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• First OS X malware in the wild, Apple tops Consumer Reports for tech support, and more, 06.26. Also EFiX talks about its Hackintosh dongle, left behind by Snow Leopard, ZFS support part of Snow Leopard, openSUSE Linux has 'a Mactastic shine', and more.
• Mac sales up 50% in May, OS X on any PC with USB dongle?, share up to 5 USB devices, and more, 06.20. Also intimidating people with a Mac, CherryPal's inexpensive green 'cloud' computer, quad-core G5 YDP PowerStation, Radeon HD 3870 announced, and 'the ultimate image editor for OS X'.
• More in the Mac News Review index.

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• Wouldn't life be great with an iSlate?, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 07.04. PDAs and smartphones are too small for some tasks, full-fledged Tablet PCs are overkill, and ebook readers are too limited. Apple has the tech to own this niche.
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• The Macintosh Portable started a notebook revolution, Carl Nygren, Classic Macs in the Intel Age, 07.03. Before Apple introduced the Mac Portable, notebook computers were text-based and ran MS-DOS. Ever since, graphical interfaces have been the norm for laptops.
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