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Apple MacBook Pro notebooks receive subtle
upgrades

post from Ubergizmo on 05 April 2006 10:19:38 AM. © Ubergizmo

Apple MacBook Pro notebooks receive subtle upgrades Apple has subtly addressed issues regarding the new MacBook Pro notebooks, with a fourth revision shipping soon. Early adopters have discovered issues with the AirPort, heat dispersion, and LCD displays that tend to flicker uncontrollably at the lowest brightness level. Each logicboard shipped is always the latest revision, with the current revision being the fourth. Revision D models begin with the serial number W8611 while revision C models are stamped with W8610. Other than these irregular niggles, the MacBook Pro is a favorite item on its online store.

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New Nokia 6126, 2365i, 2865 and 6175i

post from I4U News on 05 April 2006 10:13:10 AM. © I4U News

Nokia announces four new mobile phones at the CTIA wireless conference today. The highlight is the Nokia 6126 (photo), which is a slim fold-style handset. The phone is about 17mm thin and features a 2.2 inch QVGA color screen. Other features include...

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Apple Announces Boot Camp - Run Windows XP on
Macs

post from I4U News on 05 April 2006 09:34:37 AM. © I4U News

Apple officially announces a tool to dual boot Intel-based Macs with Windows XP. All the hacking to run Windows XP on Macs is unnecessary now. Currently Boot Camp is available as free download and is still in beta. Boot Camp will be a feature in ...

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Does Open Source DRM have a future

post from Daily Gadget on 05 April 2006 08:28:02 AM. © Daily Gadget

With the recent action taken by the French Assembly to require purchased music to be playable on any device, it opens the discussion on whether a universal DRM scheme might be something that works in the future. Wired Magazine has a story today in which they talk about Sun Microsystem's open source DReaM Initiative, [...]

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“How I Work”, by Bill Gates

post from Daily Gadget on 05 April 2006 08:23:42 AM. © Daily Gadget

Bill Gates wrote an article in Forbes in which he details some of the ways that he gets through his work day. In his office, he says, you will find very little paper, but you will find three video displays which he uses to display Outlook, the current e-mail message that he is working [...]

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Forum Discussion: The Idiocy of Verizon

post from Daily Gadget on 05 April 2006 08:15:53 AM. © Daily Gadget

How can these guys be so huge with so many enterprise clients, when they keep screwing stuff up sooooooo bad?They offer crippled hardware, they have some of the most draconian billing practices in the business, their customer service is in the running to become the worst in America...I mean, what is it?Do you use Verizon? [...]

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Sony Portable Reader

post from Shiny Shiny on 05 April 2006 08:02:00 AM. © Shiny Shiny

iRex isn't the only company introducing an ebook reader this Spring. Sony is getting ready to launch its Reader. The Reader offers um, well, readers, a 6 inch display on which they can peruse up to approximately 80 stored...

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Keyboard Bling

As often as computer technology is upgraded and outmoded, it's no wonder artists have started cannibalising parts of old machines to be put to new uses. Theses Azerty Objects rings aren't likely to raise any oohs and ahhs from...

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Flybook's Valextra bag

We've enthused about the Flybook already. For those of you who missed the dinky laptop, it's handbag sized with inbuilt wireless, GPRS and bluetooth and weighs 1.2kg. Santa still hasn't brought me one but I'll tell you about the Valextra...

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Cheapo ways to cut travel costs…

...from National Geographic Traveler of all places.Some good ones in there, have used a few of 'em myself.

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