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Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 22

by Adam Banks on 26 October 2012 in New issue
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Although it’s barely been mentioned, Apple announced a smaller iPad this week. You can pre-order the iPad mini from today, although unless you got up at 8am to be one of the first to do so, you’re likely to be looking at a less than prompt arrival: as with the iPhone 5, the first batch is expected to run out pretty quickly. The first deliveries will be in a week’s time, on 2 November, when you’ll also be able to find units in your local Apple Store – if you’re quick.

Not even we can test a machine that isn’t here yet – although our correspondent did get a quick try after the launch event, and liked what he saw. Instead, in MacUser Vol 28 No 22, on sale now, you’ll find our full review of the products Apple announced just a few weeks ago, and have barely arrived in the UK: the revamped iPod touch and nano.

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Apple home page replaced by tribute on anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death

by Adam Banks on 5 October 2012 in News

Apple has posted a brief tribute to Steve Jobs, who died a year ago today, on its home page at apple.com. The video, which features photos of Jobs with Apple products and highlights the former CEO’s humour, is followed by an open letter from current CEO Tim Cook, who invites people to “reflect on his [...]

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The incredibly long and amazingly silly story of the #TwitterJokeTrial

by Adam Banks on 31 August 2012 in Features

On 27 July 2012, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales handed down the final judgment in what had become known as the Twitter Joke Trial. Considering that this was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year process, the assembled crowd didn’t get much of a show. It took only a few minutes for Paul Chambers [...]

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Twitter joke trial stalemate reveals laughable gap in British justice

by Adam Banks on 28 May 2012 in News

UPDATE: Paul Chambers’ solicitor, David Allen Green, has confirmed that the appeal has been scheduled for a new hearing on 27 June before the Lord Chief Justice, giving hope that the matter will finally be settled. The appeal of Paul Chambers, who was convicted and fined in 2010 for committing an offence under s127 of [...]

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10% off Macs at new Wales store

by Adam Banks on 11 May 2012 in Promotion

Online shopping is all very well, but plenty of buyers still want to see and touch the kit before they make a decision. As if to prove high-street retailing is alive and well, Apple dealer Stormfront will open its 17th store (yep, seventeenth) in St Catherine’s Walk, Carmarthen at 11am on Saturday 12 May. The [...]

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Apple warranty policies criticised by European consumer agencies

by Adam Banks on 20 March 2012 in News

Before Christmas, as we reported, Apple was fined €900,000 by Italy’s antitrust regulator, the AGCM, for failing to explain customers’ statutory rights and selling them AppleCare warranties that partially duplicated the vendor’s existing obligations. Now the controversy has spread across Europe. On 19 March, 11 national consumer authorities – via the European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC [...]

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