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Gadgets

When Memes Collide: A Will It Blend Teardown

3:44AM John Herrman | So what happens when two marketing execs from the undisputed leaders in elaborate, roundabout publicity stunts get shit-faced together the night before ad pitches are due? Nobody knows for sure, but I bet it would look something like this. More »
Games

PSPgo Dissection Reveals Questionable Durability

2:20AM Mark Wilson | In case you missed it in our PSPgo review, iFixit performed one of their notorious teardowns on the handheld. The biggest news is that the Go’s battery is tucked under a warranty-voiding sticker. Other tidbits: More »
Computers

Dell Adamo Dissected: It’s Neat and Tidy on the Inside Too

10:20AM Adrian Covert | iFixit teamed up with TechRepublic to tear down the new Dell Adamo, and they were especially impressed with how many parts actually fit inside the slim laptop. More »
Games

The Nintendo DSi, Dissected

10:16PM Mark Wilson | Compared to the latest smartphones, the DSi’s hardware is pretty soft. The console does win the award for the weirdest component, though, with that wishbone thing in the mid-right corner—the double camera module. [iFixit] More »
Computers

How To Install a Second Hard Drive in the New Mac Mini

11:13PM Mark Wilson | iFixit has posted a fantastic, step-by-step tutorial tutorial explaining how to swap out the new Mac Mini’s optical drive for a second hard drive. More »
Gadgets

The Kindle 2 Gets Disassembled

9:00AM Sean Fallon | Once again, the guys at ifixit have gotten their hands on a shiny new gadget just to tear it apart. However, they did discover some interesting bits of information about the build. More »
Computers

The 17-Inch MacBook Pro (Unibody) Gets Lovingly Gutted

6:30AM Mark Wilson | The Mac junkies at ifixit are performing another one of their brilliant autopsies on the 17-inch MacBook Pro. It seems the only surprise thus far is that the laptop’s mega battery screws in. [ifixit] More »
Computers

The New MacBook and MacBook Pro, Dissected

12:08PM Mark Wilson | ifixit, the same guys who brought us the beautiful disassembly of the 3G iPhone, have gutted the MacBook and MacBook Pro (Pro pictured here). But beyond the pretty photos, they’ve discovered some interesting things about the new laptops. More »
Music

iPod Touch v2 Secretly Has Bluetooth, But Will Apple Enable It?

10:46AM Matt Buchanan | In their teardown of the iPod touch version 2, iFixit found a secret surprise: A Broadcom Bluetooth chipset! Though totally unannounced and not listed on the spec page, the iPod touch’s Bluetooth chipset supports 2.1+EDR. We don’t know for sure yet if it has A2DP, which would let you use stereo headphones—and be another hardware one-up over the iPhone besides the built-in Nike+ functions. We’ve got our fingers crossed—what else would it be used for? [iFixit] More »