Expo Notes: Acura show its drive at Expo
You expect to see lots of hardware exhibitors at Macworld Expo—but a car maker? Rob Griffiths finds out what Acura was doing with a booth in Moscone West.
Day: January 18, 2008
The MacBook Air: What you need to know
Steve Jobs ended his Macworld Expo keynote by unveiling the MacBook Air, the thinnest laptop Apple’s ever made. What features are included in this slim portable, and which ones did Apple drop? What’s the battery life like? And is it the right machine for you? We have the answers to these and other questions in our MacBook Air introductory guide.
Apple’s MacBook Air battery can be replaced in three minutes
Due to its ultra-thin profile, Apple’s new MacBook Air was designed with an integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery…
Snell and Ihnatko at Expo
Beloved technology columnist Andy Ihnatko pays a visit to the Macworld podquarium for this special edition of the Macworld Expo podcast. Andy shares his thoughts on the news coming out of this week’s Expo, including the tale of a hard drive that chose to die just before the Expo began.
Expo Notes: Another Web site-filtering option
Blue Coat has put out a free beta of its Internet filtering software, which uses a database the company maintains for its corporate server-based product.
AirMail manilla folder notebook sleeve for Apple MacBook Air now available for pre-order
The AirMail notebook sleeve for Apple’s new MacBook Air is handmade out of durable upholstery-grade vinyl, and lined with fuzzy, soft fleece…
Expo Notes: Chill out with Serene Saver
The $30 Serene Saver 2HD places calming video loops on your OS X Desktop.
File selection tricks for Leopard
If you use leading spaces in file names to force your files to the top of the Sort By Name view, you may find it hard to select them via the keyboard in Leopard now that the Space Bar invokes Quick Look. But Rob Griffiths has a work-around.
Which Apple notebook is best for you, MacBook Pro, MacBook, or MacBook Air?
If you’re a MacBook user and you never quite figured out what all those holes on the side of your laptop are for…
Expo Notes: Looks like a flask, works like a hard drive
One look at the latest pocket drive from Iomega, and you’ll see why it got the code-name whiskey.
Will Apple shares ‘break out’ over earnings?
Apple reports earnings next Tuesday, and while the shorts and naysayers continue to beat the uncertainty drum…
Sprint Nextel to cut 4,000 jobs, close 8-percent of retail stores as subscribers defect in droves
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday it would eliminate 4,000 jobs and close 8% of company-owned retail stores amid the loss of more…
Forbes looks at what bugs Apple fans
While Apple users will line up to buy Apple’s latest and greatest…
NY Times writer wants to know where to find Apple’s rental service for music
One quick last word on Macworld and what Steve Jobs didn’t do. The technology that enables movie rentals also could enable music rentals…
Greenpeace intends to ride Apple’s PR coattails for as long as possible
When Greenpeace protesters convened outside last year’s Macworld Expo…