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Ars Technica Explains Why 13-Inch MacBook Pros Don't Have Arrendale CPUs

The latest MacBook Pro refresh finally brought Intel Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs to Apple's line-up of laptops… but only the 15 and 17 inch models. If you want a 13-inch MacBook, you need to satisfy yourself with the Intel Core 2 Duo chipset.
Steve Jobs claims that the reason Apple went with the Intel [...:]

Monday Giveaways: Touch Pad for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

The Touch Pad App is in my opinion, Edovia's best application for your mobile Mac devices and now the iPad. For those of you who use a Mac Mini for your home entertainment and digital storage set up in your living room or bedroom, you must get this application. Basically, it turns your [...:]

Cheap Chinese Knock-Off Phone Looks Like Nexus One Running iPhone OS

It's been a content rich morning from the Chinese gadget sweatshops, but this latest handset will undoubtedly give the true Mac faithful the vapors: the TEG W3000 is the spitting image of the unholy, cross-species union of an iPhone and a Nexus One.

Spec-wise, the TEG W3000 is typical: it's a quad-band GSM phone with [...:]

OS X Malware Software HellRTS.D Will Open A Backdoor On Your Mac

Despite common consensus and Apple's own "Get a Mac" ad campaign propaganda,, Macs certainly aren't immune to the threats of viruses and malware: they're just less likely to be infected by them, thanks to OS X's excellent security measures and the operating system's relative low market share compared to Windows.
As OS X rapidly gains [...:]

Leaked iPad Shots Prove iPhone 4G Will Have iPad-Like Design

We were pretty confident that the iPad-like, unibody-looking iPhone 4G leaked in grainy pictures last week was utterly bogus. Heck, we still think it was probably bogus, but bogus or not… maybe the renderer of those images was on the right track.
You probably remember the picture above. It was leaked to Engadget a day before [...:]

Leaked iPad Shots Prove iPhone 4G Will Have iPad-Like Unibody Aluminum Design

We were pretty confident that the iPad-like, unibody iPhone 4G leaked in grainy pictures last week was utterly bogus. Heck, we still think it was probably bogus, but bogus or not… maybe the renderer of those images was on the right track.
You probably remember the picture above. It was leaked to Engadget a day before [...:]

"The Lady iPhone" is a Chinese Knock-Off Straight Out Of Sailor Moon

The latest in a long and veritable line of Chinese iPhone knock-offs is this button cute Leady Apple… although we think they probably meant "Lady Apple."
As the name implies, it's like the iPhone 4G redesigned by the Powerpuff Girls.

Obviously, don't expect iPhone OS on this cheapie. It doesn't even run Android. Instead, you can expect [...:]

U.S. iPad 3G Will Ship On May 7th For New Orders, Existing Orders Still Late April

Congratulations, yankees! Apple has just updated its online store, listing the shipping date for the iPad 3G.
When will you be able to hold one in your greedy little hands? If you ordered an iPad 3G, prepare for it to be delivered on May 7th… hopefully hand-delivered by UPS as opposed to being smashed through your [...:]

U.S. iPad 3G Will Ship On May 7th

Congratulations, yankees! Apple has just updated its online store, listing the shipping date for the iPad 3G.
When will you be able to hold one in your greedy little hands? If you ordered an iPad 3G, prepare for it to be delivered on May 7th… hopefully hand-delivered by UPS as opposed to being smashed through your [...:]

The Biggest Remaining Blind Spot in iPhone 4

A variety of circumstances, all of them terribly uninteresting, have prevented me from commenting on the recent introduction of iPhone OS 4 hot on the heels of the iPad launch. Since I've missed the window, I'll keep the big picture thinking short: I think Apple has done exactly what it needs to maintain its lead [...:]