Through the little used channel of the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division, Dell has  gotten Apple to amend its “green notebooks” claim, but not by much.
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Like everything else on the fairer platform, configuring your Mac to require a password to wake from sleep or turn off the screensaver is really easy and it just works. Also, with the aid of a free utility, you can configure a security hot key (aka the Vulcan death grip) combination.
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Is this the lowest price ever for a new – not used or refurbished – Mac? It’s definitely not the freshest Apple desktop computer around, but easily the least expensive new Macintosh computer price I’ve ever seen.
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Palm yesterday responded to Apple’s announcement that it may shut off access to iTunes syncing from the Pre smartphone, simultaneously taking a stand on the matter and showing the Palm corporate ethic.
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Apple has given notice that even though some third-party vendors, most notably Palm and their Pre, have gained access to iTunes for syncing, that access will be  short lived indeed.
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The hunt for the “iPod touch on steroids”—aka Mac touch, Mac tablet—has fans, bloggers and the media seeking out any scrap of information, real or imagined, about the seemingly mythical device. Although serious analysts and pundits do believe Apple will release a touch-input portable computer, its size, shape and interface all remain cloaked in secrecy.
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Although it would have been fun, Steve Jobs didn’t reappear today, let alone demonstrate the new Mac touch (aka iPod touch on steroids) while skydiving via a live webcast. But, Apple’s recent relative generosity continues with the announcement of fleshy specifics for the Mac OS X 10.6 Up-to-Date program.
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The usage specifications of Apple’s new batteries are causing a lot of buzz in the industry. They are long-lasting, powerful, and exactly what everyone has been looking for in batteries.
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A regular part of the marketing of any new version of the operating system isn’t complete until the mothership clearly states its upgrade policy for new Mac buyers. Oddly, Apple has posted only a few details along with a cryptic note to tune in tomorrow. What’s up with that?
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An Apple spokesperson has confirmed that Steve Jobs will be coming back to work at the Cupertino tech giant at the end of June, though the exact nature of his job title is still up in the air.
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