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Damn I hope someone out there got the movie reference in the title.  Otherwise, I’m going to feel sad.  Sad and old.  Or, sadder & older than usual.
Anyway, over the past ten days there has been a fairly fascinating debate about Intellectual Property Laws, Computer Fraud, and plain old bored college geniuses.  (Or is it [...]

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”), [...]

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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Fudzilla announced yesterday, via Engadget, that Intel’s dual core Atom processor will be released sometime in late September with full product launch sometime in the 4th quarter of 2008, mainly due to the CPU’s high demand. But what is special about Atom? And how will it be the new mobile CPU of future laptops [...]

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.

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 [...]

Intel has plans to release the new Nehalem-based processors by the end of 4Q08 first found on Tom’s Hardware with the full story at Digitimes. What is so important about these new CPUs? The removal of the existing FSB which will be replaced with the QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) on an X58 NorthBridge chipset. [...]

I picked a good day to return from vacation. With his retirement looming tomorrow, there are a lot of questions surrounding Microsoft after Bill Gates steps down for good. Many websites are launching massive tributes (Thanks Gizmodo!), while others are posting pieces regarding Gates’ Microsoft successor, Steve Ballmer.

Its been a busy week here at TNMS but here are some of the weekend stories. I won’t be writing blurbs, but I have given headlines and links to the original source of stories from which I found them:

Mars Phoenix Lander has found water on Mars!
***RUMORS*** iPhone for $200?
Apple’s *.mac URL could become part [...]

Here are some of the top stories from this past weekend (May 3rd and 4th) that may be of interest and of importance. I will be doing a weekend recap every Monday so you won’t miss out on the important tech news.