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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Though not, strictly speaking, directly related to Apple portables or the iPhone, we can’t resist mentioning this auction. Apple reseller Mac Resource is moving to a new location, and as part of that move, they’re looking to sell their old neon sign of the classic, multi-colored Apple logo, which just happens to be six […]

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New York Magazine has a very nice piece on Steve Jobs and the iPhone. If you aren’t familiar with the history of Jobs and Apple, this is a great biography, and even if you are familiar, it’s among the best-written histories we’ve encountered. This iPhone-relevant passage is particularly interesting:

Apple’s competitors, by contrast, find […]

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The ModBook–everyone’s favorite tricked-out Apple portable–has seen another pre-release revision following the unveiling of the new MacBooks last week. The bad news is that this comes with another delay, this time into early June for the first shipments, with pre-orders being fulfilled through July.

The latest specs on the ModBook include clockspeeds of […]

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An interesting report over at Electronista details a new patent granted Apple to help with structural integrity for notebooks. As the article notes, one problem faced by current notebook makers is that there is often a compromise made, with notebooks either being compact and fragile or bulky and durable, and Apple’s patent potentially solves […]

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MCE’s OptiBay hard drive upgrade is among the more unique modifications one can make to their MacBook, MacBook Pro, or PowerBook G4. The upgrade makes use of the space occupied by the optical drive to add a second hard drive for some major portable storage. Blogger Eric Cheng has added a second 160GB […]

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Given that it’s Earth Day today, what better time to mention MacService.com’s new e-waste initiative:

Santa Clara, California – MacService.com has announced a new partnership
formed with EarthCare Recycling and ECS Refining to recycle electronic waste
(“e-waste”) products removed during the computer repair process.

Up to 80% of U.S. e-waste is exported to developing countries where toxic
components are burned, […]

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Apple today continued its habit of making a big splash at the National Association of Braodcasters show. In the past, Apple has released major hardware and software at the Las Vegas show, including the 17-inch MacBook Pro at least year’s show, Final Cut Pro, Xsan, and Motion. Today’s show proved no exception, as […]

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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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MacNN has an interesting piece on Apple’s efforts to file a patent for their MagSafe connector, in case you were worried that another company was going to use the idea. This could potentially keep other notebook makers from instituting this kind of functionality, as it’s a fairly broad patent for an electromagnetic connector. […]

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We’ve been enjoying reading all the amazing hacks and modifications people have already pulled off with their Apple TVs, and since it seems like lots of other people are curious about this too, we thought we’d pass on this information from site-sponsor TechRestore:

Concord, CA - March, 26 2007 - TechRestore, Inc. announced today that they […]

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