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Is Apple Set To ‘Digitally Destroy’ Textbooks This Week?

5:00PM January 17, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Ahead of Thursday’s NYC education event, Ars Technica reports via a leak source that Apple plans to announce a simpler way for authors to create and publishe e-books as well as iBook’s adoption of the ePub3 standard. More »


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Leatherbound.me Tells You Which Ebook Store Has The Best Books

9:20AM October 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I hadn’t realised before fooling around on ebook comparison site Leatherbound.me that the Nook and iBook stores had such a rubbish selection of books. It wasn’t until I typed in “Twilight” that I actually found something available on all stores. More »


Computing

This Apple iBook Has A Built-In iPad

12:00PM June 9, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Remember in Dark Knight when the Batmobile got all busted up and Bruce Wayne jettisoned spectacularly out of its wreckage riding the Batpod? That’s kinda what this gutted iBook iPad dock is like. More »


The Sleepiest Apple Design Timeline (But Wait! In 3D!)

1:14AM March 3, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

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It’s too early for trance this mellow (mmm, bed… sleeeeeep) but the 3D models of iconic Apple products from the Newton to the OG iBook to iPad are good enough to keep your eyes open for. [Recombu]


An Antique Clock I’d Actually Hang On My Wall

5:30AM February 6, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

It’s an iBook G4 case recycled into a clock, with an Apple mouse for the working pendulum. Some nerd’s heart just exploded. And it’s surprisingly cheap, at $US75. More »


Computing

Apple Indirectly Confirms Tablet With Cease-And-Desist Letter

5:03AM January 15, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Apple has indirectly confirmed the existence of the fabled Tablet, after Valleywag started a scavenger hunt for evidence of its existence, offering up to $US100,000 for photos, videos or a chance to play with it. More »


Computing

Generations

6:00AM January 13, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Ten years’ worth of Apple laptops are stacked high in this shot. I was going to list their identities, but then I realised the commenters could probably have more fun with it. Be nice (or funny). [Flickr via Unplggd]


Computing

Benchmarking the iBook Vs. a Hackintosh Nebook

8:40AM February 4, 2009 | Mark Wilson

No one expects an MSI Wind to run OSX as well as the latest MacBook, but how does the 1.6GHz N270 Atom system stand up to the 1.33GHz iBook G4 with 768MB of RAM?

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iBook Lamp Restrains (Holy?) Light

1:15AM November 4, 2008 | Mark Wilson

This iBook G4 lamp was the gift from a girlfriend to a very lucky birthday boy. Essentially just an old iBook case stuffed with fluorescent lighting tubes, the simple mod recreates the glorious Pulp Fiction briefcase effect: Those who witness the full glowing beauty of the lamp must wonder if today is the day of Apple’s Rapture. Patience, my friends. Our victory will come soon enough. And some of you with awesome lamp-making girlfriends need to expedite the process. [Flickr via Unplggd]

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Etch-A-Sketch Laptop Case Is More Fun Than the Computer Inside

7:20AM August 20, 2008 | Mark Wilson

While most of us have acquired too many responsibilities to waste the day away with a good, marathon Etch-A-Sketch session, every time we pull out the laptop to get more work done we can at least dream of less productive times with this Etch-A-Sketch laptop case.

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