If the asking price for the iPhone is just a little too steep, fear not, because Apple is offering some pretty sizable discounts on refurbished iPhones at their online store.

Both models come in at $100 under the typical $599 and $499 MSRP, and for your money you get an iPhone with Apple’s one-year warranty. […]

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Many have criticized the high price of the iPhone, but what Apple hasn’t told you is that your iPhone is the next best thing to kevlar. One golfer took a golf ball traveling at 100 MPH, striking him near his surgical scar after treatment for prostate cancer. The only thing protecting him? […]

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Back problems not sufficiently crippling? Skin on thighs lacking adequate scar tissue from burns? Laptoping.com has a story on a new portable that could be right up your alley. The Xtreme 917V Accelerator from XtremeNotebooks (purveyors of all things Xtreme) are now offering a quad-core notebook that–if actually used on a human […]

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WaterField Designs

Price
$169.00

Requirements:
MacBook

What’s Hot:
Great protection for notebook and peripherals

What’s Not:
Limited color options

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Yes, we’re still waiting on the long-rumored ultra-portable, but AppleInsider has word of an intriguing new patent filing by Apple to whet your appetite.

The patent is for a ‘collapsible connection receptacle’ and is a rather dramatic reimagining of how ports are handled on portable computers to conserve space, allowing for smaller notebooks. Apparently the […]

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MacNN spotted a website touting the iPhone on Vodafone and 02, adding fuel to the fire of exactly which European carrier–or carriers–will be offering the iPhone upon its release overseas.

The credibility of the retailer hosting these listings is rather questionable, though, given that the price they list for the iPhone–a mere £100–for 02 […]

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If you’ve had trouble finding a new battery for a vintage PowerBook in your collection, it looks like venture FreshBattery will be able to help you out:

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Older laptops are beloved for their simplicity and durability, but more often than not, the battery isn’t holding a charge, and the laptop requires an AC adapter […]

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If you were excited by news that the 2008 version of iLife would make it simple to get photos directly from your iPhone to a web gallery, but found it not quite easy, and actually closer to impossible, Macworld has you covered. In their latest Mac 911, Christopher Breen goes over how to make […]

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Tom Bihn

Price
$120.00

Requirements:
15″ or smaller laptop

What’s Hot:
Built-in protection and convenient storage options

What’s Not:
Built-in compartment divider can’t be removed

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It seems Apple is always either suing or being sued these days, and a Florida company is adding to the fray with a patent infringement suit against Apple over the iPhone keyboard. This isn’t simply a matter of an infringement of the touch-screen keyboard, but SP Technologies LLC’s patent for a “method and medium […]

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With only a a few hours to go, there are rumors that updated MacBooks or MacBook Pros could be unveiled alongside the expected imac update. Details are scarce, but a MacBook revision has been mentioned, and a 13-inch MacBook Pro–the long-rumored ultra-portable–is also considered a possibility. If something comes to pass tomorrow, we […]

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