Gadgets

CT Scans of iPhone: Safer Than Exploratory Surgery

A NYC radiologist decided to use his hospital’s CT scanner to take a peek at the innards of stuff he had lying around, including an iPhone, iBook, and electric razor.


February 1, 2009
Computing

Apple Warns Resellers of Reduced iMac Availability: New Models On the Way?

AppleInsider reports that Apple has begun warning resellers that new orders for the high-end 24-inch iMac may not be filled due to decreasing supplies. Let’s look at what we know about a possible iMac refresh.


December 24, 2008
Computing

Rumour: New iMacs Shipping Next Month

Plausible, but still rumor-y: Chinese paper Economic Daily News says new iMacs are coming next month, which goes with what we’ve been hearing about about Nvidia chipsets and new Intel quad-cores. [Digitimes via AppleInsider]


December 15, 2008
Gadgets

The History of Apple, As Seen Through the Glazed Eyes of the Patent Office

Technologizer has meticulously reconstructed Apple’s history in the form of sweet, formerly tantalising patent filings.


November 4, 2008
Computing

Apple Smashes Any Hope of Updated iMac or Mac Mini for Holidays

The standard Apple line about what’s next in the pipeline is that they don’t comment on future products. So when an Apple spokesman Bill Evans lays out fairly directly that “our holiday line-up is set,” it doesn’t look so good for those iMac gut refreshes previously rumoured to hit this month. But hey, it’s not like we really had any hope for a Mac mini update in the first place. [MacWorld]


October 19, 2008
Computing

Rumour: Refreshed, Faster iMacs in a Few Weeks

If you’re not interested in new Macbooks, but are eyeballing zoomier iMacs, it looks like you’ll get your wish sometime in the next four weeks, barring any problems, says AppleInsider. It’ll be new guts though, not a new house.