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The Apple Core: Boostaroo Revolution Headphone Amplifier

I first wrote about the Boostaroo Headphone Amplifier back in 2001 as a way to easily split the audio output from a PowerBook or iPod and share it with a friend. Boostaroo has improved upon the original with the Revolution, a new model now shipping. The airplane is undoubtedly one of the best places to […]

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The Apple Core: My Christmas List – iPod Communicator

Apple has come a long way with the iPod, constantly improving it and adding innovative new features. Since it’s close to Christmas I figured that I’d put together my wishlist for the iPod of the future. I originally wrote about my dream device almost a year ago on the PowerPage and it’s actually more of […]

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The Apple Core: Google Earth for OS X in the wild

Leave it to the creative kids out there. If there’s a new application floating around in a software publisher’s R&D department, they’ll find it and release it in no time. That appears to be what happened with the much aniticipated Mac OS X version of Google Earth. Google Earth puts a planet’s worth of imagery […]

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The Apple Core: Stolen from Apple easter egg in original ROM

An entry at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld, a key member of the original Macintosh team, provides an interesting insight into the lengths that the company went to to protect their intellectual property. In this case, the Macintosh ROM. Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.

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The Apple Core: Intel PowerBook may get cellular radio

It seems logical that the new Intel-based PowerBooks will be the first to ship with three radios – like the new Sony Vaio VGN-T350. Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.