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Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” – First Sneak Peek

Even as Rumors worked to prepare our first in-depth look at developmental "alpha" stage builds of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" earlier this week...the first builds (10A250 and later) seeded to third-party developers in quite some time and the first to be nearly feature-complete hit the grapevine like a shock wave. We have modified this first Sneak Peek to incorporate some of these reports, notably on the most recent 10A261 seed, and will be posting smaller more frequent Snow Leopard updates in the days ahead.
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The Mac’s 25th Anniversary — Founder’s Column, Part 1

In the days to come, we will be posting a series of introspective articles analyzing the history and present-day state of the Mac in light of this weekend's 25th Anniversary of the introduction of the very first Mac; to get us started, our founder Ryan C. Meader takes a look back and lays the foundation for the coming look at what's ahead in Parts 2 & 3 later this week.We hope you've had as much fun as we have, rumor-mongering these past fourteen-plus years; but, like Apple; we've only just begun!
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Conflicted over the lack of an Apple netbook while Sony announces one?

As we watch with a certain degree of envy the announcement at CES 2009 that Sony is introducing a new 8-inch display based "netbook" Vaio 'lifestyle PC,' many in the community are experiencing a duality of appreciation and frustration at Apple's apparent disinterest in this space. But it may be with good reason.
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Next for Apple: Mac Pros and Xserves based on Intel Core i7

Of course we're far from done with our Macworld San Francisco coverage; we continue to bring you the best of the show floor into the final day while we also keep a close eye on events at CES which are being covered by our partners at Xerces Media. But Rumors always keeps a close eye on the future -- and the future of high-end Mac computing is right around the corner.
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Microsoft seeks to steal Apple’s thunder, Windows 7 Beta @ CES

Xerces affiliated bloggers & tech-TV anchors attending CES 2009 are streaming the news back to Rumors HQ that Microsoft has made a strong, headline-grabbing announcement at the opening of CES with Steve Ballmer's announcement of a Windows 7 Beta to be made available for download tomorrow (Friday, January 9th).
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iDevice gaming “set to explode,” say game industry insiders

If you think that the little arcade games on the Classic iPods (5G class) distributed by Apple are about as far as iDevice gaming is ever going to get, think again!
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