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Steve Jobs’ “Blood-Curling” Name for the iMac: What’s Your Guess?
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | The guy who came up with the name iMac said that Steve Jobs had a terrible first name for it. So bad it would “curdle your blood.” However, he won’t say what it was. What could it be? I’ll start… More »
Computers
Steve Jobs’ Original Name For The iMac Was Horrifyingly Bad
2:59AM Matt Buchanan | The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it’s shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would “curdle your blood”. More »
Design
The iMac Cylon Mask Is Both Trick And Treat
11:40AM Jesus Diaz | Giz reader Gary Katz has definitely fixed his iMac-o’-lantern error with this wonderful and even dorkierer iMac Cylon Mask. It uses an old lamp iMac base and Larson Scan Kit, like the one used in the Cylon Pumpkin. [Thanks Gary] More »
Gadgets
Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook And More — It Was Nuts
11:00AM Chris Jacob | What didn’t happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble’s eReader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we’d round up all the highlights. More »
Design
3:20PM Rosa Golijan | While tearing down the new Apple iMac, the folks at iFixIt got requests for wallpaper quality images. They most certainly came through with these two stunning shots of full-frontal openness. I’m almost blushing. More »
New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot
3:20PM Rosa Golijan | While tearing down the new Apple iMac, the folks at iFixIt got requests for wallpaper quality images. They most certainly came through with these two stunning shots of full-frontal openness. I’m almost blushing. More »
Computers
3:27AM Brian Lam | In the 10+ years since the iMac was born as Apple’s simple computer, it’s become visibly less of a computer and more of a display. And what a screen this new iMac has. More »
Apple iMac Review: 27-inch And Less Chin
3:27AM Brian Lam | In the 10+ years since the iMac was born as Apple’s simple computer, it’s become visibly less of a computer and more of a display. And what a screen this new iMac has. More »
Computers
11:27PM Mark Wilson | The new iMac uses the Apple logo on the back for a very specific purpose. Can you guess? Hint: It’s one of the few parts of the body that’s plastic. More »
iMac Teardown Reveals What Apple Hides Behind Its Logo
11:27PM Mark Wilson | The new iMac uses the Apple logo on the back for a very specific purpose. Can you guess? Hint: It’s one of the few parts of the body that’s plastic. More »
Random Stuff
10:20AM Mark Wilson | Through a minimal amount of effort, reader Jeff Li has transformed the new iMac remote into a humble but lovable model for all of the latest hairstyles. Only an Ive-designed remote could pull off the God of War. [Thanks Jeff!]
The iMac Remote’s Guide To Style
10:20AM Mark Wilson | Through a minimal amount of effort, reader Jeff Li has transformed the new iMac remote into a humble but lovable model for all of the latest hairstyles. Only an Ive-designed remote could pull off the God of War. [Thanks Jeff!]
Computers
First New Apple iMac Benchmarks*
12:33PM Brian Lam | *Disclaimer: Our—and others—review units are not high end machines with Core i5/i7 with high end ATI graphics, so we can’t speak for the top end of iMacs. Also, the charts above are not indicative of anything, whatsoever. More »
Design
