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The Apple Core: It was the night before Expo…

… and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except for Steve’s mouse. “Quick, change that keynote slide, he’s got it all posted.” “And you’d better do it quick, before you’re ass is toasted!” The night before Expo is kind of a weird time, there’s a kind-of quiet before the storm type of […]

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The Apple Core: Top 10 things Apple could announce at Macworld Expo

It’s that time of year again, time to dust off the crystal ball and prognosticate about what Apple has in store for us at the big January love-in at Moscone. Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco in less than two weeks and predicting Expo announcements has become nothing short of a sport. So before you […]

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The Apple Core: Archive the year

One great thing about the Mac is the excellent iLife suite of applications. iTunes is a top top notch music player, ripper and online store. iPhoto is an excellent vault for the thousands of digital photos that I shoot each year. The problem is that both music and photos can fill up your hard drive […]

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The Apple Core: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Cracked

Just when I thought that WiFi (802.11b/g) networks were getting safer, I get an email from a friend indicating that Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) has been cracked. InformIt.com has posted the details: In this two-part series, Seth Fogie examines the internals of WPA and demonstrates how this wireless protection method can be cracked with only […]

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The Apple Core: PowerBook nano one step closer to reality?

A story in the Taipai Times reports that Topology research analyst Simon Yang is predicting that Apple will introduce new “light-weight [notebooks] with a stylish design aimed at luring female users.” According to Yang the new Apple portables are expected to “include 12-inch notebooks weighing in at 1.5kg (3.3 lbs) as well as 14-inch models […]