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Posted 06-09-2009 at 06:07 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley

Yesterday, June 8th, Apple introduced a bettered line of Mac notebooks. A welcome improvement is a new battery technology which allows for 7 hours of use on a single charge. The advanced battery can be charged up to 1,000 times, meaning the average notebook user will get nearly 5 years of use out of a single battery.

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Posted 06-09-2009 at 05:08 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley

On October 14, 2008, Apple CEO Steve Jobs euthanized FireWire, the I/O interface superior to USB 2.0 (read the obituary here for greater detail).

Thanks to a passionate Firewire user base voicing a collective feeling of vexation and neglect, Apple resuscitated the more advanced I/O interface. Yesterday, June 8th, Apple added...

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Posted 05-13-2009 at 04:08 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley

Last year, when it was revealed that Microsoft was to begin a multimillion dollar ad campaign to squish Apple, I figured it would be an offensive that would be well managed. After all, doesn't throwing money at a problem always fix it?

The first ad, featuring Jerry Seinfeld and a booty-shaking Billy Gates, left most viewers...

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Posted 04-20-2009 at 03:10 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley


Once again, the rumor mill is working overtime to spew out hints that Apple is working on a netbook. For anyone wondering, a netbook is a low-cost, light-weight, and small sized laptop computer. They are usually produced with Internet use in mind and not power intensive uses. The netbook market is so new that Dictionary.com does not...

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Posted 03-11-2009 at 11:17 AM
Written by Kyle Buckley


The unnecessarily smaller iPod Shuffle

Today, Apple updated its iPod Shuffle by adding more capacity and introducing an unnecessarily smaller and buttonless design. Yes, a buttonless iPod.

Why? I have the previous (2nd) generation...
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Posted 03-02-2009 at 01:01 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley and Karl Martineau

One of the best things Microsoft could do to help its customers would be to make things simple. Starting with Windows XP, Microsoft decided to manipulate and confuse customers by offering multiple versions of the operating system, which left most consumers scratching their heads in bewilderment. It became worse with Windows...

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Posted 02-27-2009 at 04:25 PM
Written by Kyle Buckley

Several tech sites are reporting that Apple is beginning work on 10.5.7, the next major update to its current OS, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Before I get too far, I want to address a pet peeve of mine. Whenever these sites report on software still under development and not available to the public, I always roll my eyes when the...

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Posted 02-26-2009 at 10:55 AM
Written by Kyle Buckley

For those hoping that the iPhone will become available for the Verizon Wireless network, ITExaminer gives some fuel to the fire:

Deep throats in Apple claim that Iphones for Verizon Wireless will be announced soon. While the deal is so secret that Apple will not even hint that it is happening, the outfit had been trying to find EVDO and CDMA
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