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there are still a few tech surprises left for 2013 I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the apple mac pro desktop is finally arriving barely making it in time for Christmas shopping Apple's high-end desktop goes on sale Thursday this powerhouse machine starts at three thousand dollars and it's much lighter than the previous Mac Pro's this time around it's all tucked into a sleek black cylinder it's under 10 inches tall measuring about six and a half inches across and Wayne 11 pounds but that's not all in the world of desktops get ready for Google's Chrome operating system to launch with desktop machines starting with the LG chromebase computer this all-in-one will be on display during the consumer electronics show in January chrome OS only works with chrome apps and it's suitable if you do most of your work online LG says the chrome base is designed for schools hotels and businesses we don't have a price yet but it's likely cheaper than most desktop computers chrome could use some good product news after a rough month shortly after hewlett-packard and Google unveiled a new HP Chromebook 11 the laptop was pulled from stores and the Chargers are being recalled and replaced due to reports of overheating after waiting for months Motorola is finally selling the wood back plate as an option for the custom-designed Moto X smartphone but this bamboo backing will cost you an extra one hundred dollars and it won't be delivered until January also in the I can't believe it took so long category YouTube is finally available on the roku we have no idea why it took forever for roku to add a YouTube channel but you can use your phone or tablet now to fling videos from your mobile device to the TV just like a chromecast another streaming media player has been updated the samsung homesync will now work with more Android devices not just samsung phones and tablets it's three hundred dollars and it lets owners stream content from a mobile device to a TV even if you're not home and it has one terabyte of storage for up to eight accounts for sinking photos video and music just in time for your last minute holiday shopping Apple now lets you gift an e-book from the ibookstore Apple let you gift apps and videos and music but this is the first time that you can gift a book and that's something amazon has done for years with kindle ebooks that's your tech news update and you can get more details at cnet com / update and be sure to follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey