http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/consumer.reports.marks.electronics.shops/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/applestorerideau.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple leads in brick-and-mortar retail stores but is no match for more universally oriented stores online, Consumer Reports says in its December issue (subscription needed for results). Of all major physical retailers, Apple scores the highest in a reader study. Although tied with Costco for an official 90-point score, it ranks highest through its perceived product quality, customer help and the... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/consumer.reports.marks.electronics.shops/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/eee.pc.1101ha.now.in.us/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/asuseeepc1101ha.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The first Eee PC branded 11.6-inch netbook from ASUS, the 1101HA, is now being sold in the US. The netbook was originally slated for a late June release, at least in Europe. Part of the Seashell line due to its slim and tapered form factor, the netbook uses a 1.33GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 1366x768 display resolution. Only available in black, the netbook uses a six-cell battery and weighs just... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/eee.pc.1101ha.now.in.us/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/belkin.employee.unethical/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/amazonbelkin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Belkin's Business Development Representative, Mark Bayard, has reportedly been paying Internet surfers to post fake positive reviews or poorly selling Belkin products on Amazon.com, according to a Friday report. Bayard has posted on Amazon's Mechanical Turk website, which pays users to perform tasks computers cannot, paying them on a per-task basis. At the time, Bayard offered 65 cents for every p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/belkin.employee.unethical/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/hp.blackbird.002.at.retail/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/hpblackbird002.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP this morning revealed ahead of a larger announcement in Berlin that it will bring its Blackbird 002 gaming system to retail. The previously online-only system will ship in a trim level targeted at the higher end of the performance spectrum with a liquid-cooled 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad, two of NVIDIA's as-yet unannounced GeForce 9800 GT video cards paired up in SLI mode, and a 500GB hard drive; the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/hp.blackbird.002.at.retail/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/foresee.online.store.poll/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/ipodshuffle2g.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The top-ranking online electronics stores continue to be dominated by Apple and other specialized sites, according to a new study by ForeSee Results. Both Apple and hobbyist computer store Newegg have tied each other for the highest satisfiaction scores in an examination of the top 100 shops in the US, each reaching the 80-point threshold ForeSee says is necessary to be considered "superior." Th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/foresee.online.store.poll/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT