A report out of French Liberation claims that Mac Pros emit a foul stench, at times. The claim also states that the odor is toxic.

The article states that the toxic material is, benzene. It has been found that prolong exposures to benzene can up the risks for certain disease, and cancer.

Apple has countered the claim by saying there has been no substantial proof that there is anything toxic in the Mac Pros. An Apple exec told this to MacWorld, “We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer,”.

Who knows where this story is going to end up.

Apple’s shares fell 18% according to the Wall Street Journal. With the weakening economy, the effects are starting to be seen even more in the electronic sector.

Apple’s stock decreased $22.98, to its current state of $105.26. Morgan Stanley credits this dive, mostly due to the state of how people feel towards electronics. With PCs being at the low end of the market, they are being considered the better deal compared to Mac’s prices.

Apple is usually about product quality, but is fessing up to a problem with some 3G power adapters. It seems as though there have been cases where the prongs have broken off in people’s power outlets. Apple has setup a recall service, so people can send in for new adapters. Here’s the official statement from Apple:

Today Apple announced the Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange program.

Customer safety is always Apple’s top priority, and therefore we have voluntarily decided to exchange every ultracompact power adapter for a new, redesigned adapter, free of charge.

Well, when it rains it pours as some like to say. Coming off the recent lawsuit of Psystar for selling Mac OS X powered machines, is a company that’s doing close to the same thing. EFi-X instead sells add-ons so that existing PCs can run Mac OS X.

Here’s an excerpt from EFi-X’s site:

“Your voice has been heard,
You know about it, you have had arguments about it, you wondered about it.

EFI-X™ is not for everyone. It is not for who wants to save money, at all. It is for enthusiasts that put expandability and extreme performances before anything else in their computing needs. We heard those voices, and we answered.”

If you’re interested, here’s the spec list for compatible PC systems. For those of us who have a Mac, we can continue to enjoy Mac OS X without adding anything to our motherboard :).

For those who have iPod Touches, your first 2.0 update has arrived. There seems to be quite a few fixes with the current update. Here is the official list:

- Genius playlist creation
- dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- improved email reliability, notable fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
- faster installation of 3rd party applications
- fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes if you have lots of 3rd party applications
- faster loading and searching of contacts
- other bug fixes

Also, users have been reporting faster interaction with the touch screen. And finally small, but still recognizable interface changes.

iPhone users can expect to get their 2.1 update later this week. The patch looks to be nearly identical to the iPod Touch.

Here are some official pictures of the iPod, from their media event. There have been no surprises as of yet, besides the rainbow looking iPod lineup