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iFixIt performs complete iPad teardown, finds extended battery, other goodies

The moment they got their mitts on one, the cool cats at iFixIt performed a complete teardown on Apple’s new iPad tablet to look at its components. Per AppleInsider, the company’s teardown reveals that the iPad’s battery has 5.5 times the capacity of the iPhone. It’s actually two battery packs wired in parallel, the company […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.3 update

Late last week, Mozilla.org released version 3.6.3 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte <a href=”http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.3&amp;os=osx&amp;lang=en-US”>download</a>, sports the following major change: – Fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. Firefox 3.6.3 is available in more than 70 different languages and requires a G3, G4, G5 or […]

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iPad Launch Day Roundup

Ok, just got back from the iPad launch at the Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia, so bear with me here: Coming up on the line, you heard cheering from about half a block away. With dozens of blue-shirted Apple employees running about, handing out coffee and water and high-fiving each other and customers, they’ve adopted […]

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OWC releases additional Do-It-Yourself upgrade kits for Apple notebooks, Mac minis

Peripherals provider and all-around-useful company Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the release of over 50 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Storage Upgrade Kits for Apple’s notebooks and Mac mini computers. Per Macsimum News, suggested retail pricing starts at US$67.99 for a model that consists of a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive up to 1TB, an OWC brand FireWire […]

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ABC, CBS to have iPad-compatible content ready for iPad launch

Per a Wall Street Journal report, the ABC and CBS television networks are ready to offer iPad-compatible content prepared in time for the device’s launch on Saturday. Both CBS and Walt Disney’s ABC have planned for episodes of their TV shows to be viewable on Apple’s forthcoming iPad in time for its Saturday launch. Streaming […]