Reuters “confirms� iPhone rumors
Posted by Helper Monkey Reuters has picked up on a story by Nikkei which claims the Japanese telecom giant Softbank Corp. is working with Apple to develop an iTunes phone set to be released in Japan later this year. The device, dubbed by many as the “iPhone� is rumored to combine to same music and video playback functions as today’s iPods with standard cel phone... Read More
Apple’s sexist marketing campaign
Posted by iGor Well, Mother’s Day is just 3 days away, but you wouldn’t know it from Apple’s website. Nope, instead of ads touting how mom would love a new iPod or Mac mini, Apple has instead chosen to tell people that DAD is the one who should be in their hearts (and wallets). Despite Mother’s Day being this Sunday and Father’s day being over... Read More
Samsung “borrows” Apple’s OS X icons for use use on mobile handset
Posted by Helper Monkey “There were a few mistakes while we were developing the new product,” said Chung Kook-hyun, chief of Samsung’s corporate design center. Those “mistakesâ€? include lifting icons from both Apple’s and Microsoft’s operating systems, and incorporating them into their new mobile phones. Icons for Apple’s Text Edit... Read More
UPDATE: Benchmarks on the over-clocked 3.8GHz Core Duo
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Many people have asked about seeing some real world benchmarks on the over-clocked 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo chip we reported on earlier. Well, the first set has arrived. Apparently this system has earned a score of 20,797 in the 3DMark test. The current world record is around 16,363. These are scores earned by PCs, so I am not sure how they translate to... Read More
Core Duo successfully over-clocked to 3.8GHz
Faithful Macenstein reader rico has turned us on to a posting over at Cooling Masters which claims to have successfully over-clocked a Core Duo (T2600) chip to as high as 3.8GHz. (Or at least we think that’s what it says…it’s in French, and we have enough trouble reading benchmarks in English.) The T2600 is the current top of the line 2.16GHz chip Intel ships.... Read More
Intel re-branding hints at the end of “Single CPU� Macs
Posted by Helper Monkey What’s in a name? Would a Conroe chip by any other name not run as hot? Well, we are about to find out. This morning Intel announced a new name for its upcoming round of processors. The chips, formerly known as Conroe (for desktops) and Merom (for notebooks) have now been re-branded under the single family name of “Core 2 Duo� chips. Despite... Read More
Own an extremely rare piece of Apple Computer History – Apple ][ Serial Number 5 !!!
Posted by Helper Monkey A recent listing on eBay claims to have one of the first Apple ][‘s ever produced. In fact, its serial number is “5â€?! The auction includes: • Apple ][ Serial Number 5! • GENUINE Apple carrying case, complete with debosed Apple Logo • Original 1977 Price List • Original 1977 Apple ][ Brochure Photo from Apple’s... Read More
Eliminate that MacBook Pro “whineâ€? once and for all!….Or die trying
Posted by Helper Monkey There has recently been much discussion among the “early adopters� who rushed out to get the 1st generation of MacBook Pros. Apparently there is an audible “whine� sound coming from a good portion of these machines, and no one really has been able to come up with a good reason why. In addition, the recently released Apple Keyboard Update... Read More
Apple releases Keyboard Update 1.0 for Intel Macs – Yet problems persist
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today released the “Apple Keyboard Update 1.0� for early Intel Macs. The update claims it “addresses reliability of keyboard and mouse functionality�, and it is recommended for owners of the MacBook Pro, the iMac (Early 2006), and the Mac mini (Early 2006). After installing the keyboard update on our Intel mini, we have noticed... Read More
iTunes: 5 free episodes of O’Grady
Posted by Helper Monkey Now available on iTunes (FOR FREE), the first 5 episodes of the 2nd season of the awesome animated series O’Grady. O’Grady is Noggin’s first original animated program, and centers around the “weirdness� that surrounds 4 high school students and the town they live in. The free episodes available are: JERKED, VACATION, BIG... Read More
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