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Rumor: MacBook Pro 17" with a fixed battery, mini with FW800

When Apple launched the new unibody MacBook and 15" MacBook Pro last October, the 17" MacBook Pro got left out of the party. Apple said that an update for that model was in the works for a later date, and it's not the least bit surprising that the ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  4 Jan 2009

Saturday Apple Links: Pre-Macworld Expo '09 edition

Hopefully, you had a joyous New Year's Eve and Day. I spent the majority of both eating pizza, playing Wii, and streaming movies on my Roku Netflix Player. But even with the holidays, there are a few things buzzing in the Mac blogosphere that caught ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  3 Jan 2009

Will the new Mac mini support dual monitors? We're not sure

According to a source speaking to AppleInsider, the Mac mini will feature not only a Mini DisplayPort, but also a Mini DVI connector. This seems highly unlikely, however. Steve Jobs has already said that the Mini DisplayPort will be standard across all ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  2 Jan 2009

Apple nabs 10% share in December market share survey

Mac OS X gained nearly another point in December, up to 9.63 percent. Meanwhile, Windows lost another point, dropping to 88.68 percent. iPhone OS also made a small gain, going from 0.37 to 0.44 percent. For its part, Linux more or less held steady. If ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  2 Jan 2009

Ars Technica's most read stories of 2008

It's been a strange year, as evidenced by our most read stories of 2008. Crowd-pleasing stories on sex, scams, and rock'n'roll topped the list (with a bit of help from Digg and Yahoo Buzz), but Windows 7 also garnered some strong interest. And then, of ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  31 Dec 2008

Apple's biggest blunders of 2008

Fortune mentioned Apple twice in its "21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008" article—once for allowing the expensive and useless "I Am Rich" into the App Store, and again for Bloomberg accidentally publishing an obituary of Steve Jobs, which resulted in ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  30 Dec 2008

Another case maker pours more fuel on the iPhone nano fire

iPhone nano rumors are nothing new. But the rumor mill has been churning the idea quite a bit lately, pointing to a Macworld Expo announcement and then bolstered by case company XSKN listing and then selling an iPhone nano case. Adding to the ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  30 Dec 2008

New HP MediaSmart servers work with iTunes, Time Machine

HP has unveiled two new server products for the home. Dubbed "MediaSmart," the servers offer a slew of media streaming features as well as general file-serving capabilities. Though the servers are built around Microsoft's Windows Home Server, the ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  29 Dec 2008

iPod still remains a top seller for the holidays

The 16GB iPod touch and 16GB iPod nano grabbed the number four and number seven spot, respectively, in Shopper Advantage's ranking, even beating out Nintendo's Wii at number eight. Amazon.com's Best Seller rankings, which are updated every hour, has ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  26 Dec 2008

Walmart publicly confirms iPhone sales, $197 price

Walmart will sell the 8GB iPhone for $197, and 16GB models will sell for $297. All phones will still require a two-year contract with AT&T. "We are delighted to bring customers this ground-breaking mobile technology," Gary Severson, Walmart's senior ...

From CHRIS FORESMAN, Ars Technica,  26 Dec 2008

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