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So more hard choices, the Core i5 is only available in the iMac available November, but the MacBook Pro and the iMac will presumably get i7 in early 2010, so if can hold on, the i7 seems like a big release. Core i7 (Nehalem) Based MacBook Pros Possible in Q4…

I have one of these things but never really used it that much. Mainly because TiVo Transfer is very buggy on the Mac and it is hard to program because you have to be right there. Some solutions for both. TiVo Transfer is replaced by iTiVo and i.TV lets you…

Battery powered lamps. Very chic. Neoz.com.au 2tb hard drives. Newegg.com reviewers think the seagate is unreliable. Like the hitachi. Reliability is an issue for these including the WDs. Amazing at $180 for 2tb. Not bad to try with Drobo Pro.

For many folks, the question is a new Windows 7 machine (I haven’t reviewed any of these yet) or get a Mac. Here are current recommendations. First, discounts are hard to come by, but Apple Insider offers 3% or so off. Also, there are sites that help with sales tax…

Cool product intros today in order of coolness: $1000 MacBook is polycarbonate but with glass LED screen and 7 hour battery. Man, what else makes sense to get  Magic Mouse now has a multitouch interface like the iPod Touch and iPhone. Cool gestures iMac 27″ now has the Intel i5…

OK, so the fall is here and time to buy things (when isn’t it?). So here is an early Xmas list: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1. This is the camera to get for something that is light and portable that you can throw into your bag and travel three continents (hint!). 12…

OK, got three bluetooth things and after two weeks here is where they are: Motorokr T505. This thing is amazing. It is a hockey puck that you put in your car. Seems to have a really long battery and is an incredibly good speakerphone. I don’t know how they do…

Time Capsule failures lead to opening of virtual cemetery – Ars Technica No one is really sure how widespread the problem is, but it has been enough of an issue for one individual to start a website dedicated to cataloging the failures. The Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register collects Time…

Two cool new apps for iPhone 3GS owners only: Layar and Cardreader | 9 to 5 Mac Layar ($FREE – iTunes link), the Augmented Reality program we profiled when it was for Android only. It needs the compass of the 3GS to navigate the Augmented reality world created with the…

9 to 5 Mac | Apple Intelligence t continues to vex many of us that we can’t print from our iPhone – surely it would be a simple matter to enable printing over WiFi or Bluetooth? Now you can, thanks to EuroSmartz new app, “Print” ($3.99), which joins the company’s…