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Analysts: $999 MacBook most significant announcement (MacNN)
The announcement of a $999 plastic MacBook may be more significant than the revelation of metal MacBooks and MacBook Pros, say analysts with UBS and Piper Jaffray. The former firm notes that while the metal notebooks are more attractive …
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Today's Claim Chowder (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
Let's flag the most egregiously wrong rumor reports from the last few weeks. — DUNCAN RILEY: $800 MACBOOKS &m dash; Jackass of the week honors go to Duncan Riley at Inquisitr, who a week ago launched the “$800 laptop from Apple” rumor.
Is Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell? (Jesus Diaz/Gizmodo)
Steve Jobs is leaving Apple. Not tomorrow, but probably very soon. That's why he started to say good bye today, doing something more important than just presenting new MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and an updated MacBook Air.
Who's Afraid of Chrome? Flock 2 Released With Even More Bells And Whistles (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)
Design philosophies could hardly be further apart. Google's ironically named Chrome browser, which launched last month, advanced the notion that browsers ought to be neither seen nor heard.
HR at a Global University
NASA to start remote fix of Hubble today
Firefox 3.1 beta 1 now available for download (Mozilla Developer News)
Please note: Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed.
Study: Google does a brain good (Madison Park/CNN)
(CNN) — Can Google make you smarter? Is the more you Yahoo, the better? A new study suggests that searching online could be beneficial for the brain. — A study at the University of California, Los Angeles, measured brain activity of older adults as they searched the Web.
Answers about the new buttonless MacBook trackpad (Jacqui Cheng/Infinite Loop)
We have spent some time messing around with the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and the number one question we're getting so far is, “How in the world do you use the buttonless trackpad?” — Let me just say first that if you're already used …
Ex-Google, Yahoo, Facebook employees snub recession, launch Hadoop startup (Eric Eldon/VentureBeat)
Recession be damned, a group of top Silicon Valley engineers have come together to launch an interesting startup called Cloudera. Not yet launched, it intends to help other companies adopt a promising software platform called Hadoop.
Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough? (Between the Lines)
Apple on Tuesday moved to address a weakened con sumer and its statement on a its refreshed MacBook lineup is telling. Since when does a premium brand like Apple worry about price and making its notebooks “far more affordable?”
Motorola Recruiting for "Android Social Networking SmartPhone" Project (AndroidGuys)
An innocuous posting on Coroflot might be indication of Motorola's plans for implementing Android into their hardware lineup. One of our readers sent us a link to a job posting for the Interaction Design Team at Motorola.
Apple finally refreshes Cinema Display: 24-inch, LED backlit, $899 (Darren Murph/Engadget)
Another rumor to tick off the list, Apple just announced the 24-inch Cinema Display. LED-backlit, check; Mini DisplayPort, check; $899 list price, check; MagSafe adapter, check. In fact, it has a tri-pronged cable that also includes USB .
Bush Signs Draconian Anti-Piracy Law (Ben Jones/TorrentFreak)
Over in California, champagne corks are popping. In the offices of the MPAA and RIAA, lawyers turned lobbyists are dancing jigs. In houses all around the US however, people are left dumbfounded by the passage of a bill based on appeasement to big money …
Next-Generation MacBook Ditches the Plastic, Becomes MacBook Pro Mini (John Mahoney/Gizmodo)
Joining the MacBook Pro, Apple's MacBooks, their best-selling mac ever, also received a complete hardware re-tooling today, with rejuvenated hardware pac ked inside a brand-new aluminum case, thus putting one of the final stakes …
Apple's all-new MacBook Pro packs new NVIDIA GPUs, glass trackpad (Paul Miller/Engadget)
Oh, don't act so surprised. A refresh of Apple's long-in-the-tooth MacBook Pro line was pretty much the only sure thing slated for today's event, and Apple certainly delivered. As for looks, you probably know the score by now …
Yahoo! Search Hits the Airwaves (Yahoo! Search Blog)
A little over four years ago, we launched our own search engine and became a principal in the search business. Our focus since then has been the same - building the best search experience to give users a fast, easy and intuitive way to get straight to their answers.
JS-Kit, the widget company for dummies, gets boost (Matt Marshall/VentureBeat)
JS-Kit, the Silicon Valley company that makes it easy for bloggers to add comments, polls, product reviews or ratings system to their website, has gotten a boost when it most needs it. — It has raised $3.6 million in a second round …
Samsung Plans to Tackle U.S. PC Market (Yun-Hee Kim/Wall Street Journal)
HONG KONG — Samsung Electronics Co. is making a foray into the U.S. notebook PC market, taking on established players such as Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple Inc. — The South Korean company, more well-known in overseas markets … < /p>
Live from Apple's "spotlight turns to notebooks" event (Joshua Topolsky/Engadget)
9:08AM PT - We've got a little less than an hour to go, so we'll just kind of be loitering outside Apple Town Hall, waiting to spot Steve and the unicorn that is his new MacBook Pro. — We're at Apple HQ!
Video Of The BlackBerry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone In Action (BlackBerry Storm Mobile Phone Reviews)
We have another exclusive video of the new BlackBerry Storm 9500 mobile phone! The video shows us the best views yet of key features in action such as web browsing, camera , email, instant messaging, GPS maps, video and even a glimpse of the Vodafone music store.
Mint Leaves Beta, Brings A Bunch Of New Features With It (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch)
Mint, the personal finance startup that won last year's TechCrunch 40, has launched a host of new features including investment tracking, 401k managment, and more flexible budget sheets. CEO Aaron Patzer says that the new features finally …
Free links to your site (Matt Cutts/Gadgets, Google, and SEO)
I can't believe a new feature from Google isn't getting more notice, because it converts already-existing links to your site into much higher quality links, for free. The Google webmaster blog just announced that you can find the pages that link to 404 pages on your site.
Google, Yahoo Seek to Avoid Antitrust Suit Over Ad Deal (John R. Wilke/Wall Street Journal)
Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are in talks with the Justice Department in an effort to head off an antitrust challenge to their proposed advertising agreement. — The settlement negotiations are at an early stage and it isn't clear whether …
Confirmed: Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360! (Wagner James Au/GigaOM)
Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we're able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign team.
Contains Spoilers - Engadget just posted the first real picture ... (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
Engadget just posted the first real picture and accurate description I've seen in public of the new 15-inch MacBook Pro, set to be announced later today. It's the real deal. Major visible changes from the previous MacBook Pros: — A new iMac-style black border around the display.
