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The Weekly Round-Up: 18.04.08

Round-Up Suddenly, the marketing manager waltzes in and demands a MacBook Air for her and one for her assistant. What sort of company admits to introducing features in its product designed to deliberately "annoy users"?

Tags: microsoft, windows, google, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Apple patches up Safari

News Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a MacBook Air to be hacked and two flaws in the Windows-only version of Safari.

Tags: safari, apple, security, macbook air

[18 Apr 2008]

Photos: HP squeezes into the dinky laptop market

Photo It weighs in at 1.27kg and is a slimline 27mm to 33mm thick - albeit not exactly MacBook Air thin, though it does have a much less hefty price-tag. HP is bringing a sub-£300 laptop to Blighty - with an eye on mobile workers and kids in classrooms.

Tags: laptop, hp

[11 Apr 2008]

Linux, Leopard and Vista: The ultimate hack contest

News The contest is being run by the organisers of the CanSecWest security conference as a repeat of 2007's PWN to Own context, where security researchers competed to win a MacBook Pro and $10,000. The prize was shared between security researchers, Dino...

Tags: leopard, apple, microsoft, vista

[08 Feb 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ The Naked CIO: Time to wage war on home users ¦ Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?

Tags: hmrc, ebay, vista, driving

[07 Feb 2008]

Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?

Comment Some eight years later and Apple launches the MacBook Air, a ground-breaking laptop that sits between the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. But then the MacBook Air arrived. But the end result is that the screen is just over 13 inches wide, the same...

Tags: apple, laptops, jobs, macbook

[06 Feb 2008]

Intel super skinny chip in demand

News Silicon.com sister site CNET News.com has learnt that Lenovo and Fujitsu are in the process of putting together systems based on the Core 2 Duo chip that Apple is using in the MacBook Air. Apple asked Intel to design the Core 2 Duo chip last year...

Tags: lenovo, apple, intel, core

[01 Feb 2008]

Apple TV suffers a setback

News Apple released a statement yesterday noting the MacBook Air is now shipping. But the statement also said the new Apple TV software update, which allows users to rent high-definition movies directly from their widescreen TVs "is not quite finished".

Tags: apple, steve jobs, iphone, tv

[31 Jan 2008]

Stories of the month - January 2008

News Not for the first time Apple stole the CES thunder at its Macworld conference a week later, unveiling the super-thin Macbook Air to the masses. Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people into looking for a new career or job and...

Tags: cv, bill gates, shell, apple

[30 Jan 2008]

Photos of the month - January 2008

Photo Later in the month, Apple held its annual Macworld 2008 show in San Francisco where Steve Jobs unveiled the super thin Macbook Air that he's holding here. Bill Gates gave his last speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in which...

Tags: speech, picture, credit, history

[30 Jan 2008]

Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?

Photo Apple's long history of innovative and occasionally quirky design was reinforced with last week's Macworld launch of the wafer-thin MacBook Air laptop. The company's pro laptop range, recently rebadged as the MacBook Pro, has been foremost in...

Tags: apple, software, macintosh, hardware

[24 Jan 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 18.01.08

Round-Up Oh forget it, everyone's talking about the MacBook Air and if you haven't seen the laptop, you can check out the grand unveiling of the laptop by Apple boss Steve Jobs here. The lack of a removable battery will bother some power users and pedants...

Tags: iphone, mac, apple, macworld

[18 Jan 2008]

Video: Macworld 2008 - full of hot air

Video At Macworld 2008 Steve Jobs unveiled the MacBook Air - the latest addition to the MacBook family. Here's a closer look at the features of what Jobs has dubbed the "world's thinnest notebook".

Tags: air, mac, apple, macworld

[17 Jan 2008]

Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld

Photo The Apple display at Macworld 2008 features MacBook Airs - the latest addition to the MacBook family - hanging from the ceiling. Macworld attendees get to interact with the new MacBook Airs at an Apple station lined with the computers.

Tags: steve jobs, ipod, apple, mac

[17 Jan 2008]

Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008

Photo A display in the lobby of San Francisco's Moscone Center hints at a key announcement in Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld speech - the new ultra-thin MacBook Air laptop. Jobs touts the MacBook Air's slim-line size.

Tags: apple, macbook, macworld, jobs

[16 Jan 2008]

Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'

News Apple unveiled its ultra-portable MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook according to CEO Steve Jobs, during his keynote speech at Macworld 2008. When closed, the MacBook Air measures 4mm at its thinnest point and 19mm at the thickest part.

Tags: apple, macbook, steve jobs, air

[16 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...

Comment MacBook Pro and with Leopard it's even easier to move from one to another. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views...

Tags: iphone, leopard, lost data, apple

[08 Nov 2007]

Minority Report: A greener Apple

Comment For instance, in June this year, the latest MacBook Pro laptop was the first of Apple's computers to feature 'greener' LED backlight technology. A good result, says Seb Janacek, but how fair was the eco mud-slinging to the Mac maker?

Tags: steve jobs, greenpeace, green it, apple

[23 Aug 2007]

Apple targets Twitter generation

News Apple separates its Mac customers into two main categories: the developers and creative professionals who use its heavyweight Mac Pro desktop and MacBook Pro notebook and the rest of us, who get iMacs and MacBooks.

Tags: imac, web 2.0, apple

[08 Aug 2007]

iPhone's touchscreen just the beginning for Apple?

News CrunchGear reported earlier this week that Apple is planning to introduce new laptops in October that incorporate multitouch input gestures beyond what you can already do on a Macbook or Macbook Pro. Apple could have a lot more in mind for the...

Tags: touchscreen, patent, apple, iphone

[03 Aug 2007]

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