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Win a Square Trade accident-coverage iPhone warranty from TUAW
Two weekends ago, Diet Coke was accidentally spilled onto my MacBook Pro Keyboard. The machine, a Core Duo 15" that was among the first of the Intel Macs rolled out, suddenly didn't work the way it used to. Luckily, damage was restricted only to the ...
How much will it cost to replace your 17-inch MacBook Pro battery?
Apple posted details about how much it will cost to replace the battery in the new 17-inch MacBook Pro notebooks announced at last week's Macworld Expo.
The cost works out as follows:
United States: $179
Canada: C$219
Europe: €179 ...
Gallery: MacBook Car-nage
Defective iTrip? BLOW IT UP!
All right. Don’t go blowing up your
iTrip just for fun. I just got off the phone with Jason over at
Griffin Technology, and they have a very interesting and
unofficial return policy that has been in place for a while. If
they’ve ...
Japanese Gov't: iPod nano batteries caused fires
A brief report from Reuters this morning said Japan's trade ministry claimed three fires had been caused by defectively hot iPod nano batteries. Nobody was injured in the fires. The government said in a statement that Apple had two other reported ...
Space geeks love MacBook Pros
Like a lot of my fellow space geeks, I was watching the live feed from Spaceflight Now this morning for the launch of the Ares 1-X test vehicle. Unfortunately, the launch was scrubbed, but I was happy to see that the three guys doing the coverage ...
Gallery: MacBook Pro (Late 2008) Review
iPhone camera problems and solutions
Apparently some people are reporting problems with the iPhone's camera producing green-tinted pictures. iPhone Atlas suggests that the problem is probably being caused by some defect in the iPhone's automatic white balancing. Fortunately, they also ...
Rumor: 9to5Mac says The Brick is 'a block of aluminum'
In the ongoing saga of The Brick, the site that first speculated on the blocky code name for a rumored new Apple product now says it knows the meaning of the phrase. Seth Weintraub at 9to5mac has posted that 'The Brick' refers to a new manufacturing ...
Gallery: MacBook Pro (October 2008) Unboxing
Is the MacBook Pro about to receive a quad-core speed bump?
With all the news circulating around about updated Apple hardware, you might be asking yourself "What about the MacBook Pro?" Apple certaintly hasn't forgotten about its high-end notebook computer, and details are starting to slip out that the ...
This just in: MacBooks are more reliable than netbooks
Excel nerds rejoice! What you see above is the result of a laptop reliability study conducted by third-party warranty shop Squaretrade. The study looks at over 30,000 notebooks over the course of 3 years to determine the final reliability ...
iPod nano suit goes international
The class action suit that has been filed against Apple on behalf of iPod nano owners has reached the UK and Mexico. In brief, the suit claims that a design flaw allows the screen to become severely scratched after being subjected to normal use.Steve ...
Anti-DRM demonstrations at Apple Stores
A site by the name of DefectiveByDesign.org has organized a series of anti-DRM demonstrations at Apple retail stores across the U.S. today. They aim to educate Apple Store visitors about the dangers inherent in DRM, such as being locked into one file ...
After recalls and fires, Matsushita to offer new lithium battery
It hasn't been a really good year battery-wise. Battery defects made the news with overheating and spontaneous combustion. Today, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it will begin mass producing a new and improved lithium-ion battery, one that ...
