Dr.Bott has announced a leather sheath for the MacBook and MacBook Pro. Adding another contender to the increasingly-popular pool of products that serve essentially as suits of armor for the notebook, The Suit is made of Italian leather and comes in sizes suitable for the 15-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook, at prices of $160 and $150, respectively. The Suit is available now in a variety of colors for the MacBook, with preorders being taken for the MacBook Pro model.

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