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    The Weekly Hash - February 15, 2013

    Posted February 15, 2013 - 12:22 pm

    From the College of Cardinals’ new high tech method for choosing a pope to Google’s new private airport to the president’s geeky Fireside Chat we make fun of some of the this week’s top tech stories

  • Upgrading RAM on new iMac practically impossible

    Posted December 3, 2012 - 1:05 pm

    The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-in. iMac's repair score to 3 out of a possible 10, calling servicing the computer 'an exercise in disappointment.'

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    Nexus Q teardown reveals heavy base, foreign parts

    Posted July 7, 2012 - 7:10 am

    Google's Nexus Q media streamer isn't getting rave reviews, but at least it's a neat-looking piece of hardware both inside and out, as documented by iFixit.

  • iFixit teardown: Retina MacBook Pro will be hard to repair

    Posted June 16, 2012 - 7:44 am

    Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display is probably the least repairable laptop so far, according to repair site iFixit. Just a couple of days after it became available, the teardown of the Retina MacBook Pro shows the notebook is a great piece of engineering, but this comes at a price.

  • The Nook Tablet's design element: A faux carabiner clip

    Posted November 22, 2011 - 8:27 am

    A certain design element of the Nook Tablet caught the eye of teardown experts at iFixit: A metal loop at the lower left corner of the metal cover.

  • Apple iPhone 4S Teardown: 4 Findings

    Posted October 13, 2011 - 4:25 pm

    iFixit's iPhone teardowns seem to happen earlier every year. This time, the hardware repair group has cracked open an iPhone 4S one day ahead of its October 14 launch date.

  • iPhone 5: Is a redesign in the cards?

    Posted July 16, 2011 - 7:00 am

    Kyle Wiens of iFixit shares insights and predictions about the next-generation iPhone expected to launch this fall.

  • iFixit: Apple literally screwing customers [video]

    Posted January 20, 2011 - 12:49 pm

    The hardware-hacking Website fights for your freedom to tinker -- and stands to make a few bucks in the process.

  • 5 interesting findings from iFixit's Nexus S teardown

    Posted December 20, 2010 - 11:14 am

    Google jumps back into the phone hardware business with the Nexus S, and iFixit immediately tears the phone to bits. That's just the natural order of things.

  • Inside the PlayStation Move

    Posted September 22, 2010 - 2:16 pm

    Sony's new Playstation Move controller went on sale this week to apparently sluggish sales. However, the customary autopsy by iFixit shows that, although the Move looks just like a Wii controller with a ping-pong ball attached, it has some great specs inside. Upon unscrewing the device, iFixit found that the LED ball (the orb) on the top is capable of a 24-bit color resolution--that's around 16 million different colors. Also, as the LEDs get warmer, the brightness decreases, which keeps them at not only a good temperature for use, but increases the life of the diodes.

  • iFixit unveils “Wikipedia” for tech repairs that go beyond Apple devices

    Posted April 22, 2010 - 11:17 am

    iFixit, which has made a name for itself by tearing apart hot new devices like the Apple iPad and Google Nexus One smartphone to show what really makes them tick, Thursday unveiled a publicly accessible and editable wiki designed for people to share their expertise at fixing things.

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