A crazy story has been unfolding in recent days, with a MacBook stolen from a London shop posting photos to the shop’s Flickr gallery weeks after the theft. Apparently the MacBook was setup to automatically upload PhotoBooth pictures (presumably using something like FlickrBooth) to the shop’s Flickr account, and now the faces of the […]

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We’re always a little wary of asking customer service employees or salespeople serious questions for news stories, but for what it’s worth, a representative of Rogers Wireless has contradicted earlier fears of the iPhone having no carrier in Canada. While there’s still no word on a date, Rogers is apparently now saying it’s only […]

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One of the oft-discussed elements of the iPhone has been the sources of its components. While many of the chipset suppliers have been known for some time, it’s only coming out now that Germany-touchscreen producer Balda has likely been tapped for the job. Apple isn’t the only customer of Balda, with major players […]

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We’re still a little more than two months away from having the iPhone in our iHand, but if you need a little geek methadone, BoxWave is ready with a first round of iPhone accessories. If you want a leather case or anti-glare screen cover ready and waiting on iPhone Day, they’re available now, along […]

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If you want to be on the cutting edge of storage technology and are getting impatient waiting for Apple to offer Blu-Ray, our friends at Fastmac have some new upgrades:

Salinas, CA - Fastmac today announced the first & only Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple’s PowerBook, iBook & MacBook Pro computers. The new slimline, slot […]

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If you’ve ever spilled a can of pop on your MacBook, or opened up your notebook’s keyboard to find the remnants of half a sandwich, zCover’s TypeOn keyboard skin might be for you. The $24.95 covers will be released in a variety of colors for your MacBook, though there’s no word on a release […]

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Reg Hardware has a review of an interesting ExpressCard/34 accessory from Griffin. The 5:1 card reader supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, SD, MMC and xD cards. The card seems to do what it’s supposed to, so no complaints from the reviewer.

In other review news, Gizmodo has a review of FastMac’s replacement AC […]

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We’re turning into some Apple TV nerds here, so we thought we’d pass along this interesting offer from site-sponsor TechRestore:

Concord, CA - April 5, 2007 - TechRestore, Inc. announced today that they have begun offering pre-upgraded Apple TV systems for sale. These systems have been pre-configured with storage upgrades up to 160 Gigabyte.

The 160 Gigabyte […]

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With all the hullabaloo surrounding confirmation of the iPhone launching in June in the United States, people living outside the US are wondering when they’re going to see the iPhone. Despite Canada seeming like a no-brainer country to sell the iPhone in–and Steve Jobs’ notorious pan-North Americanism obsession–the answer could be never:

In Canada, Rogers […]

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If you’re looking for a stand for your MacBook or MacBook Pro (which we highly recommend), LapWorks has a new offering that looks particularly good for those of us who are obsessive enough to want the stand to match our aluminum MacBook Pros. Here’s the good word from the company:

Today LapWorks announced its first […]

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Once again, Engadget has a story and photos of a 17-inch MacBook Pro with significant battery swelling. They’ve reported on this before, but with a site as prominent as Engadget, each case they bring up seems to set off another wave of people hotly debating if it’s a widespread problem, and if so, whose […]

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