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New MacBooks to be cooled with water from melting polar ice caps

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 17:28 6 Comments

More polar bears to be displaced An Apple patent application, originally filed in May 2007 but just published on Thanksgiving Day, details the Mac maker’s plans for a new laptop to use “liquid coolants” to keep it from overheating.  But where will those liquid coolants come from? The polar ice caps.

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Apple to offer some amazing retail deals on Black Friday

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 13:52 11 Comments

Free copies of Windows Vista and MMS-enabled iPhones just some of the deals Like many retailers, Apple will be offering some fantastic deals to Black Friday shoppers that are already lining up at Apple Stores across the country. Forget 5 to 10 percent discounts.  Phil Schiller, Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, says [...]

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New MacBook copy protection prevents anyone from viewing anything

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 17:40 4 Comments

HDCP blocks content from people with eyes In an attempt to curb piracy, Apple’s new aluminum MacBooks feature High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) that prevents anyone from viewing HD content downloaded from iTunes — whether they try to watch it on an external monitor, a projector or even the MacBook’s screen itself.

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Lighter MacBook Air to be made out of hydrogen

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 13:59 8 Comments

Lightest element in the universe is also the most abundant Inside sources at Apple say the computer company is working on a lighter version of the MacBook Air.  Contrary to recent reports saying the new enclosure would be made out of carbon fiber, the new enclosure will actually be made entirely from hydrogen.

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