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MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Apple to begin production of 200,000 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks in April, 400,000 13-inch MacBook Pro notebooks in June

It won’t be long now. Per DigiTimes, Apple is gearing up to begin production of its new thinner and lighter MacBook Pros, with production of the new 15-inch model set to begin first in mid-April. Mass production of the new 15-inch MacBook Pro will see initial monthly shipments of 200,000 units, according to the web […]

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News Software

SpamSieve updated to 2.9

Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.9. The new version, an 8.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and improvements: – Added support for upcoming versions of Mac OS X. – Made various changes to improve SpamSieve’s filtering accuracy. – SpamSieve is now code-signed using a Developer ID certificate […]

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battery Hack Hardware MacBook MacBook Pro

CCTV battery, third-party car charger hacked into do-it-yourself external MacBook battery

This falls into the “If You’re Feeling Brave” category, but it could work nicely. Per The Verge, MacBook Pro user Evan Rodgers took a CCTV battery, a third party MacBook car charger, and some soldering tools to create a do-it-yourself external MacBook battery. Watch the video, see what you make of it and if you […]

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Finance News

Apple to release Q2 results on Tuesday, April 24th

It’s not the most exciting announcement in the world, but if you have Apple stock, you might want to know about it. Per Mac|Life, Apple has updated their website to include details of the company’s second quarter 2012 financial results for the January through March period. As usual, the conference call will be streamed live […]

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iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Fifth-generation iPhone could surface in June

It’s the rumors that keep things interesting, except this time it’s coming from a stranger source than usual. Per Macotakara, a recruiter for Foxconn’s growing Taiyuan plant may have inadvertently spoiled some of Appe’s 2012 iPhone plans. When interviewing with TV-Tokyo [past 6-minute mark], the staffer said the plant was explicitly hiring 18,000 workers “for […]