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PC Magazine reviews the new 21.5-inch iMac and makes it the Editors’ Choice (4/5 stars) for mid-priced all-in-one desktops, citing its “classic” design, excellent display, powerful multimedia performance, and reasonable price. The review adds: “The $1,199 iMac is the system that can convert your friend/relative/significant other into one of the Mac faithful.”

SlashGear reviewer Vincent Nguyen judges the Magic Trackpad a “pretty tempting proposition” because it brings the “useful” Multi-Touch “gestures Apple’s mobile users have been enjoying to their desktop compatriots.” Adds Nguyen: “I wholeheartedly recommend the Magic Trackpad.”

Jim Dalrymple at The Loop highlights apps built to take advantage of iPhone 4 features — including the gyroscope, accelerometer, and Retina display. Writes Dalrymple: “There are a lot of great apps for the iPhone, but to experience the ultimate in cool apps you have to look for those built to utilize the newest technologies in iPhone 4.”

Reviewer Jonathan Rougeot (computershopper.com) calls the new 21.5-inch iMac the “king of the all-in-one” category for its beautiful design, innovative peripherals, faster performance, and stellar display. He concludes: “With its more muscular interior and consistently stylish exterior, the iMac continues to be the cool, smart all-in-one that all the other models envy.”

Apple today released Safari 5.0.1 and introduced the Safari Extensions Gallery. Extensions allow users to quickly add powerful new features to Safari — from toolbars that display live web feeds to sophisticated programs that filter web content. Users can download and install extensions either from the Safari Extensions Gallery or directly from a developer’s site.

Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line, widely praised as the world’s best desktop computers, with the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors and powerful new graphics. Apple also introduced the new Magic Trackpad — available separately for $69 — which brings the intuitive Multi-Touch gestures of Mac notebook trackpads to the desktop.

Apple’s new Mac Pro line comes with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation. Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics, and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD), the new Mac Pro continues to deliver amazing performance and expandability for the most demanding consumers and professionals.

Apple unveiled a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with stunning 2560 x 1440 resolution and 60 percent more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. Featuring a built-in iSight video camera, microphone and speakers, powered USB 2.0 hub, and universal MagSafe connector, the new LED Cinema Display is an ideal companion for any Mac notebook or desktop.

Beginning this Friday, July 30, customers can purchase iPhone 4 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. iPhone 4 will be available for purchase through Apple’s retail and online stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended June 26, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of $15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share. “It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple’s history with iPhone 4,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year.”

A tool for attacking devices running Google's Android operating system was released by security researchers today at the Defcon hackers conference in Las Vegas.

The School of Medicine at Stanford University has adopted Apple's iPad, providing the device to all incoming first year medical students and Master of Medicine students.

The US Army isn't the only security force adopting Apple's iOS devices for training and military operations; the UK is also now actively using iPad to train its soldiers.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion plans to enter the touchscreen tablet market and compete with Apple's iPad this November, when it will release the "Blackpad."

The popularity of Apple's iPad has prompted media giant News Corp. to consider starting a news organization that would provide content specifically for a new subscription service for tablet devices.

Starting with iOS 3.2 for the iPad in April, Apple began relying on its own databases for location-based services, in addition to utilizing Google's map data for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

One of the largest publications in Australia has found no major reception problems with Apple's newly released iPhone 4, while the problematic New Zealand launch was delayed a few hours.

Motorola reported a phenomenal 600 percent leap in earnings this quarter, but is still behind Apple in mobile units sold and is far behind in smartphone sales, leaving Apple the top US phone vendor by units for the second quarter in a row.

Apple's latest batch of iMacs bring faster processor, memory, and graphics performance and an improved SD Card slot, while retaining the same external design of previous models.

Speaking to Wall Street analysts, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer noted that tablets are a big issue for the company and expressed concern about Apple's success with iPad.

Sick of being an office drone? Why not spend your free time on a social networking game that attempts to make the office life exciting and fun? Developed by Astro Ape Studios, Office Heroes is a free-to-play, Farmville-esque…office game.

The FCC is concerned over a planned Defcon demonstration of GSM mobile-phone interception.

On Friday, OWC announced a turnkey upgrade program for the 27-inch iMac, which includes an eSATA upgrade.

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DXG hopes to be at the forefront of the 3D camcorder trend with its DXG-5D7V 3D Pocket Camcorder that will sell for $600.

iPad owners are selfish, Apple fans are cultists, and one pundit cracks the secret of the iPhone's success. Fortunately, the Macalope's here to clear the air.

This Ultimate Fighting Championship app has a lot of information about fighters and promos of upcoming events. But unless you're using the app to buy and watch pay-per-view events live, there's not a lot of compelling content here.

It seems Apple's got something big up the sleeves of its black turtleneck; meanwhile, RIM is smuggling a new tablet in its pinstripe suit, and Apple’s also playing legal ping pong. Oh, and Mark Zuckerberg did...something.

A new website, iphonific.com, has launched showcasing photography taken using only a mobile phone.

British Airways has launched an updated version of its iPhone app that lets Executive Club members check-in with a boarding pass displayed on their smartphone screen.