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A popular poster on Metacafe has posted a video tutorial reportedly showing him using wine to charge his car battery.

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Mac OS X’s next incarnation could use GPS to track stolen hardware, thanks to new mapping software from Apple.

Next Apple OS to track stolen iPods?

Apple is about to unveil the next generation of iPod, the best-selling music player in the U.S., using a "none-touch" concept, says Terry Gou, Chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Taiwan's largest electronics company.

Ever since February rumours have been have been rampant that a 3.5in touchscreen model was in the works reports TrustedReviews

Apple Computer could introduce an "ultra-portable PC" that employs NAND-based flash memory in time for the January Macworld trade show in San Francisco, one Wall Street analyst says.

UBS Investment Research analyst Ben Reitzes said this week his proprietary checks indicate Apple is working on "ultra-portable PCs" and even notebooks equipped with NAND flash memory in order to speed up boot times.

"We believe these new products could start in notebook products with combo-drives (NAND and HDD) or ultra-portables (NAND only), and could be released in time for MacWorld," Reitzes told clients.

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Engadget points to a mock up of the Motorola SCPL

The handset above is 0.2-inches thick, QVGA display, 512MB flash memory, MicroSD slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM radio , Bluetooth 2.0 and a titanium-alloy build.

Apple Insider is reporting that Apple is developing new a Mac for education.

The new low-cost PC, which will act as a replacement for Apple's now defunct eMac line, appears to be on track to catch the latter half of the 2006 educational buying season.

Based on a series of proprietary checks, it's believed that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is aligning component suppliers for a manufacturing ramp of the computers that it plans to initiate around the September timeframe.

Technically, this means that Apple's much anticipated professional line of Intel-based Power Mac computers -- expected to make their debut this summer under the "Mac Pro" moniker -- won't be the last of the company's PC offerings to make the transition from PowerPC to Intel chips.