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The 4th gen Apple iPod Touch (a.k.a. Hurting your wallet , part 1)

As the leaks pointed out, Apple is out to hurt your wallet again this holiday season. Part one of this strategy is the launching of the new iPod Touch (4th gen). [Part 2: The 6th Gen iPod Nano here.] We hate Apple for giving us this kind of gadget greed, but you know that already.

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Leaks point to new iPod Touch and Shuffle

Oooh, what have we here? Just a little later after a September 1 Apple “special event” is announced (we learned via Engadget, as always), we also discover some of these leaks.

Apple will hold a "special event" on September 1

Leak number 1

Early July, Taiwanese site Apple.pro posted up some shots of appears to be a

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Commodore to release PC64 (C64 portable replica)

Commodore USA, makers of the ubiquitous Commodore 64 — or lovingly “C64” to nerdies (like most of the people here at MacPCWiz are) — seem set to release a portable PC set to emulate the “bread box” aesthetics of its famous ancestor. The Commodore PC64 is touted to be an “exact replica”, thereby increasing its

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Intel buys out McAfee

This one totally caught us off-guard — proc manufacturing giant Intel acquires software threat industry leader McAfee. Though it looks on paper a good purchase for Intel, we still don’t see the logic here. But Engadget reports:

Well, we got our copy of McAfee Antivirus for $29, but it looks like Intel had something a little

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Apple busts out new 12-core Mac Pro’s

12 cores.

You read it right. Up to 12 burning CPU cores on the newest Apple Mac Pro, overhauled from last year. The Mac Pro has been longing for a refresh worthy of its title — the monster performer of the Mac line. As we can see, Apple has just updated its most powerful piece of

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ASUS rolls out B-Series notebook PC’s with Sonata Batteries

Most people — including us — are peeved at the fact that laptop batteries have so short a lifespan, no laptop manufacturer is willing to place a warranty on them longer than 1 year. We have wondered when this would change — well, look no further than the SONATA branded batteries from Boston-Power. According to

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Google ends the Wave

As the new champions of cloud computing, Google introduced Google Wave — a mash-up of instant messaging, collaborative tools, and document sharing. It was hyped as a better way of working, chatting, and collaborating in the cloud workplace.

Announced at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. It is a web-based service designed to merge

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US consumers take to Blu-ray 3D

It’s nothing short of amazing how James Cameron’ s Avatar helped the cause of Blu-ray 3D. We half kid, of course. But James Cameron’s now ubiquitous 3D flick — though failing to capture 2009′s Oscar award for best picture — did open up the eyes of consumers (pun intended) to the wonders of watching in

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Windows XP refuses to die

Windows 7 may be one nifty OS, but the aged (more like ancient) Windows XP just refuses to die — or correct us if we’re wrong — Microsoft refuses to let XP die a natural death. Got this from ComputerWorld:

Just a day before Microsoft drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company

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PC games worth waiting for in 2010-2011

It is a good time to be a PC gamer (like myself) — a lot of new and exciting games are coming your way these next few quarters. With the influx of new technology — processors, video cards, and speedier hard drives, the world of PC gaming is at its best. MacPCWiz now takes time

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