SSD MacBook Air now $500 cheaper

Apple chopped $500 off the price of the MacBook Air with SSD (solid-state drive). The price drop was not even mentioned on Apple’s home page. The $500 drop, bringing the better Air to a new $2,598, is due to a $100 decrease in the price of the 1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo chip and a $400 [...]

Western Digital’s Caviar Black drive is finally here

So, for all of you PC enthusiasts out there who wanted a drive that performs like the velociraptor, but has more space and is cheaper, you shall wait no more.  Although Western Digital announced this drive about a month ago, this drive was nowhere to be bought.  As soon as benchmarks are made, they will [...]

AT&T announces iPhone 3G plans; buy it at 8:00 am

With iPhone 3G launch date getting closer, AT&T decided to give us even more information to chew on. Not only have they given us the plan information (detailed after the break, but we now know that AT&T’s doors will swing open at 8:00 am on July 11th for iPhone 3G customers. Besides that nice tidbit [...]

Tesla announces $60,000 Model S five seater sedan

Just as suspected, Telsa Motors announced the new Model S with the help of California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning. The five passenger, completely-electric sports sedan will sell for $60,000 and get 225 miles on a full charge. The reason for the Governator’s involvement: Tesla will be manufacturing the car in Northern California due to [...]

Rock Band 2 coming this fall

Harmonix announced today that Rock Band 2, the follow up to the original, will come in XBOX 360 and PS3 flavors later this year (with XBOX 360 coming in September). IGN went to chat with Lead Designer Dan Teasdale about the game. Some big things we took out of the interview:

Downloadable tracks from Rock Band [...]

Happy Birthday dear iPhone! Happy Birthday to you!

iPhone turned one today. June 29, 2007: the day iPhone was released to the public. In less than a year, iPhone has received multiple software updates, had a price drop now and then, increased storage space, and launched in multiple countries. iPhone has even become one of the top phones in the country. So a [...]

Tesla Motors to announce sedan tomorrow

Tesla Motors, known for its $109,000 electric Roadster, will announce a sedan during a press conference tomorrow, according to TechCrunch. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at the press conference to represent a deal between Tesla and the state. Little is known about the sedan, but if Tesla really wants to make a breakthrough, pricing will be [...]

@me.com emails working for some

Apple has flipped the switch and activated Me.com email addresses for some .Mac customers. In other words, if a current .Mac customer has username@mac.com, email sent to username@me.com would be forwarded to their .Mac account. @me.com emails are part of MobileMe, Apple’s upcoming replacement to .Mac. For more information on MobileMe – check out me.com [...]

Virgin Mobile acquires Helio for $39 million

Rumors started surfacing of Virgin Mobile buying Helio recently, and the companies confirmed that today. Virgin Mobile is buying Helio from SK Telecom and Earthlink for $39 million worth of Virgin Mobile USA stock. The deal is set to close in Q3 2008, but Helio customers will mostly not be affected. Helio’s 170,000 customers will [...]

Today: Bill Gates last full-time day at Microsoft

Today, June 27, represents a major day in history. Today is Bill Gate’s last day as a full-time Microsoft employee. He will still step in once a week to check in, as well as remaining Microsoft’s Chairman and largest shareholder. The move will show Gates moving to a being a full time philanthropist and a [...]

iPhone news: Apple releases iPhone SDK beta 8 and iTunes 7.7 beta to developers, iPhone 2.0 firmware out on July 11, and more

Today was a relatively big day for iPhone news. Let’s wrap-up today’s news:

Apple released the eighth iPhone SDK beta today, providing a new, more stable release of iPhone 2.0 beta firmware. Alongside the release, Apple seeded iTunes 7.7 to developers in the iPhone Developer Program. According to developers, iTunes 7.7 shows Applications and related options [...]

Sprint offers $20 for YouTube videos featuring new Instinct

This is one marketing campaign that’s never been done before, and it could just be one of the most brilliant yet. Sprint is offering the first 1000 people that create a video with it’s new flagship device, the Samsung Instinct, $20. The rules are pretty simple: create a video with the new Samsung Instinct, upload [...]

The Sharper Image: not dead after all

Incase you didn’t know, The Sharper Image (famous for last minute gifts and obscure gadgets, as well as the ever-popular Trump Steaks) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in February and at least 96 stores have closed since. The company which has been nearing extinction, is apparently not dying after all. A teaser on The [...]

iPhone SDK limits GPS applications

After looking over the iPhone SDK license agreement, one clause looked a little odd. “Applications may not be designed or marketed for real time route guidance…” Is Apple trying to stop GPS makers from getting navigation software on iPhone? It looks like it. According to a TomTom spokesperson, this is just Apple “trying to protect [...]

iPhone 3G takes a step backwards: purchase and activation in-store only

We’ve got some more 3G iPhone news, and this takes a step backwards from the original iPhone. Remember Steve Jobs calling at home activation through iTunes really revolutionary and much easier than in-store activation, well it seems Steve’s had a change of heart. Starting with iPhone 3G, activation is in-store only, so no more iTunes [...]