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Mac Expo has started and I was hoping they might have brought out a new mid range MacBook or a lower price for the Aluminum MacBook but sadly not. So whilst checking out the new MacBook Pro’s with their 17″ screens and funky new built in battery with 8 hour span between charges I wondered [...]

It’s official the Arctic chill has arrived. I woke up in the middle of the night and it was chilly so chilly I had to take a grab of the weather temperature on the iPhone provided by yahoo. Now I know severe weather warnings have been issued as temperatures in the UK dipped as low [...]

As mentioned in the top searches from 2008 on google top tens though work well as proven editorial technique alongside top trumps and image galleries.
So it’s no surprise that Yahoo have also created their top ten lists of searches for 2008 - although rather than being a zeitgeist they call it a buzz or year [...]

The pre-Macworld Expo rumour mill has not been as mad as usual - probably due to Steve Jobs not delivering the keynote - but 9to5Mac reckon there will be an internet-based media server from Apple.
The rumoured Apple media server, would be based on Apple’s existing Time Capsule, an ARM-based 802.11n WiFi base station and backup [...]

The iPhone Dev Team released its iPhone 3G unlocking utility, yellowsn0w, on the first of the year although it’s still a beta.
If you’d like to crack your iPhone with the beta remember version 0.9.4 beta works only with iPhone baseband 02.28.00, that’s the version installed by iPhone 2.2 Software Update, Apple’s most recent firmware update. [...]

I love this despite myself and the fact I know it’s a marketing campaign by google docs - it’s so pretty though with the snowflakes!

Fears have grown about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs who will not deliver his customary keynote address at the Macworld trade show next month.
Apple shares were down 3% on the news as Apple sites buzzed with speculation that Jobs decision not to address one of the highlights of the Mac calendar was related [...]

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Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business
This year Popbitch decided to publish a book as a complement to their irreverant mailings. Allegedly it has some of our favourite stories of the last nine years and, unlike their text-only emails, photos (cute animal plus celebrities), two board games, Kerry Katona’s 2009 diary, what publicists really mean [...]

Bear Grylls visited the Discovery UK head office today for an impromptu question and answer session. He’s broken his shoulder so isn’t filming Born Survivor, Man v Wild or Ultimate Survivor depending where you live.

Check out Bear Grylls update on the Born Survivor website.