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Let's face it, when you have Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show in the same week, it's an overwhelming amount of news to deal with, even (maybe especially) for a technology journalist like myself who gets paid to follow the latest and greatest and report back to you. I've been …

So, Apple isn't going to do the whole razmatazz thing again, the European Macworld is off and Steve Jobs isn't doing the annual presentation in January. Let's get the last item out of the way first: Mr. Jobs' absence has led to a load of speculation about his health. I …

“Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to break free.” It's funny that on the same day that I wrote, [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3665.html"]Hey Apple, What About iLinux?[/URL], that [URL="http://www.apple.com"]Apple[/URL] [URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/137587/2008/12/macworldexpo.html?lsrc=top_1"]announced[/URL] that they will no longer attend or participate in MacWorld Expo and Jobs won't deliver the keynote address. I …

So, MacWorld finally came and went. For months, I've anticipated this event. After Apple released [URL="http://www.apple.com/macosx/"]Leopard[/URL] in November, I had my eyes set on moving over to the Mac world. But without any guarantees that Apple would preinstall Leopard on existing laptops in their inventory and after hearing about numerous …

With the Macworld Keynote, it was inevitable that Apple would release some fancy new product. Among other things, the iPhone turned out the be the most significant, turning the iPod into a device which can make phone calls, and much, much more. All for only $499. The idea of merging …

[URL="http://www.micron.com"]Micron Technology, Inc.[/URL], has unveiled a prototype of the World’s first 8-megapixel CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor using a miniature 1.75 micron pixel design in a 1/2.5 inch optical format. As well as being small enough to bring 3-megapixel performance to your camera equipped cell phone, the new sensor …