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As I hinted in my "fun" blog, I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's line of portable computers. The talk amongst insiders on the new MacBooks are kind of scattered but here's a summation of what I've heard...

When Apple chose the KHTML engine for its Safari Browser in in 2003 over the more popular Gecko engine that powers Firefox, a lot of people were surprised. Firefox was way more popular than the Konquerer browser and had a lot more open source developers on line. Well now that decision is starting to pay some dividends - in amazing speed.

[Updated: More analysis of Steve Jobs' 'uniquely intimidating' management style] STEVE JOBS RESIGNS, yell all the headlines this morning. It's believed the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO stepped down due to pancreatic health problems. Is he a visionary or a copycat? An epic manager or a hard taskmaster? And what about his replacement, Tim Cook? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can find no other story to blog. Not to mention: The Dark Side of Disney...

As per usual, Apple seems set to dominate CES once again next year, even though it won't actually attend the show. And that's despite a keynote speech from Microsoft's Steve Ballmer. Here's why Apple's taking over.

Every company has its opponents, but Apple really gets people worked up. Some people hate Apple a lot, more than they hate Nazis or Smurfs. They leave angry comments on Apple blogs. Based on my extensive observations of the species, Apple-haters fall into five categories. If you're an Apple-hater, which one of these categories do you fit in?

Keeping your Mac in the best possible shape is the aim of the game, fortunately there's a plethora of available utilities which can improve your Mac life. Here's five personal recommendations to boost your experience.

Apple's gearing up for a busy, busy year in 2011. We're already expecting the iPhone 5 and iPad 2.0, we're looking forward to the Mac App Store and more. So what events and product releases might feature in Apple's 2011 schedule?

Mac users have been waiting years for Google's Talk application to come to the Apple platform. Likewise, Google Apps users have been waiting for a cross platform Skype-like program to audio and perhaps video chat in their browser.

As of today, both groups of users have something to celebrate.

The next-gen iPhone 5 will be faster, smaller and bigger, while the iPad 3 may use the same processor as the existing models, with A6 processor-powered Apple devices not reaching market until late 2012, the pundits claim.

One thing bothers me within so much of the recent coverage of the loss of Steve Jobs is the frequent allusion to his so-called "reality distortion field". Would it not be far more appropriate to say he had a "reality creation field", or at least a "reality disruption field".

Apple's new Lion OS will be leaner, keener and meaner than ever; it will teach Mac users a whole new touch-based way to interface with their computer, and borrows heavily from elements of Apple's iOS system for mobile devices. So, what do we know about the new operating system?

Apple, probably because they don't offer SCSI Attached Storage (SAS) hard drives as standard or add-on option for their machines, neglected to mention that the RAID card they are selling for their MacPros is also a SAS RAID card(!)

Quad-Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850, SSD Drive all in a Mini body. Price: $1000.

Here's how...

We're told Linux is the only desktop OS with a growing market share: Windows and Mac OS X actually shrank. The Net Applications report also shows Windows 7 already dwarfing all versions of Mac OS combined. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers review the data. Not to mention People In Order...
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A few days ago, Apple started shipping the new MacBook Pro laptops. Sporting the same case as before, they contain Intel's Core i5 and i7 chips, as well as the new Thunderbolt socket (née LightPeak). As well as the usual reviews, Richi's rounded up some rather rare opinions.
The new Apple MacBook Pro is out, and the reviews are in. Surprisingly, not every Apple fanboi is on-message: there's grumbling about SSDs, graphics performance, price-gouging, and more. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers tease out the unexpected. Not to mention Space Shuttle Discovery launch seen from passenger jet...
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