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Xserve RAID Upgraded to 10.5 Terabyte Capacity

On Tuesday, Apple announced that the company has updated its Xserve RAID array, upping its storage capacity to 10.5 terabytes of space at a new lowered cost of US$1.31 per gigabyte according to Macworld News. The Xserve RAID is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Netware and mixed environments. Apple is currently selling its higher […]

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Announcement

The Missing Macworld Expo: February 20

We have just gotten an anonymous tip from a source that indicates that Apple is planning a special event on February 20 to introduce Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), iLife ’07 and iWork ’07 as well as updated Mac Pros. Mac Pros will be available immediately with a free upgrade to 10.5 when it ships, and the ship date for 10.5 will be confirmed for 3/24/07 as we have been predicting for quite some time now.

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Wildcharge Units Simultaneously Charge Multiple Devices

Amid the hubbub of CES, Wildcharge Inc. announced something potentially cool and useful; the Wildcharger is a charger device capable of delivering up to 90 watts of power to simultaneously charge multiple laptops and other devices. A second version of the device, the Wildcharger Mini, can deliver up to 15 watts of power and simultaneously […]

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Review: Newsfire

They were talking about how RSS would change the world a few years back. Now it was actually time to download and use one for daily work. Newsfire by David Watanabe is perhaps one of the best RSS readers available for both the novice and advanced user. Combining the better elements of a standard reader […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: 10 reasons why pre-announcing the iPhone was brilliant

Yesterday I posted a story by Mike Elgan at Computerworld who listed six reasons why it was a mistake to make the iPhone keynote at Macworld. Although pre-announcing a new product is a radical departure for Apple, there is some logic to it in this case. Here are 10 reasons why announcing the iPhone six months early was a stroke of genius by Steve Jobs…