Steve Ballmer is audacious and explosive, but did you know that he is also a prophet? He has made plenty of notable remarks over the years, especially pertaining to Apple. Here are my favorite 10 recent quotes from the Chief of Microsoft. More »

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For the impatient, here is concise summary of all professional iPad reviews. No one went against the tide, as all reviewers gave Apple’s tablet high marks, despite its severe shortcomings. Andy Ihnatko’s Chicago Sun-Times review is particularly disturbing since he calls the iPad “one of the best computers ever” when it in fact is not even a computer. Apple does not even market it as a computer, but as “a whole new kind of device.” David Pogue’s New York Times article is by far the most intelligent and realistic. He offers two differing opinions of the iPad and is dead-on about the divide that exists between hardcore techies and the average consumer –the former camp being unimpressed with the iPad. All of these reviews are worth a laugh or two though. I find it hilarious that most of these writers readily admit that the iPad has a handful of awful flaws, yet they still give it near perfect ratings. More »

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Bearing FCC ID BCG-E2381A, the iPad’s internals are unremarkable, save for the clean layout common to all unibody Macs. The components inside are sourced from ubiquitous manufacturers Intel, Broadcom, Infineon, Toshiba, ARM, etc. The 9.7-inch IPS panel is from LG-Philips. More »

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This photo does not do Apple justice because only two of the twelve “iPad-ready” websites are shown. You see, the iPad includes iPhone OS Safari, which supports “the latest web standards” like “HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.” Too bad for the iPad that there are hundreds of millions of computers in the world that are 99.99% internet-ready and also feature Safari, the full version. More »

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Hyundai has revealed that its top-end Equus luxury sedan will come with an owner’s manual for the Apple iPad –the tablet is also included too. More »

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Fusion Garage wanted to ship its JooJoo tablet before the iPad, and despite lots of snags along the way, it beat Apple by two days. Engadget has the real JooJoo in its hands, and the initial video rundown shows that it is not too shabby after all. More »

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On the cusp of his company’s iPad launch, Steve Jobs sat down with Time to discuss his career, life, and of course, the iPad. More »

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An unboxing video is sure to sell a sexy product. Chicago Sun-Times had an early look at the iPad and came away extremely satisfied, calling it innovative and “one of the best computers ever,” even though it is not even a real computer. More »

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…then your family will do whatever it takes to obtain one for you. Last night’s episode of highly rated ABC sitcom Modern Family was a 22-minute Apple and iPad promotional. One of the main characters, childlike Phil Dunphy (father of three), desperately wants an iPad for his birthday, which happens to be on April 3rd. For some inexplicable reason, he did not pre-order one weeks ago, so his wife offers to line up at an Apple store by 6 AM but falls asleep on the couch and does not wake up until hours later. More »

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Judging by how many people run Hackintosh on their MSI Wind, I know that there is an untapped market for an Apple netbook. A Chinese knock-off is happy to oblige. Equipped with an Intel Atom CPU and NVIDIA Ion2 graphics, this MacBook Pro clone could satisfy your netbook wants. More »

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Shanzhai is reporting about an upcoming Apple iPad lookalike that is running Google’s Android smartphone operating system with an iPhone OS knock-off graphics interface. The device’s price is purportedly in the $150 range, which would make it quite a bargain since most Android tablets are going to cost well above that. More »

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Since 2007, Apple has refreshed the iPhone in June-July. The Wall Street Journal suggests that Apple has two new models coming, one at the same time frame this summer, and that a fall version is for CDMA carrier Verizon. More »

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HP’s 15-inch ENVY notebook is indubitably, um, “inspired” by the unibody MacBook Pro, but underneath its magnesium skin is a quad-core Intel i7-820QM processor clocking at 1.73GHz. At only 1.04″ thick, the ENVY is proof that a lower-speed quad i7 can be worked into a thin notebook but at a very high price. More »

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Beating the chiefs from Ford, JPMorgan, Netflix, and Oracle (among others), Steve Jobs has been crowned by Barrons as the “Most Respected CEO” in America. During the recession, Apple has soared thanks to Jobs’ ideas and drive. Barrons credits him for Apple’s reinvention beginning in the late 1990s when the company was in financial trouble. More »

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That is $208,592 USD by XE’s reckoning. Stuart Hughes is not content working with simple gold –so, platinum is his precious metal of choice for this diamond encrusted Apple MacBook Air. More »

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