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As we’ve mentioned in this space in the past, Google is preparing to launch their first volley into the war for your mobile conversations when their Android Operating System hits cell phones worldwide.  We’ve also mentioned once or twice (and by “we’ve” I mean “I’ve”, and by “once or twice” I mean “about 30 times”), [...]

I don’t care how rich you are, what program for a phone is really worth $1000?
Let me list some programs that are around $1000:

Photoshop CS3 (graphic design, web design, movie editing): $975.99
Final Cut Studio 2 (Mac movie editing): $1299
TurboCAD (graphic design): $973.99

What do all these programs have in common? They are geared towards high [...]

I typically hate the sun. I’m pale, maybe a bit pasty (okay, plenty pasty), and all lights within 10 feet of my desk at the office are turned off. But if I had an iPhone, I’d start looking at the sun in a new light (har har).
The environmentally-conscious tech source EcoGeek has reported on an [...]

If it sounds like we’re a little obsessed with Apple products here at technewsmadesimple.com, well, it’s because we are.  Everyone except Corey.  He still thinks Apple peaked in 1986 with the IIGS.  But it is true; Apple’s core business of desktops and laptops hasn’t really seen a major overhaul in quite awhile.

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Weekend recap but first some quick TNMS updates.
We won’t be publishing the grand opening of the Boston Apple Store video as it is way too big of a file (to edit as well) so instead, I will take screen shots of the store and post additional pictures. But we will have another “How to…” [...]

Dirty though that headline may sound, it could be coming sooner than people think.  Actually, that sounded pretty bad too.  Let’s start over.

Rumor has it that Apple is planning to rollout a new series of Macbook products, possibly as soon as October of 2008.  As in… three months from now.  And if the reports are true [...]

Obviously, the dominant story this summer is Apple’s release of the new 3G iPhone.  While there exist plenty of reasons why this remains the must-have gadget of 2008, there are certainly no shortage of reasons to consider waiting for one more model release before making the jump.

The folks at Gizmodo have done a lovely job of rounding up all of the battery tests performed on the new iPhone 3G this week. The results are varied, namely due to the ridiculous combination of things you could be doing with it. One thing that rang true in all tests, however, is [...]

Quite a few stories this weekend (of course being the first weekend of the 3G iPhone).

XBox360 20GB for $299? Better believe it! - Gizmodo/Kotaku
Typing with one hand… wait, its typing on one hand! - Engadget
Internet speeds at 640BG/sec, that’s 17 DVDs of info per second! - ZDnet via Digg
Microsoft’s offer for Yahoo!’s buyout has [...]

No, I didn’t bow down to the Apple/AT&T gods and get a 3G iPhone. To me, it really wasn’t of a need or want. I already have a BlackBerry Pearl and its small profile and Enterprise support through my employer makes it the prime candidate for a cell phone. But will I [...]

Gizmodo informs us that Microsoft is prepped to launch a $300 million advertising campaign for Windows Vista. Their goal is to combat the popular Mac commercials that continuously beat the idea into our heads that Vista is one craptacular piece of software. Microsoft’s VP of Windows Consumer Products had this to say about [...]

Quick recaps:

iPhones go on sale this Friday at 8am - CrunchGear
Blackberry rolls out touch screen phone? - Gizmodo
Toyota Prius’s go solar to go more green! - Engadget

Although this story falls more under the business side of technology that the truly “geeky” side (unless you’re one of those business geeks who drools over spreadsheets, business models and risk/reward analysis), it is still worth noting.  It looks like Apple has finalized their decision to not use Intel’s line of microprocessors in the next [...]

Ok, so some of you didn’t get the late 90’s Gangsta Rap reference, but it was all I got…
NAS, as in Network Attached Storage, is probably something you heard about by now, as it’s finally starting to become popular. One company in particular, Data Robotics, it trying to become the face of NAS. Thankfully, they [...]