Check out this list of the best iPhone apps available. Did they miss anything out? What are you using?

Desktop based RSS reader NewsFire is now free. The program is regarded as being among the most aesthetically pleasing desktop RSS clients available. This comes after Newsgator announced it was giving away its RSS programs, FeedDemon and NetNewsWire for PC and Mac respectively for free in January.

The program will have no advertising, no feature restrictions and only one version available. How exactly revenue will be made with this model, if any, is yet to be seen. The program previously cost $18.99

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Just because Dan’s away doesn’t mean the Apple news stops! Oh no, my friends. Apple updated their notebooks today, here are the details.

General

• All Macs Ship with Leopard OS, iLife ’08

• Macbooks/Macbook Pros ship with built in iSight camera, MagSafe Power adapter, 802.11N, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, FireWire and built-in SuperDrive

Macbook Pros

• Macbook Pros now come with multi-touch gesture support, allowing you to pinch, rotate, swipe and interact differently with photos in iPhoto or Aperture, as well as browsing pages in Safari.

• Illuminated Keyboard with ambient light sensor that auto-adjusts brightness

• New Macbook Pro has the latest Intel Core 2 Duo technology going up to a 2.6GHz processor, 6MB of shared L2 cache.

• Up to 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

• Up to 300GB HD

• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB video memory

Macbooks

• Faster Processors available – 2.1GHz and 2.4GHz

• 120GB or 160GB 5400rpm HDs

• Black 2.4GHz model ships with 250GB 5400 rpm HD – this was previously available as an option.

• Black Macbook ships with 2GB standard.

• Up to 4GB memory on all Macbooks

So, just updates under the hood, no new laptops – but did we really expect anything right after the Macbook Air

If you need an iPod, but have little coin Apple just hooked you up this morning. For $50 you can now get your paws on a 1GB iPod Shuffle, making it the cheapest iPod ever manufactured.

In the shuffle Apple also introduced a 2GB iPod Shuffle for $69. The 1GB model at the new price is available now and the 2GB Shuffle will be shipping sometime later this month.

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Look what the FedEx guy dropped off this morning. For your viewing pleasure the unboxing photos of the MacBook Air. Apple really paid attention to the boxing details of the Air, the box is REALLY well constructed, and very similar to the new iPod/iPhone boxes. Of note, it is amazing how thin the unit really is, we are booting it up now and benchmarking it later.

Hey Mac heads, check your inboxes! Apple has begun shipping the MacBook Airs. If you preordered one, it should be in your hands soon.

Ok, so a few days ago we told you how, as a WEBMASTER, you can create custom website webclip icons for all your iPhone enabled readers to enjoy. But the problem with that trick is that a web master must create an icon and upload it to the root directory of the website – any many website have not or will not do that.

Well, time to give the power to the people!

With Clipalizer you can easily create your own custom webclip icons for your favorite sites. All you need to do is visit Clipalizer put in your favorite sites name and URL and upload a 57×57 PNG icon. Clipalizer will then give you a shortened URL to plug into your iPhone which will then allow you to select your custom webclip. That custom link that you made will stay alive forever so you can always enjoy your custom icon.

This service is cross platform, completely FREE and very private. We do not collect any personally identifiable information and everything is anonymized.

We hope you enjoy this new beta tool as much as we do, and keep your eyes pealed, new features will be added all the time!

Create your custom webclips now!

PS: If you don’t have a tool to resize or even create PNG’s may I highly suggest Imagewell.

Seems that Apple may have another product that may suffer from “Cube Syndrome.” The MacBook Air is engineering marvel, but it is designed for a niche market demands a premium for its engineering while sacrificing a ton functionality.

Do you think this product will suffer the same fate as the Cube or has Apple found a viable ultra portable line? Do you think Apple is missing an opportunity to really push the Mac further by working on a lower priced machines instead of expensive portables?

According to iPhone Atlas they are reporting that Apple has secretly increased the SMS storage limit from 1,000 texts to “about 75,000.” Also they have improved the keyboard to allow two letters to be depressed at the same time.

I don’t know about you but the 1,000 text message limit was, well, limiting.

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Want readers of your website to have a shiny designed icon for your website when they add it as a web clipping?

All you need to do is upload a 57×57 PNG to the root directory of your website and call it “apple-touch-icon.png” and the next time a user tries making a web clipping they will have a neat little icon instead of boring text.

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