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Retina MacBook Pro is the best laptop on offer – nvonews.com
The slimmed-down version of Apple’s MacBook Pro, that now boasts a super-high-resolution 15-inch Retina Display, is making admirers hyperventilate and ooze superlatives in reviews. The new MacBook Pro is being considered a big leap in screen technology.
HTC files counterclaims against Apple with patents from HP – CNET News
Mac Mini), mobile communications devices (such as the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S), and mobile computing devices (such as the iPod Touch, iPad, iPad 2, the new iPad)”. U.S. Patent No. 7,120,684 for a “method and … Continue reading
Thousands line up at Foxconn plant to produce Apple’s iPad Mini? – CNET News
Foxconn’s Chengdu facility was teeming with applicants this week looking to lend a hand in producing Apple’s next iPad, according to a recent report. Chinese tech site MIC Gadget reported yesterday that thousands of people were lined up outside …
The Morning Download: Not a Moment Too Soon – Wall Street Journal
A Carnegie Mellon scientist says that a Mac Mini running the software could analyze Twitter’s 2010 social graph—40 million users and 1.2 billion connections—in 59 minutes. AutoCAD maker makes play for social photo app. Autodesk took …
Apple granted ‘the mother of all smartphone software patents’ – Fortune Tech
FORTUNE — Both sides of the smartphone wars agree that the 25 patents granted Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday contain some powerful legal weapons. One patent in particular — No. 8,223,134: “Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user …
iPad Prototype Photos Released In Apple Court Documents – Huffington Post
It’d be designs for newer products–say, an “iPad Mini,” “iPhone 5″ or “Galaxy S IV”–that Apple and Samsung would really have to worry about. See the rest of the photos of the early iPad prototype at Network World. For the … Continue reading
Former Mac OS X chief joins Parallels board – Itproportal
Former Apple exec Bertrand Serlet is not resting on his laurels since he left Cupertino last year – first building startup cloud system Upthere, and now joining Parallels’ board of directors. The Mac visualisation software maker snagged Serlet …
iPhone 5 to be thinner and lighter? – Tech Watch
The merry Apple rumour-go-round – yes, the rumour-go-round – continues to spin like crazy, and following hot on the heels of the latest iPad Mini speculation, we’re switching focus back to the iPhone. Which at least is a product that … Continue reading
Recyclers disagree on impact of glued-in Retina MacBook Pro batteries – Ars Technica
Apple’s solution to shaving thickness from the Retina MacBook Pro—gluing its lithium polymer battery cells directly to the aluminum unibody shell—continues to spark debate among proponents of sustainable electronics. Apple submitted the …
Apple bid to ban Motorola Xoom rubbished by German court – Itproportal
Motorola secured a patent victory over Apple this week in Germany regarding its Xoom tablet. As reported by the AP, the Düsseldorf court dismissed Apple’s request for a ban on the Motorola Xoom in Germany. But the court also declined … Continue reading
