Leopard Can Kill...Keyboards: Some MacBook Pro owners who upgraded to Leopard have reported experiencing "dead" keyboards, and so far the best fix is to reboot. There's a thread on Apple's Discussion board detailing the problem as well.
Help on the Way? Think Secret, um, thinks it knows a secret: The first Leopard update, Mac OS 10.5.1, will be out soon. Let's hope they're right, and it fixes a healthy gaggle of these Leopard bugs.
Android Unleashed: Google has released an early software development kit and demo videos for Android, its recently announced operating system for mobile phones. Android's browser is based on the WebKit rendering platform, just like Safari. The OS should start appearing in commercial mobile phones in the second half of 2008. Here's more about Android and the Google Phone business model.
Kudos for the iMac: BusinessWeek gives the iMac 4.5 stars and calls it "the machine to beat if you want an all-in-one desktop computer." But don't really beat one, because you might break it.
And the Zune's Damning by Faint Praise: Walt Mossberg reviews the retooled Microsoft Zune, calling it "notably better" than the first-gen offering, but "it's still no iPod." (And the software is still Windows-only, so you probably couldn't care less. Maybe this tale from a switcher will be more interesting. No? Sorry, slow news day...)
Hackers' Delight: Lifehacker has posted directions for building a PC for $800 that can run a patched version of Leopard. But if building PCs ain't your bag, baby, Dan over at Low End Mac can show you how to crack open two busted eMacs and combine their parts into a single working machine. eMashup, baby, yeah.
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