The weekend sun always shines just a little brighter on great Mac, peripheral and software prices. This weekend’s writeup starts with new and refurbished Macs, including the $499 refurbished 2.26GHz Mac mini or the same model new for $569.98, and …

Smith Micro has announced the release of Spring Cleaning 11 Deluxe, a suite of tools make Mac clean up, optimization and maintenance easy.
New features in Spring Cleaning 11 Deluxe include:
• QuickBackup – Enables users to run a simple back …

Some stories were meant to die and rise, every third day or so, zombie-like in a never ending cycle. Such is the tale of the iPhone on Verizon.
DigiTimes, ever a source of rumorological wonder, claims that Taiwanese smartphone assembler Pegatron …

The mothership’s newest iPad TV commercial strikes a very, very different tone than the company’s previous ads. It’s staid and corporately upright without a hint rebellion (i.e. not like Apple at all).
Gone is the light airy music and pleasant “life …

You might not remember his appearances at the All Things D conference in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. In the run up to this year’s event, where Steve Jobs will be once again on stage, Kara Swisher will be trickling …

Rumors of a MobileMe refresh are coming true at least in part. The mothership’s posted a feature list for a beta MobileMe Mail service, though there’s no info on the future of the online service’s other aspects.
Apple has introduced a …

Apple’s already said that more than 1-million iPads have sold. Now, the company that assembles the Cupertino, California-based company’s latest creation is claiming a huge revenue increase because of the device, as well.
CENS reports that Hon Hai Precision (a.k.a. Foxconn) …

Apple’s latest creation has been widely praised by users and pundits alike for its superlative battery life, which ranges from 8 to 12 or more hours depending usage. For some folks, even that’s not enough.
Enter the HyperMac External MacBook and …

Single of the Week — After singeing ear canals with a string of mixtures, Outasight is catching fire in a major way. This cat from Yonkers is trained in the art of moving butts with a unique rhyme style and …

Call me a selective luddite. There are some things that just have to be the latest and greatest to be good, like the iPad. Say goodbye to MacBook, say hello to 1.5lbs of mobile freedom, baby.
When it comes to pointing …