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All MacBooks to have LED-backlit displays by 2009

by Patrick Lutz on Jun 8, 2008 at 03:00 PM

According to the Taiwan area newspaper Economic Daily News, every MacBook released in 2009 will use an LED backlight. Backlight manufacturer Kenmos Technology was Apple’s chief supplier of the more color-accurate and efficient screen hardware for 2007, and is expected to have an even more dominant role next year as… Continue Reading »

Apple sued over hardware based Flash patent

by Josh Holat on Apr 30, 2008 at 08:28 AM

According to Henry Milan, owner of patent number 6,991,483, Apple is infringing on his patent for a method to connect a Flash memory device to a connection port on another device, such as a computer.  This would affect devices such as the iPod Touch and iPod Nano, but Information Week… Continue Reading »

iPhone eventually going Intel?

by Patrick Lutz on Mar 13, 2008 at 01:24 PM

Thanks to a leaked presentation slide belonging to Intel, there is much speculation on the rumor that the iPhone may be destined to switch from its current Samsung-based roots to Intel’s Atom architecture in the near future. However, since Intel’s Atom architecture is only in its first generation, the evidence… Continue Reading »

2008 Mac Pro video card issues

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Feb 5, 2008 at 10:26 AM

As always, early adopters will find issues that Apple needs to fix - especially with new hardware. The 2008 Mac Pros were an unexpected release, as they came before the Macworld keynote. The new Mac Pros didn’t have a new casing - in fact, they look exactly the same as… Continue Reading »

MacBook Pro HDD replacement

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Feb 5, 2008 at 10:13 AM

I replaced the RAM in my MacBook after reading about it. It’s true that Apple really do overcharge for RAM upgrades, whether it’s a build-to-order computer from the online store, or an existing computer. Buying RAM from a place like Crucial is quick, easy and cheap - and apparently Micron… Continue Reading »

iPhone 1.1.3 Hacked; not for the faint of heart

by Michael Mistretta on Jan 23, 2008 at 09:29 PM

Because of the firmware leak of iPhone 1.1.3, hackers from the iPhone Dev Team and iPhone Atlas have hacked and jailbroken 1.1.3 already. They apparently have Installer.app working on the latest iPhone firmware, but will not be releasing the hack yet, because they don’t want Apple to patch it before… Continue Reading »

Hardware iPhone unlocking method; Won’t void your warranty, If you are careful

by Chris Marshall on Sep 2, 2007 at 02:30 PM

Personally I wouldn’t attempt this, but then again I have very little interest in an iPhone, and what interest I do have can wait until they actually bring out one worth having. Still if you live in an area that doesn’t have AT&T, or you just plain hate them but… Continue Reading »

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