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MacBook Air: Mac Love Is In The Air

For a long time, Apple fans have been hoping for a slim and lightweight version of the MacBook to come along. Even the lightest MacBook was over 4.5 pounds (2kg). And so, after a long wait, it’s finally here. The MacBook Air. Debut at the MacWorld 2008 yesterday, the MacBook Air is currently the world’s thinnest (and [...]

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Triple Your Wi-Fi’s Signal Strength With Wi-Fire

hField Technologies’ Wi-Fire is a compact high-performance USB Wi-Fi Adapter for Mac and PC that extends the Wi-Fi range upwards of 1,000 feet. Being a college student, I am blessed with a blanketed campus, offering a strong Wi-Fi signal wherever I go, right? …. Well, wrong. Dreaded dead spots exist and, to my dismay, my [...]

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Apple iMac: New Look & New Specs, Starts At $1,199

My current 24-inch iMac is now officially “second-latest.” It’s no pity though, as the new iMac is awfully seductive!

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Rear View Mirror For Your Monitor

For those of you who MSNs, surfs HipTechBlog, or ogles at questionable pictures at work, a rear view mirror is a must-have. Regular mirrors just don’t cut it, you need this one for its convex mirror that gives you a wide-angle view of what’s going on behind you. Measuring 3″ in diameter, comes in clear or [...]

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Belkin Mouse Trap: Mouse Pouch And Mouse Pad In One

The Mouse Trap by Belkin is an absolutely wonderful way of carrying your laptop mouse with you. When zipped, the Mouse Trap lets you store within it your favorite mouse and accessories. But upon unzipping it, the little pouch turns into a handy mouse pad. How smart! For just $13, you can get a Mouse [...]

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Gmail’s PowerPoint Viewer Goes Live

If you are someone like me who does not have PowerPoint on your computer and uses Google’s online email service, Gmail, you are in luck. Google’s new PowerPoint viewer for Gmail has gone live! Now you can easily click on “View as slideshow” and have the PPT shown, without ever needing to install PowerPoint. The downside? Users [...]

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Apple Releases WWDC 2007 Video Stream

It’s finally here. Watch the WWDC 2007 Video Stream.

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WWDC 2007 Highlights

Don’t want to look through the various live text coverages around the web? Here, we’ve made an easy-to-read list of what Steve Jobs announced. Basically, it was all about Leopard, Safari, and iPhone. Leopard New Menubar New 3D Dock Stacks – keeps your desktop clean Consistent window look Prominent active window New Finder with Quick Look, Sidebar, and Cover Flow View Leopard is [...]

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Top 10 Sites for WWDC 2007 Keynote Live Updates

The long-awaited WWDC 2007 Keynote is finally upon us! For the millions of unfortunate souls who can’t attend the event, here are the various sources to check out for live coverage. Be sure to bookmark this page in case the source that you go to gets overloaded by immense traffic! 1. iPhoneAlley (Audio) 2. MacRumors (Text) 3. MacScoop [...]

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Ever Wondered What 128GB of RAM Looks Like?

Feeling all pimped out with your Alienware with 4GB RAM? Or your Mac Pro with 16GB RAM? Well, move aside, for they are nothing compared to this 128GB RAM monster built by Xenon Systems for the Monash Cluster Computing group. The setup runs on 8 x 2.8GHz dual-core AMD Opterons, which are tucked away somewhere underneath [...]

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