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WWDC Banner 2006-Updated

Hoax or not, it is kind of a buzzkill to see this banner that is supposedly for Apple’s WWDC next week. Upon first glance at the banner there is no visible evidence of any kind of iPhone. But Apple tries to hide it’s new productions. Upon further inspection of the banner I see a Power […]

Merom to replace Yonah in MacBook Pro

Remember Yonah? It’s the code name for the Intel Core Duo chip found in the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac mini, and it will soon play second fiddle to a faster cool chip arriving from Intel: Merom.
Merom is “a mobility-optimized, dual-core processor based on the new, state of the art, Intel Core microarchitecture” according […]

Apple’s 3rd Quarter 2006 Financial Results

Don’t want to shed interest on nfl quiz 2 but this is very important.
Apple posted their 3rd Quarter 2006 financial results today.
Apple posted revenue of $4.37 billion and a net quarterly profit of $472 million or $.54 per diluted share. For reference, the year-ago quarter brought in $3.53 billion in revenue, net profit of $320 […]

Mac Pro to sport modified Power Mac enclosure?

Remeber way back in June of 2003 when the sleek Titanium Power Mac enclosure was released, well, rumor has it that this Case won’t be going anyware. AppleInsider is reporting that insider sources are saying the ‘Mac Pro’ will use a slightly modified Power mac Enclosure. Below is an artists rendition of the coming ‘Mac […]

Lightscribe to get color?

Apparently, the staff at TGDaily were flipping through the user’s manual for one of their Lightscribe-equipped drives when they stumbled across a rather oblique mention of an upcoming color version of the current monochrome technology. They did a little journalizing and eventually contacted an HP PR staff, who informed them that “Lightscribe color background CDs […]

Apple drops new educational iMac, kills off eMac

CRTs are so early 90’s, don’t you know? After threatening the death of cathode ray for years, Apple has finally managed the chutzpah to kill off their eMac, and have released a $900 Intel iMac to fill the educational void. The specs aren’t bad for a $900 Mac, including a 17-inch LCD, 80GB SATA HDD, […]

Opera 9

The guys over at Opera recently released Opera 9 non beta. I was intersted in the new features and wanted to compare the browser to firefox. I found that Opera 9 was a big step up from 8 and 9 beta. The interface was clean and offered some cool new features I have not yet […]

Rig of the Day: Mac on a wall

We just can’t get enough of those wall mounted LCDs. Check out mkwhitley’s Mac on a wall. The Dell 2005FPW 20″ LCD on the wall is connected to a Mac mini hidden beneath his desk, with the cables popping out at the baseboard. We love it.

Apple seen delivering “ultra-portable” at Macworld

Apple Computer could introduce an “ultra-portable PC” that employs NAND-based flash memory in time for the January Macworld trade show in San Francisco, one Wall Street analyst says.
UBS Investment Research analyst Ben Reitzes said this week his proprietary checks indicate Apple is working on “ultra-portable PCs” and even notebooks equipped with NAND flash memory in […]

Hybrid hard drives to become Vista Premium requirement

At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and “Longhorn” here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft’s program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed to TG Daily that inclusion of hybrid hard drives will be a requirement for mobile systems that carry the Vista Premium logo, beginning in […]