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MacBook Pro

New MBP Logic Boards and Invisible Serial Numbers

…many MacBook Pros which have revised logic boards (indicated by Apple in repair notes included with updated systems) lack a serial number identifier in the “Hardware Overview” pane of Apple System Profiler.MacFixIt reader Stephen Fleming writes: “I’ve had the logic board replaced (endless kernel panics) and have the ‘MBP’ string. But the easiest way to […]

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Accessory

Wireless Mighty Mouse Now on Sale

Now you can get the world-famous Mighty Mouse without the tail. With its Bluetooth technology, the wireless Mighty Mouse gives you complete freedom of movement with no cable clutter. It features the popular Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, without lifting a finger. And its laser tracking technology allows it to […]

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Mobile Phone

LG Verizon Chocolate Phone

With all the talk about Microsoft’s Zune “iPod-killer” device, no one seems to have noticed the upcoming phone/music player hybrid from LG, the VX8500. The phone is being marketed as “Chocolate” and is coming soon exclusively from Verizon Wireless. Rumored to come stateside Via Verizon under the LG VX8500 tag, so far it is known […]

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Accessory

Apple Prepping Bluetooth Mighty Mouse

In the May 6th filing, Apple provided both interior and exterior photos of the device, which it referred to as both “M6” and the “Apple Bluetooth Mouse” in accompanying documents. Based on the photos, M6 is aesthetically equivalent to Apple’s current USB Mighty Mouse peripheral, sans the USB cable. It requires a Bluetooth enabled Mac, […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Will Apple dump ATI for NVIDIA?

AMD yesterday announced that they plan to acquire Canadian video chip maker ATI for US$5.4 billion. The deal needs to be approved by stockholders and regulatory agencies. Arch-rival Intel announced that they won’t be renewing ATI’s chipset bus license as a result of the deal. The move leaves Apple in a bit of a quandary […]