Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro screens subject of class-action lawsuit

Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro screens subject of class-action lawsuit
Looks like Apple is about to face its next date in court: a San Diego filing by private citizens Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley calls for a class-action lawsuit, accusing Cupertino of deceptive advertising with regard to the displays on its MacBook and MacBook Pro machines -- specifically alleging Apple's screens aren't nearly as good as they were ad

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Mac Switcher: Three ways to take screenshots

Mac Switcher: Three ways to take screenshots
One thing you lose [when switching to a Mac] is that Print Screen key; setting up a Mac desktop or notebook will reveal that the key is nowhere to be found, apparently leaving us out in the cold when it comes to capturing that golden moment on your display. Fortunately, this isn't the case.

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Meeting a Mac that's not a Mac - Daystar's Quad Core PowerPC

Meeting a Mac that's not a Mac - Daystar's Quad Core PowerPC
What makes a Mac a Mac? That's a question with answers that have become blurrier over time, most recently with Apple's switch from PowerPC to Intel processors. From the logic board up, you could argue a modern Mac Pro is little different to any other PC on the inside. Still, a Mac is something special, right? Apple still designs the whole machine,

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Apple iPhone receives FCC approval!

Apple iPhone receives FCC approval!
Apple Inc. on Thursday received the official go-ahead on its first ever mobile handset, with the Federal Communications Commission giving the iPod maker the green light to commence sales of the device in the United States. "The Apple Inc. A1203 GSM Cellular Telephone with Bluetooth and Wifi, FCC ID: BCGA1203, is in compliance with the limits for ge

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Amazon offering discounts on old, new MacBook models

Amazon offering discounts on old, new MacBook models
One day after Apple Inc. introduced a modest refresh to its MacBook line, the 13-inch notebooks were crowding the upper echelon of Amazon.com's top seller list, thanks partly to some hefty discounts by the retailer on new and previous generation models.

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Engadget Responds to yesterday's Apple news

Engadget Responds to yesterday's Apple news
"The question we faced at that moment was: Do we run with the story without Apple's comment or not? The answer seemed fairly clear there, too, at the time. We possessed what confirmed Apple employees believed was an internal Apple memo that with absolutely no doubt had also been received by any number of other Apple employees. "

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Apple preps first builds of Mac OS X 10.4.10 for testing

Apple preps first builds of Mac OS X 10.4.10 for testing
With the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard pushed back to October, Apple has bought itself more time to tie loose ends in the current Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system and will put forth those fixes via its first "dot ten" software update in quite some time, AppleInsider has learned.

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Moody: Mood Tag Your iTunes Songs

Moody: Mood Tag Your iTunes Songs
"You first tag your iTunes songs in mood according to the Moody colors. Horizontally the mood goes from sad to happy and vertically from calm to intense music. When your songs are tagged you can play songs not from a specific album, artist or genre but from the mood you're in."

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Apple patent clears road for theft-proof iPhones, Macs

Apple patent clears road for theft-proof iPhones, Macs
Apple Inc. has successfully patented an anti-theft safeguard for notebooks, phones, and other portable electronics that offers protection simply by sensing the outside world.

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