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Is Apple’s Magic Mouse an Energy Vampire? [Magic Mouse]

Apple’s sexy, touchy feely Magic Mouse could be an energy-sucking vampire, according to a number of reports on the Apple Discussion Boards.

The present hypothesis is that the Magic Mouse is preventing the Bluetooth keyboard from entering sleep mode, resulting in weekly battery changes. One user purportedly contacted Apple Tech Support and was told the problem is a known Bluetooth driver issue and a fix is in the works.

Who here has one of these little energy vampires and what’s your story? Anything? [TUAW]








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The Apple Mouse, Evolved (and Humping) [Apple]

Living, breathing mice evolved over millions of years. The Apple mouse has mutated from a beige box to contoured sliver, like a big drop of mercury, in just over 20.

There are way more awesome shots at Raneko's Flickr gallery: [Raneko/Flickr via Cult of Mac]




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MagicPrefs Is Like Pixie Dust for the Magic Mouse (A Must Download) [Apple]

If you have a Magic Mouse, you need to download MagicPrefs—it lets you fully customize gestures, swipes, touch sensitivity and, crucially if you've got a 27-inch iMac, double the tracking speed. It's free. [Apple]




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Gifts for Apple Cultists Who’ve Grown Beyond Shame [Gift Guide]

If you're reading this, there's at least a 50 percent chance you or someone you know is a complete Mactard. Here's their wish list (SPOILER: It's all Apple stuff):

BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here.

Magic Mouse: It's a bit too expensive for stocking stuffer territory, but we've called the nipple-less design the best mouse Apple has ever made. And if you can't appreciate touch-sensitive scrolling, you have no soul (or, at least not one that we can see). $70 [Apple]

Buffy Gelaskins: Loving Apple will only half-fill one's necessary geek quotient. Your loved one will do well filling the other half with Buffy, now that Dark Horse comics has teamed up with Gelaskins re-stickable case skins for the iPhone and MacBooks. $15 iPhone, $30 MacBook. [Dark Horse]

iMac (27-inch i7): You simply won't find a more striking desktop on the market, but maybe more importantly, benchmarks on Apple latest top-tier iMac are currently challenging far more expensive Mac Pros. Plus, the line has just seen a refresh, so it's a good time to buy. $2200+ [Apple]

BookArc Stand: No, it's not the gift for everyone. But if you know a guy who just docks his MacBook anyway, the BookArc Stand is a far more elegant solution than sitting a laptop on a desk (especially since the laptop should run cooler given the increased surface area for airflow). [BookArc]

Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree (T-Shirt): Who says the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? This t-shirt, that's who. $18. [Go Ape Shirts]

Apple Table IOU: Apple fanboys love Apple's products. But true Apple fanboys—those who take commitment and fanaticism to the next level—could never be pleased with what Apple currently has on the table. They need the Next Big Thing. We're about 1000% certain that Apple will release a tablet some time in 2010. Promise your loved ones that you'll camp overnight and drop the cash so they get the Apple Tablet first. Of course, they'll still bitch about it, anticipating version 2.0. Price Unknown, Costs Some Dignity

DON'T BUY MacBook Pro: There has simply never been a worse time to buy a new MacBook Pro. With Core i5/i7 tech inevitably waiting to make its way into Apple's premium laptops, your hard-earned cash will almost certainly buy a vastly more powerful, more future-proof machine less than a month after Christmas. The same can probably be said about Mac Pros, too. Oh, and that 27-inch iMac we keep raving about? What a glorious alternative to the aging, 30-inch Apple Cinema Display! [Apple]

Wall of Sound iPod Dock: There are iPod docks, and there are iPod docks. This is most definitely the latter, a handcrafted, 3x4-foot, 225lb, 125W beast. And one day, when Apple inevitably tweaks the iPod port, this behemoth will be useless—feeding into the general regret and dissatisfaction critical to Apple fandom. [Wall of Sound]

Don't forget to recommend your own favorite Apple gear in comments-include pics and pricing if possible.

All Giz Wants is our annual round-up of favorite gift ideas, including amazing attainable objects and a few far-out fantasies. We'll be popping guides catered to different interests several times per day for the next week, so keep checking back.




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Windows drivers for Apple’s Magic Mouse conjured from the ether
Hey Windows users: what would you risk for a mouse of such mystical persuasions that it has the word "magic" right in the product name? How about $69 for the mouse followed by a few sleepless nights after installing a .exe found in the murky shallows of the internet? That's what it'll take to install some hacked drivers, said to enable Apple's Magic Mouse gestures, on your Windows rig. The drivers were extracted from the latest Bluetooth update targeting Mac owners running Windows under Boot Camp, but now there's nothing stopping you from trying them too. Let us know how this dark elixir works out in the comments below.

Windows drivers for Apple's Magic Mouse conjured from the ether originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Magic Mouse Drivers for Windows Now Available [Apple]

Magic Mouse owners lusting for multi-finger gestures on a PC can stop wishing. Some good ol' fashioned hackery pulled Windows drivers from the latest Bootcamp update. You can grab them here, report back with results. [Uneasy Silence, thanks Dan!]




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Apple’s Magic Mouse now shipping: seeks mighty revenge
Apple's Mighty Mouse was one of the most loved and loathed rodents of all time. When it worked, it was a magnificent productivity booster for Mac users. Unfortunately, over time, even after hours and hours of vigorous rubbing, the top-mounted trackball would become so ensnared in hand-jam that owners were left with two options: delicately splay the mouse for a bit of X-acto home surgery... or smash it with a vengeance hammer until justice was served. So maybe now you can understand all the hopeful fuss made over its successor: the Magic Mouse. It's now shipping to those of you who ordered it separately from its iMac bundle. Snow Leopard (and Leopard) users can even download the software update now so that all those multi-touch and gestural features will be enabled once the bluetooth mouse arrives. Then we'll see if this is the mouse that rights all those wrongs.

Update: Added 10.5.8 Leopard download link.

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Apple's Magic Mouse now shipping: seeks mighty revenge originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Software Update Enables Support for Magic Mouse [Apple]

Apple just released an update for Leopard and Snow Leopard granting use of the Magic Mouse's more advanced functionality (read: multitouch) instead of just pointing and clicking. Check out our review of the Magic Mouse here. [The Loop]




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Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook and More—It Was Nuts [Roundup]

What didn't happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble's ereader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we'd round up all the highlights.

Microsoft:
Windows 7: A Weekend Install Guide and More
You Guys Had Some Wild and Crazy Windows 7 Launch Parties
Japan's Windows 7 Whopper Is Real, and It's Horrifying
Behold! The Saddest Example of Promotional Convergence Ever!
Microsoft's First Retail Store Opens (Like Apple Store With More Colors)
Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where's the Start Button?
38 Surefire Ways (Not) to Make Windows 7 Cooler
7 Reasons to Stick with Windows XP
27 Takes on Windows 7
Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now

Apple:
Apple iMac Review: 27 Inches and Less Chin
Unibody Apple MacBook Review
Apple Magic Mouse Review
Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Grow New Antennas to Get Faster and Stronger
Mac Mini Updates: Faster Processors, More Memory, and a Dual Hard Disk Server
10 Things You Need to Know About Apple's New Stuff

Barnes & Noble
Exclusive: First Photos of Barnes & Noble's Double Screen E-Reader
Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
Barnes & Noble Compares Nook to Kindle 2: Biased But Fair
Live From Barnes & Noble's Nook Event
8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook)
Barnes & Noble Nook Up Close: Yep, It's Real Nice

The Rest:
FCC: We're Going to Make Net Neutrality the Law
The Totally Predictable Cable Industry Response to the FCC's Net Neutrality Plan
John McCain's "Internet Freedom Act" Seeks to Block FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
Motorola Droid Unexpectedly Appears on Motorola's Site Ahead of Schedule
48 Stunning Photos of Fall




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Magic Mouse post-teardown loses some of its dark arts charm
Were you expecting unicorn tears or something? iFixit keeps working to finish its list of teardown to-dos, this time with Apple's new Magic Mouse. It probably comes as no surprise, but just under the top surfaces lies a considerable number of capacitive sensors, and other than that, there really isn't a lot to gaze upon. Then again, if you tend to fancy the ins and outs if gears and gizmos, this should be right up your alley.

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Magic Mouse post-teardown loses some of its dark arts charm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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