Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Simon
We can finally cross one name off the list of companies either threatening Apple or actually engaged in legal action with Apple after a settlement was reached with Cisco today. The companies have–somewhat surprisingly–agreed to share the iPhone name instead of figuring out sole ownership.
Some expected Cisco to essentially hold Apple hostage for whatever […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Doug
If you look just a bit above this post, you’ll see a brand new text ad link. That’d be for our newest PBZone.com advertiser, Ramjet. As you can see from their ad, you can max out your MacBook Pro’s RAM capacity for only $198, with a solid 1 GB upgrade coming in at $98. They […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Simon
NewScientist.com has some promising news of a new patent filed by Intel using light sensors to check multiple parts of a computer’s casing for the temperature. If you’ve ever used an application to see the temp of your computer, you’ve probably realized it doesn’t tell you much about how hot the actual casing feels […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Simon
Another day, another lawsuit for Apple, it seems. Electronics Weekly has a story on another beef between Apple and Quantum Research, this time over technology found in the iPhone. Here is an except from when an employee of Quantum Research was asked about the iPhone:
We will be looking very carefully at the iPhone,” […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Simon
Those clever fellows over at HardMac have a fairly incredible story on giving your CoreDuo MacBook 802.11n wifi support. If you haven’t been keeping up on this, the original MacBooks with CoreDuo processors support 802.11g, while the Core 2 Duo MacBooks of a more recent vintage also feature support for 802.11n, which is used […]
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Simon
If you need something funny to help with your case of the Mondays, this Wired blog post might just be the cure for what ails you. The topic of the entry is how to turn two half-broken iBooks into two completely-broken iBooks, and this is really a skill you can never know too much […]
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Simon
Consider the matter settled. Despite our guarded hopes that yesterday’s rumor of lower iPhone prices was true, the naysayers proved to be right when they doubted its veracity. The research firm that was supposed to have done the mockup for Cingular as part of a study apparently has nothing to do with Cingular […]
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Simon
For users (or prospective users) of Sprint, Verizon, or Cingular’s WWAN (wireless wide area network) services, Apple has made things a little easier with a software update today offering support for third-party products used by the services. Here is the description of the update from Apple:
The WWAN Support Update v1.0 provides SW support for […]
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Doug
Spire is one of our longtime former advertisers on the site. They let us know that all of their backpacks are on sale for the entire month of February, with up to $25 off some of their great packs, so check them out if you’re in the market for a backpack-style bag.
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Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Simon
AppleInsider is knocking them out of the park with yet another huge rumor, this time of a new subnotebook on the way from Apple. Yes, we’ve heard it before, and details are still scarce, but AI is usually pretty accurate with their rumors and they seem quite sure that we’ll see this product sooner […]
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Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Simon
Some big news recently came in the form of a supposed leak about Cingular considering a reduction in the price of the iPhone. According to Apple iPhone Review, a mockup ad was made advertising Cingular and the iPhone, but with prices reduced $200 on each model, to $299 and $399, with the goal being […]
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