Tuesday - March 31, 2009
Apple gets a lot of criticism for the seemingly high retail prices of its Macs. While the PC and Mac pundits alike can spec out competing solutions and argue over value in terms of software and operating systems, what about displays? Computer monitors don't ship with an operating system and free productivity software -- displays are about as pure a hardware play as you can get these days. So who's buying Apple displays, and why would someone buy an pricey Apple display, anyway?
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Wednesday - March 11, 2009
Apple has introduced a new, tinier version of its iPod shuffle -- the lowest-end product in its popular music player line. Previous versions have been bare bones in terms of features and capacity, but their form factors have always been unmistakable Apple designs.
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Wednesday - January 28, 2009
Look on the side of any MacBook or PC laptop, and you'll see a Swiss-cheese-like array of holes. They're all interface ports for plugs of various shapes and sizes. Mini DisplayPort. HDMI. 8P8C. FireWire 400. FireWire 800. DVI. VGA. WUXGA. And good old USB 2.0. They're all there for connecting peripherals -- mice, monitors, hard drives, MP3 players, cell phones, and even weird little things like flexible gooseneck lights.
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Wednesday - January 21, 2009
Buying a new shiny new electronic device doesn't necessarily just mean shelling out for the device itself. It also might mean buying -- or perhaps even re-buying -- new accessories, software or added services. For example, customers who bought the first iPhone and upgraded to the iPhone 3G lost out in several ways.
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Friday - January 2, 2009
Getting video out of your iPod and onto a television screen is often both easy and difficult at the same time. It's easy because Apple's proprietary cables are plug-and-play, and hard because early iPod-to-TV options were somewhat easier -- some early models of iPods would deliver TV out via the iPod Universal Dock and a cheap S-video cable.
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Monday - December 29, 2008
Most home networks are cobbled together without a lot of forethought about which devices are used to create it. For most, the decision is basically to use whatever their service provider shipped in a cardboard box. Whether they're going for wireless or wired, homeowners often haven't thought through their options.
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Tuesday - December 23, 2008
Way back in 1950, science fiction giant Ray Bradbury wrote a short story, "There Will Come Soft Rains," about a smart house that did just about everything for its resident family -- including cooking breakfast and keeping track of the bills. Unfortunately, all members of that family, along with all inhabitants of the town, were obliterated by a nuclear explosion. The house, though, kept right on going.
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Wednesday - October 15, 2008
As users plug into their iPods and iPhones for more hours a day, the choice of headphones is as much about keeping your hearing in top form as it is about sound quality. That's why many are looking at features that let them pump down the volume without sacrificing the sound levels they have come to love.
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Tuesday - October 14, 2008
The rumors about Apple's new "brick" manufacturing process, in which the chassis for a MacBook notebook is carved out of a single slab of aluminum, are basically true. Apple's latest upgrade to its MacBook and MacBook Pro family are now stiffer and more durable than ever. "Apple has invented a whole new way of building notebooks from a single block of aluminum," noted Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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Wednesday - October 1, 2008
When it comes to iPhone cases, there are basically three camps: The outsiders who prefer naked iPhones and don't fear drops on cold, hard concrete, those who like soft rubber/silicone iPhone cases, and those who like hard cases. I've been a fan of the soft case. The first generation of iPhone 3G hard cases seemed too bulky, full of seams, odd angles ... and downright ugly.
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