For those of you concerned about the environmental impact of being a geek, NewerTech’s popular line of replacement batteries (which we’ve reviewed) have taken a step to help minimize negative effects on the environment:

WOODSTOCK, IL (March 20, 2007) Newer Technology Inc. (NewerTech) announced on Earth Day, March 20, 2007, that its entire line of NewerTech […]

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One of the big stories in recent weeks has been the much-discussed Google phone. After a flurry of miscommunications, language issues, and uncertainty surrounding Google’s intentions, it appears that Google is finally speaking with one voice in saying they aren’t working on a mobile phone. That’s not to say they aren’t working on […]

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Other World Computing has sent us exciting news on their RAM offerings for the MacBook. If any of the OWC crew is reading this, we’d be happy to, uh, review this upgrade, because really, can you ever have enough RAM?

March 20, 2007, Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and […]

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Engadget has a story and photos of a 17-inch MacBook Pro with significant battery swelling. These things do happen, but of more interest is the fact that they say they’ve received multiple reports of similar occurrences from other readers. The real alarming part is how many people added in the comments to the […]

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Unstrung has apparently broken the big news that Palm is on the verge of being bought out, with a deal likely any day now. The big questions, though, are who is going to purchase the company, and what does this mean for Apple and the iPhone?

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Low End Mac honcho Dan Knight has an interesting query in his piece, asking whether the iPhone is a Macintosh. We won’t spoil it by telling you the answer.

The internet is abuzz with rumors of an early iPhone release, most of which are based on another rumor that Apple has set component deadlines.

If you […]

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Engadget was kind enough to clue those of us who don’t read the ol’ nihongo that Toshiba Matsushita has announced seven new LED displays, with the largest coming in at 13.3-inches. Something about that size rings a bell…Perhaps Apple could make use of such a beast in the MacBook? The bare specs […]

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The verisimilitudinous Jason D. O’Grady has wise words on his blog. With the influx of bigger and badder laptop drives, people have forgotten that not all 2.5-inch drives will fit in a laptop, as drive height is an issue, too.

A fun post over at CrunchGear discusses making the ultimate mobile geek bag. Even […]

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Australian website Smarthouse has a fascinating story on an interview with the head of Sony. CEO Howard Stringer talks quite a bit about Apple-related topics, such as the iPod and iPhone and the competition with Sony’s own efforts in the music player and phone arenas. Whether Sony understands even now what it needs […]

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We were just cruising the ZDNet blogs when we came along this entry from our old friend Marc Orchant, alerting us to the fact that in the flurry of software updates from Apple last week, one thing that might have flown under the radar is support for more phones with iSync. Checking Apple’s list […]

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MacApper has a handy article on cleaning your black MacBook. If you own one of these beauties, you know how hard it is to keep them looking presentable, and there are some recommendations here you might not think of.

Over at cellular-news is an interesting article on how the iPhone is actually helping Samsung. […]

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