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Expiring today is a Buy.com coupon that lets you take off $20 from orders of $250 or more in select categories. Buy.com has a $384.99 price on the 15GB iPod. $384.99 - $20 = $364.99 for the 15GB iPod and free shipping. $20 off $250 or more in Computers, Software, Electronics, Games & Bags Stores. Plus, Free Shipping on select items. (Valid 7/1/03 - 7/15/03) ...

Resellers are being asked to remove the 12" and 17" PowerBook ads by...

Apple is offering a new bundle deal for educational buyers. By a Mac laptop together with any iPod, and any eligible HP printer, and they'll take off $300 from the already-discounted educational price. Link: Buy a Bundle, get a bundle back....

LoopRumors has posted a design which it claims is a new "adjustable displays coming from Apple". These images have been floating around the web over the weekend and appear simply to be concept shots posted to...

MacBidouille posts the following: Here are some informations we have just received concerning the G5 : - Keyboard and mouse will not be ones from eMac, they will be specially dedicated for G5 - Displays will have a slight change, there will no longer be horizontal stripes (as shown on Mac4ever) - Mono-Processor G5 will be ready for the 1st week of August and the 3rd for the...

Subscribe to eCost's newsletter, and enter to win a 15 GB iPod. They are having a weekly giveaway which ends on July 31, 03. You have to be a US Resident and 21yrs old (at least). To enter, you have to sign up for their newsletter (there is also a mail in option). They are also offering specials on Digital Media w/ various types of media cards for discounts and/or rebate. Link: eCOST...

Dell continues to have 10% off certain accessories: 10% off All Digital Cameras 10% off All Memory Free Ground Shipping Also, they are offering another 1 day only coupon: "D8C26FF4CEC1" which gives you $40 off orders $350 or more, excluding some Dell peripherals. Coupon good only for today (7/10/03) until 11:00pm CST. They have a broad range of digital cameras, and...

LoopRumors.com claims that Bluetooth accessories are ready to go. ...

Batteries.com is having a summer promotion which gives you 15% off any product. They carry, well, batteries, of course. Anything from AA's to Digital Camera and Cell Phone batteries. Coupon Code: "summer03" Good through September 2003. Link: Batteries.com...

An Appleinsider thread claims that certain photos at Apple's site depict Displays without the horizontal stripes. A later post in that same thread then claims that this was confirmed after speaking with someone at Apple...

Certain stars have aligned at Dell's online store -- allowing you to combine discounts: 10% off Digital Camera, PDAs, Printers, Scanners and more. 5% off Monitors & Projectors ...and with a coupon... Coupon Code: "59342DCCE914" $35 off a Purchase of $300 or More You can come up with some interesting discounts on perhipherals. Canon PowerShot S400 => $499 -...

MacBidouille claims that Apple will be supporting some professional video cards in Panther. The list includes NVidia's Quadro 2, Quadro 4 and ATI's Fire GL 8700, GL 8800, GL2, and GL4. Of additional note, they claim that certain Select and Premier developers have started receiving PowerMac G5 orders. Being so far ahead of the general population, it's unclear how accurate this report is....

Kodawarisan claims that Apple's Displays will get a revamp with an aluminum/mesh look -- as well as preparation for a 30"...

Several have noted these benchmarks from an individual who works at...

MacBidouille reports on some rumors of upcoming technologies coming in the PowerMac G5 line. According to the site, PCI-X is only the beginning, and to expect technologies such as PCI-X 2.0, a 1.7GHz Bus "in the beginning of 2004", 3GIO/PCI-Express in 2004/2005. Macbidouille also claims that plans for 2GHz and 2.5GHz speeds are for the end of the year. Few details of these rumors are ...

For items that you don't need next-day'd over to you, Amazon offers "Super Saver Shipping" -- which is free shipping for orders over $25. Some restrictions apply. Amazon.com...

MacConnection is offering the new PowerMac G5's with Microsoft Office v.X included for "free". These prices are pre-rebate: $2094 - 1.6GHz G5 PowerMac w/ Office $2494- 1.8GHz G5 PowerMac w/ Office $3094- Dual 2.0GHz G5 PowerMac w/ Office A MacConnection sales representative stated that these bundles come with a $100 rebate, bringing actual costs down slighty below retail...

One unconfirmed source claims that the Xserve G5 is due in just a few weeks, and the configurations should include a Dual 2GHz G5, a single 2GHz G5, and a Dual 2GHz Cluster Configuration. Edit: Typo Corrected (2GHz, not...