John Paczkowski

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Hey Kids! Max Out Your Credit With Apple’s Back-to-School Season Refresh!

That telltale “We’ll be back soon” sign appeared on Apple’s online store early Tuesday morning, and when it disappeared a few hours later the company had refreshed a number of its product lines and debuted some entirely new gear as well. Announced this morning: new Mac Pro desktops, new iMacs, a 27-inch LED Cinema Display, an eco-friendly battery charger and a multitouch Magic Trackpad.

Apple’s (AAPL) iMac and Mac Pro lines now offer faster Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processor options, with the last available in a $4,999 configuration with a full dozen Intel Xeon cores. IMacs cost between $1,199 and $1,999.

The long-awaited 27-inch LED Cinema Display boasts 2560 x 1440 resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Optimized for Apple’s latest hardware, it features a built-in iSight video camera, microphone and speakers, 3-port USB 2.0 hub, and a universal MagSafe connector for charging up a MacBook. Price: $999. It ships in September.

Finally, there are the peripherals: An Apple Battery Charger that senses when its batteries are fully charged and adjusts its power usage accordingly ($29.00 with six rechargeable AA NiMH batteries), and a $69 Magic Trackpad that adds to the desktop the same gesture commands supported by the iPhone and iPad.

Twitter’s Tanking

December 30, 2013 at 6:49 am PT

2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks

December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT

BlackBerry Pulls Latest Twitter for BB10 Update

December 29, 2013 at 5:58 am PT

Apple CEO Tim Cook Made $4.25 Million This Year

December 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work