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Gadgets
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | iFixIt and Wired got together to cajole people into tearing down their favourite Sony products. And while autopsies usually give me the creeps, I’ll admit that seeing this hardware spread apart left me hot under the collar. More »
Sony Gadgets Of All Ages Stripped Down And Photographed
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | iFixIt and Wired got together to cajole people into tearing down their favourite Sony products. And while autopsies usually give me the creeps, I’ll admit that seeing this hardware spread apart left me hot under the collar. 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
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 »
Peripherals
Magic Mouse Torn Apart, Nothing Magical Found Inside
2:10PM Dan Nosowitz | What a bait-and-switch, Apple. You charge a boatload for this fancy new mouse and call it “Magic”, yet iFixit’s teardown reveals nothing even close to magical — just boatloads of capacitive sensors. More »
Gadgets
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 »
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 »
Cameras
12:30AM Matt Buchanan | This is what it’s like inside Nikon’s ridiculous projector-in-a-camera. Whoever fell asleep and drooled on the approval forms to make the s1000pj happen, thank you for something that should only exist on paper. [iFixit]
Japanese Engineer’s Crazy Dream For A Camera, Exploded
12:30AM Matt Buchanan | This is what it’s like inside Nikon’s ridiculous projector-in-a-camera. Whoever fell asleep and drooled on the approval forms to make the s1000pj happen, thank you for something that should only exist on paper. [iFixit]
Games
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 »
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
The Mac Mini Costs Apple $US387.14 To Build
12:20AM Mark Wilson | It’s by no means the most timely report, but apparently Apple actually has a less profitable margin on the Mac Mini than much of their other hardware, according to iSuppli, as the base Mac Mini ($599) costs $US387.14 to build. More »
Phones
Hot Hot Hot: IPhone 3GS Shamelessly Stripped Naked
2:19PM Dan Nosowitz | Those deconstructionists over at Rapid Repair have taken their tiny screwdrivers or whatever to the iPhone 3GS and disassembled the poor baby. And so soon after its birth! More »
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