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Pre-Black Friday 2011: MacMall’s 37-hour sale ends today

It’s not everyday we come across decently discounted Apple products. That’s why if you know you are going to purchase a MacBook, MacBook Air or Mac mini, now is the time to strike. Apple will be holding its own Black Friday sale soon, but MacMall is currently at the end of its 37-hour sale. It ends today at 1pm Pacific.

Apple quietly refreshes MacBook Pro line

Apple’s MacBook Pro line has been rumored for a major redesign for weeks, but this refresh isn’t it. In fact, today’s refresh isn’t even big enough to warrant a tiny picture on Apple’s homepage, it seems. Apple has updated all of it’s MacBook Pro laptops with new CPUs and GPUs. The biggest change is the more »

Apple updates MacBook Pros, brings Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt

The new MacBook Pros are finally here, confirming at least a few of the rumors from the past few weeks. There’s no drastic change to the industrial design of the laptops, but plenty has been changed on the inside. The MacBook Pros mark the first time Thunderbolt has been included in a laptop. Thunderbolt, which more »

Gruber explains it all: Mac Air is an “iPad Pro”

Yesterday, Apple officando John Gruber posted on what he sees untypical Apple: confusion on which Mac to buy. Typically, Gruber insists, Apple makes it very clear what choices consumers have so they can make the best purchase. With last weeks addition of the Mac Air models, that simplicity is ruined. Gruber contends, “the MacBook Air more »

The Apple tax is a darn good thing

Warning: this is not an Apple love-fest. This week, Apple announced and launched two new MacBook Airs. The two are a marvel of construction and aesthetic design. And Apple charges more than would seem the going rate for them; this is dubbed the Apple tax. I am here to tell you, that’s a really good more »

Facebook may face stiff opposition in tradmark attempts

Facebook is reportedly trying to trademark the words “face” and “book”. This has already raised opposition from a company called ThinkComputer that offers a mobile payment app called FaceCash, and it’s likely Apple might have a problem with Facebook’s attempted trademarks as well, seeing they have apps called FaceTime and iBooks and oh yeah, the more »

Get caught up in technology with InterrupTech: October 26, 2009

Welcome back to InterrupTech. Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry. We cover the Barnes & Noble Nook, Windows 7, Moto’s Droid, Apple’s latest computers, Dell’s new Adamo XPS, RIM’s new BlackBerry watch, VW’s new iPhone app, and Google’s music service.

Microsoft apologizes for race change ad

A very sloppy Photoshop job has a red-faced Microsoft apologizing. The problem? In an ad in Poland, they Photoshopped a white man’s head over that of a black one. It was glaringly obvious because the designer forgot to change the man’s hands, resulting in a white man with a black man’s hands. It’s not clear more »

NYC’s Tekserve offering incentives to recycle

There’s a lot of ways to recycle electronics now, mostly through companies such as Apple, Dell, Toshiba, HP and others, Do you know if they are recycling them? Tekserve, the largest independent Apple store in New York City (and New York State as well), is teaming with Lower East Side Ecology Center to offer free more »

Dell introduces the next up in their line of sleek netbooks: the Inspiron Mini 12

So, Dell comes out with a new netbook. At first, the Mini 12 was just a rumor, but it is all official. It comes complete with a 12-inch display (up from their earlier Mini 9 model), although it is pretty much geared for the same crowd. According to Dell, it is super for “teens, tweens, travelers and ‘Tweeters’ to surf the Web, chat with friends, blog, stream content, upload photos or enjoy online videos, music and games.”

Keep reading to find out when you’ll be able to get one and what this thing is running.