It was the quietest speed bumps of a model line from Apple I can recall. No public announcement. No press release. On October 24, Apple just upgraded the CPU and hard disk drive specification of the five MacBook Pro models on their Website, confirming rumors that a minor refresh was imminent. Happily, price points remaiin the same

Real Weather Girls is a fully functioning weather App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that also follows the lives of women in major cities arolund the globe who share everything from their daily lives to the newest trends in their hometown - possibly the first App-based reality show, if you will, currently offered as a free download for a limited time

Most of North America switches back to Standard Time from Daylight Saving Time this year at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 7. Love DST or hate it, don't forget to "fall back," and there's even an app for that

Unreasonable fear, or are the effects of electromagnetic radiation pollution from increasingly ubiquitous wireless devices a looming public health concern that's being swept under the rug?

I'm marking a significant milestone today, which is the eleventh anniversary of the day I signed on to Applelinks as a regular news editor, columnist, and product-reviewer

Finding the right combination of input devices and workstation configuration will likely require some experimentation and thoughtful consideration if typing pain is a present or potential issue for you, however, the effort to think it through and equip yourself with the optimum hardware for your particular needs will pay dividends in greater comfort (or at least less discomfort) and productivity.

Back in the '90s, Apple's first effort building compact laptops (if you don't count the original PowerBook 100) was the PowerBook Duo, which combined a subcompact laptop computer module that could be used as a freestanding notebook for portability and road warrioring. It seems quite logical that the PowerBook Duo concept would be successfully revisited and updated, using a modern ultracompact laptop like a MacBook Air or PC netbook as its "core module."

Country's newest political party's party's goal is to change Canadian and global legislation concerning the evolving information society, which is characterized by openness and diversity, and will contest Canada's next federal election on an anti-copyright and patent bullying, cultural freedom and consumer rights platform

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A pretty static scene on the OS market share front over the past three months; in browsers Safari fades to fourth place and Chrome continues its surge, gaining more than a full point in December

• New Christmas Song, Christmas Recipe, Offered as Free Download
• How to Make Free Christmas iPhone Ringtone from 2009's Top 5 Country Christmas Songs
• Now Over 100 Royalty Free Christmas Music Tracks at Premiumbeat.com
• Jingle Bells: HoHoHo! 1.0 Brings Jingle Bell Rock for the Holidays
• Musical Lights For iPhone / iPod touch

• Musical Lights For iPhone / iPod touch
• Hey Mac Software Releases Christmas Narrator for iPhone
• VerySoftware releases Christmas Gift Finder 1.0 for iPhone/iPod touch
• Stretch Your Holiday Dollars with the Snow Globe Maker iPhone App
• iPhone App Helps Shoppers Share Wine Recommendations for the Holidays
• Broken Thumbs Apps releases Santa's Run 1.1 - A Festive Game for iPhones
• Holiday-themed reMovem Christmas Edition iPhone game now available
• 99Games Releases Christmas Sudoku for the iPhone
• Text Messages from Santa - Santa goes GREEN by going MOBILE for The March of Dimes
• Retro Dreamer brings Elf Command to iPhone and iPod Touch for Free
• Roll Xmas Ball 1.0 App for iPhone - Labyrinths, Lights and Lots of Fun