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Apple Kills Xserve

Apple is discontinuing their Xserve line of server computers—they’ll stop selling them on Jan. 31. Folks looking for an Apple server have two options: a Mac Pro or Mac mini configured as servers with OS X Snow Leopard Server. Given that the mini is their “most popular server platform by far,” it’s not too...

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Watch a MacBook Air Get Blown Up With Dynamite

What to do with your aging MacBook Air now that Apple’s introduced two shiny new models? Blow it up, of course. Blow it up with two sticks of M-1000 dynamite. Since there were hipsters involved, I’m assuming the whole project was conceived somehow ironically. But ultimately they’re right; there’s something poetic about a MacBook Air becoming just plain old...

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The MacBook Air Is Thinner Than an Axe Blade

Just how skinny are the new MacBook Airs? Thanks to this photographic evidence from Best Made Co., we can definitively say they’re thinner than an axe blade. Even the sharp end; see for yourself: The MacBook Airs are both .68 inches at their fattest and .11 inches at the front, which is decidedly less than the axe pictured here (though, admittedly, probably not all axes). Let’s just all hope it’s not as...

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Macbook Air Refresh May Add Bigger Battery, Come In Two Sizes

With Apple’s big OS event just days away, MacBook Air refresh rumors are hitting hard. According to Cult of Mac, Apple will unveil 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch models, along with a 50% bigger battery, a much lower price, and more. Details! A MacBook Air refresh has been a long time coming; Apple’s ultraportable notebook has seen its competitors get lighter, faster, and cheaper at an alarming rate. Improvements in the new model...

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iPhone 4 Design Flaw Could Lead to Epidemic of Cracked iPhones

When the iPhone 4 free bumper program finished a week ago, Antennagate ended. But Ryan Block reports that the iPhone engineering team has discovered another major design flaw that could lead another iPhone 4 scandal. While i’ve had my own concerns over the iPhone 4′s glass back, what the iPhone engineering team discovered post-Antennagate, according to Block, is that non-bumper cases that slide onto the iPhone 4 can cause...

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