Opinion: The $169 Mac Box Set and Apple's motives (Macworld)
Perhaps lost among all the discussions about iLife ’09, iWork ’09, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Box Set may well be one of the best things to come out of the Macworld ’09 keynote.
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Michael Giltz: DVDs: To BluRay Or Not To BluRay? (HuffingtonPost)
Okay, so last week we had a lively discussion about BluRay DVDs. Go here to read it and the lengthy thread. Let me take another...
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Another Hit on Blu-ray: Toshiba Backs Movies on Memory Cards (US News & World Report)
Loser to Sony's high-definition format is backing an alternative to disks
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5 predictions for 2009 (CNET)
Will Steve Jobs announce his retirement? Will Windows 7 launch? Don Reisinger looks ahead to 2009, and asks you to share your own predictions.
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Personal Tech: Advice for Holiday Gift Giving (Washington Post)
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro will be online to discuss recent reviews, answer your personal tech questions and provide gadget advice for this holiday season.
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Scene stealer: The aXXo files (Independent)
At 8.40am on Monday 15 December, a new post appeared on an internet forum called the Darkside Release Group. "Darkside_RG" is a clearing house for internet pirates, a site dedicated to the online redistribution of movies, music and videogames. Its members happily spend their days sharing and discussing their ill-begotten booty on the site's many message boards.
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The year's best in consumer tech (The Globe and Mail)
Not an Oscar, not an Emmy, it's a Pogie
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Mac vs. PC debate plays in Hooksett school (New Hampshire Union Leader)
The purchase of $1,000 MacBook laptops for first- and second-graders doesn't add up for David Pearl. "The issue that I have right now is they purchased 10 MacBooks to be used by first- and second-graders," he said, noting that PC laptops can be had for as little as $400.
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