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AVC and Antig Technology will demo a production-ready fuel cell for laptops next week on CeBIT trade show. According to PC Magazine, ‘the CD-ROM size fuel cell will fit within the media bay of a notebook PC, replacing the drive with additional battery power.’ The fuel cell battery will last 8 hours. More …

Reviewing the MacBook Pro for the New York Times, David Pogue writes: “Over all, the MacBook Pro is a beautifully engineered machine. If it’s not the world’s finest, it’s darned close. (Apple hints that its 12-inch and 17-inch siblings are on the way.) But in so many ways, it’s a forward-thinking laptop. It won’t achieve true greatness until the important programs have been rewritten for the Core Duo chip’s blazing speed, expansion cards for the Core Duo chip’s blazing speed. More…

Ars Technica has also reviewed the MacBook Pro, with some interesting notes about battery life. “I have mixed feelings on the results. On one hand, an average time of 3 hours and 17 minutes is not necessarily bad (in fact, many of my PC-laptop-using friends were still jealous to hear even this number). However, it’s not as good as it could have been. A lot more…

Apple, has released a dot-fix for GarageBand. This patch weighs in at just 1.5MB, and is said to fix and feature:

GarageBand 3.0.1 addresses an issue with Podcast production using the French or Finnish localized versions.

Download GarageBand 3.0.1 directly or get it via Software Update.