Today, Carol Mangis from Gearlog says (in The New 17-Inch Macbook Pro: Light, Thin, and Non-Removable Battery) Apple claims that a removable battery leaves a lot of "wasted space," so by turning the battery bay into something equivalent to those of the iPods and the iPhone 3G, the 17-inch MBP can accommodate a higher-capacity battery. According to Apple, it will get about 7 to 8 hours on a single char...

And Joel Santo Domingo from Gearlog says (in Macworld Expo 2009 Live Blog) So we're in San Francisco for Macworld Expo 2009, as witnesses to Apple's last hurrah at the venerable expo. Born of the time when people disseminated info face to face at Mac User groups (MUGs), this could be the last Macworld Expo in the US. While we hope that's not the case, without the major...

And Brenda Stokes from SlashGear says (in Scosche shows off whole new line up of iPod accessories for CES 2009) Also to be displayed are several new cases for the iPod and iPhone, including the Protect and kickBACK lines. They’re made from polycarbonate. The reCOIL retractable car charger is also set to make its debut and make dealing with messy cables in the car a thing of the past. You can also expect t...