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AppleInsider has discovered a 52 page filing from Apple showing new multi-touch features for what seems to be future tablet-styled Macs.  The sketches show a virtual on-screen full QWERTY keyboard for word processing as well showing similar scrolling functions as the iPhone has today.
Check out our gallery below for more detailed drawings.
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According to MacDailyNews, Apple’s latest trick up their sleeve may be a touchscreen computer.  A source at their website claims that:
Think MacBook screen, possibly a bit smaller, in glass with iPhone-like, but fuller-featured Multi-Touch. Gesture library. Full Mac OS X. This is why they bought P.A. Semi. Possibly with Immersion’s haptic tech. Slot-loading SuperDrive. Accelerometer. [...]

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iPhone 3G

The iPhone-Dev Team announced they have officially cracked the iPhone 3G with its latest Pwnage release, v2.0.  The new release lets users run third party software and only supports Mac OS only.
It should be noted that the new download does not “unlock” the device to other wireless carriers.  Jump on over to Wired’s Blog [...]

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Apple is apologizing for its MobileMe snafus and sent the following out to its customers:
MobileMe services are now available
We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a lot rockier than we had hoped.
Although core services such as Mail, iDisk, Sync, Back to My Mac, and Gallery went relatively smoothly, the [...]

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Although many Windows Vista opponents would disagree, Microsoft believes that the problem with its latest operating system has one huge hurdle to overcome: negative PR.  The company is expected to launch a multi-million dollar ad campaign to counteract the positive growth for Apple as a result of the “Get A Mac” advertisements; according to an [...]

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Apple’s MobileMe service

It’s official: Apple will replace its aging .Mac service with MobileMe at midnight on July 10 (Pacific time), after a six hour downtime beginning at 6 PM the prior day.  Notifications have been sent to users, and state that they will lose almost all of their operations, although they still will be able [...]

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According to DisplaySearch, a market research firm, Apple’s laptop shipments have grown from 900,000 in Q1 2007 up to 1.4M in Q1 2008. The 61% increase now places Apple seventh in the laptop market with a 4.6% share.
HP leads the market with a 20.8% share, followed by Dell at 15.1% and a closely trailing [...]

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Apple’s MobileMe service

Remember MobileMe, the replacement to the .Mac software announced at Apple’s WWDC, has launched. Users can now activate their me.com e-mail addresses. “Current .Mac subscribers can already take advantage of their MobileMe email addresses even though the new service isn’t scheduled to launch until July 11. The transition means that anyone [...]

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Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro

Logitech has announced a new webcam, the QuickCam Vision Pro, specifically made for Mac users. This new webcam offers the latest in autofocus technology and uses Carl Zeiss optics to deliver high picture clarity and great video.
“With this new webcam for Mac computers, we’ve integrated our most advanced video technologies to [...]

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A third release of Mozilla’s Firefox browser has been issued after a Mac OS X bug was detected. The bug only seemed to affect Mac users, causing some systems to crash or hang.
To download Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 3, go to Firefox’s download page.
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