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New e-readers, new tablets, and new game console accessories…
>> reading "The Best Gadget Is the One That Gets To Your House"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 30, 2010
Limor Fried’s MintyBoost project is a great example of DIY and commercial tech working together. Take an Altoids tin, a couple of AA batteries, and some very smart hackery, and you’ve got a lightweight USB charger that…
>> reading "DIY Friday: Charge Your iPhone With AAs or Solar Power"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 28, 2010
The Gadget Lab crew kicks off this week’s podcast with a look at Dylan Tweney’s ugly new kicks, a pair of surf shoes made of recycled soda bottles. They cost $70. Seriously.
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This post was written by Journalist on August 27, 2010
A new patent appl
ication from Apple aims to remove yet more componentry from its already minimal devices. The invention combines the orifices for microphone and headphone into one,…
>> reading "Apple Jacks Mic and Headphones into One Hole"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 27, 2010
I what has become an annual occurrence, the yearly leaking of new iPod cases has begun. In previous years, these have given us hints about the presence of…
>> reading "Leaked Cases Reveal New iPod Designs"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 27, 2010
You might think it was already dead, but sales for the Barnes & Noble Nook (both B&N-branded hardware and multi-platform software apps) are booming.
>> reading "Despite Reports, B&N Nook Competes Just Fine, Thank You"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 25, 2010
Apple is preparing to announce a major revamp for the Apple TV and upgrades for the popular iPod Touch in an event scheduled for early…
>> reading "Rumor: iPod, Apple TV Event Scheduled for Sept. 7"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 25, 2010
Perhaps the touch revolution will extend beyond tablets and smartphones and onto our traditional computers. A new patent application shows how Apple might build an iMac or a…
>> reading "Apple’s Macs Could Gain a Sense of Touch"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 24, 2010
Apple and Google haven’t been BFFs lately, but the search giant still seems to care about iPhone users. Kind of, sort of. Google this week released…
>> reading "Google’s iPhone App Updated With Calendar Alerts, Useless E-Mail Feature"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 24, 2010
Your next iPhone might listen to your heartbeat or scan your face to identify its rightful owner and it could react with anti-theft measures…
>> reading "New iPhone Security Patent: User Protection or ‘1984′ iSpy?"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 23, 2010
Apple appears to be internally testing the next-gen iPod Touch and iPad, along with an unknown mystery device, according to configuration files buried deep inside the…
>> reading "Apple May Be Internally Testing Next-Gen iPod Touch, iPad"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 21, 2010
Surveys reveal that a substantial chunk of U.S. customers plan to buy a tablet in the next year, and it’s not necessarily going to…
>> reading "U.S. Customers Are Tablet-Hungry, and Not Just for the iPad"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 20, 2010
London detectives on Wednesday arrested nine people suspected of a massive iPhone and credit card scam.
The suspected thieves eight men and one woman are…
>> reading "London Police Bust Suspected iPhone Crime Ring"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 19, 2010
Apple has long been an icon for quality products, but its overflowing iOS App Store is a crapshoot: Nuggets of quality are buried in a…
>> reading "Apple’s App Store Director Sells His Own Fart Apps"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 18, 2010
Last week we found out that Apple had signed an exclusive deal to use LiquidMetal in its products. LiquidMetal is a brand name of Californian Liquidmetal…
>> reading "Apple Already Shipping Liquidmetal with Some iPads"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 17, 2010
A collection of recently published patents and a new hire at Apple suggest that future iPhones may carry built-in features to replace your credit cards.
Apple recently…
>> reading "Will the iPhone Become Your iWallet?"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 16, 2010
It’s easy to dismiss Xbox’s new Kinect controller-free sensor as a “Wii Too” product.
But I wonder whether Microsoft is onto something much bigger, something that will take the innovations introduced for the Xbox into…
>> reading "Why Xbox Might Be Microsoft’s Future — and Computing’s, Too"
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This post was written by Journalist on August 2, 2010
Over the last few days, one of Apple’s new products has been all over the internet. Nothing new there, right? But which…
>> reading "The Cult of Apple: When Even a Battery Charger is Big News"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 29, 2010
Some Apple 3G phone owners who upgraded to the new iOS4 operating system are facing buyer’s remorse. The upgrade has left their devices slow…
>> reading "iPhone 3G Users Complain of Slowdown on Uprade to iOS4"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 29, 2010
It turns out that the Magic Trackpad, released yesterday, isn’t the first external trackpad from Apple. Way back in 1997 the $7,500 Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh came with a…
>> reading "Apple’s First ‘Magic’ Trackpad from 1997"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 28, 2010
The iMac just got a little bit faster thanks to an update across the line. Processors, graphics and even the displays have been…
>> reading "New iMacs Add IPS Displays, Core ‘i’ Processors Across the Range"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 27, 2010
Last of today’s Apple updates are the new 27-inch Cinema Display and a new 12-core Mac Pro. The display is essentially a super-sized version of the…
>> reading "12-Core Mac Pro and 27-inch IPS Cinema Display"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 27, 2010
Apple’s oft-leaked multi-touch trackpad is now on sale. The Magic Trackpad is a multi-touch tablet-style pad which is either a bigger version of the trackpad on…
>> reading "Apple’s Magic Trackpad Brings Multi-Touch to the Desktop"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 27, 2010
Apple has been forced to delay the already-late white iPhone 4 yet again. Manufacturing problems are the reason, and the rumors say that getting the…
>> reading "Apple: White iPhone Delayed Until ‘Later This Year’"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 23, 2010
After a press conference Friday addressing the iPhone 4’s antenna, Apple gave journalists a private tour of its radio-frequency test facility to provide a glimpse into the process of designing…
>> reading "Inside Apple’s Antenna Design Lab"
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This post was written by Journalist on July 17, 2010
