Laptop batteries aren’t the exactly the tortoises of the gadget world: they start out strong, then get weaker and weaker until eventually you can’t even make it through an episode of 30 Rock on a full charge. So some users have taken up the practice of popping out their batteries while on AC power to try to eke out a few more months of juice. But the guys over at Gearlog tested performance on their new MacBook Pro with and without the battery, and here’s the lesson: leave that battery in the computer where it belongs.
At first it seemed that the rules behind the approval process for new apps for the iPhone App Store were pretty cut and dry. You know, they can’t duplicate the functionality of the on-board apps like Mail and iPod, they can’t use too much bandwidth and they can’t cause a security hazard. That first rule is why apps like MailWrangler and Podcaster were given the boot; they were too close to those built-in apps. But now, an app called BdEmailer, which is basically a straight-up email program, is available in the App Store. Just what the hell is going on?
