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/09/11/25/toshiba.teams.with.gq.on.limited.notebook.auction/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/toshidesignin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba has teamed up with GQ magazine on auctioning off notebooks designed by four famous men. The 'artists' include Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, actor and writer Rainn Wilson, rock musician Joe Perry and actor and producer Omar Epps, with each designing the exterior and interior look of four different Toshiba Satellite notebooks.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/toshiba.teams.with.gq.on.limited.notebook.auction/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/gartner.sees.pc.sales.back.up.in.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/aceraspireoned250-android.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The economy has bounced back quickly enough that the computer business will have seen a slight boost this year, Gartner said in a study published on Monday. The analyst group estimates that shipments will have overall climbed 2.8 percent in 2009 to about 298.9 million computers. It marks a sharp reversal from a forecast as late as September that had computers sinking 2 percent. A recovery of th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/gartner.sees.pc.sales.back.up.in.2009/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/reliability.study.has.apple.4th.place/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/asusul30.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new study published by SquareTrade revealed that the smaller name brand notebook manufacturers are usually more reliable than their larger rivals. Of the top nine, ASUS has the lowest tracked breakdown rate with fewer than 10 percent of its notebooks failing in the past two years. Toshiba, Sony and Apple also have better-than-average performance and are either just over or under the same figur... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/reliability.study.has.apple.4th.place/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/asus.may.buy.toshiba.group.to.move.up/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/asusu1-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ASUS could push its way to near the top of notebook market share by buying out one of its largest competitors, company chairman Jonney Shih reportedly revealed today. He hopes for ASUS to reach the top three in notebook builders by 2011 and says the company has talked to Toshiba about buying its notebook business. Nothing has been finalized, and it remains unclear how close if at all the two may... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/asus.may.buy.toshiba.group.to.move.up/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/new.image.supports.toshiba.tg01.at.verizon/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/toshibatg01-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Another indication that the 1GHz Qualcomm CPU-powered Toshiba TG01 smartphone may be soon coming to Verizon surfaced on Thursday. This comes in the form of an image of a Cellebrite device screen showing a handset called TG01CV. The Cellebrite machine is used to transfer database content between handsets and implies Verizon is readying its system to accept the new phone in its system.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/new.image.supports.toshiba.tg01.at.verizon/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/apple.makes.rare.inroads.into.euro.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/macbookpro17-mattesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer and Apple are the two primary computer makers gaining share in Europe at a time when most are bleeding sales, Gartner revealed in a research note today. Acer extended its lead in the summer to 28.3 percent of the Western European market, or 4.73 million PCs, based primarily on its netbooks and full-size budget PCs. However, Apple was one of the few others to gain significant share and was o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/apple.makes.rare.inroads.into.euro.share/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/softbank.announces.new.winter.spring.handsets/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/softbankandroidintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese telecoms provider Softbank on Tuesday announced an upcoming lineup of handsets, including revealing that it will launch an Android-powered smartphone by the spring of 2010. The device will use a 3.7-inch OLED and be powered by Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon CPU but has received few other details. Otherwise, Snapdragon is already found or to be found in a number of other smartphones from vario... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/softbank.announces.new.winter.spring.handsets/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/drives.geared.for.thin.notebooks.ultraportables/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/toshsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba has expanded its line of small hard drives with several 1.8-inch offerings featuring capacities up to 320GB. The MKxx33GSG series is available in 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB sizes, each based on dual-platter configuration. The drives feature a 16MB cache buffer, 5,400RPM spindle speed and transfer rates of up to 830Mb/s.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/drives.geared.for.thin.notebooks.ultraportables/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/toshiba.outs.updated.windows.7.notebooks/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/toshu500intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba released updated Satellite Pro, Tecra and Portégé business notebooks on Tuesday to get its work PCs onboard with Windows 7. The Satellite Pro line features new screen sizes, including traditional 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch displays as well as a 13.3-inch touchscreen. Most of these business-oriented notebooks will ship with Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 Professional on separate DVDs so... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/toshiba.outs.updated.windows.7.notebooks/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/acers.liquid.android.smartphone.specs.confirmed/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/acerliquid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The specifications for Acer's upcoming Liquid smarpthone have been revealed at a conference in France, Revioo reported on Monday. Despite an earlier report, the phone's Qualcomm SnapDragon processor will not be rated at its full, 1GHz clock speed but instead be limited to 768MHz.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/acers.liquid.android.smartphone.specs.confirmed/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT