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Depending on how Apple implements its patent, the company could ship computers with a charger plug that also includes video, network, USB and other ports that all connect via optic fibers in the charger cable. The patent also describes using the system for rapid recharging, and also covers using the MagSafe connector with mobile devices…

Much has been written about whether this project, The Daily, by Mr. Murdoch will be successful or not. He’s sinking a lot of money into it, but he has the money to try. Some point out that we already have all the news sources and apps that we need and that Mr. Murdoch and his…

Clearly borrowing closely from real life politics, the video was also clearly produced by people intimately familiar with the Angry Birds franchise. From appearances, to actions, to the sound effects, it’s what a peace agreement brokered between those two intractable sides (and we’re still talking about Angry Birds and Pigs, mind you) might look like,…

Steve Jobs, ready for action!The Steve figure sports his traditional black mock turtleneck shirt, blue jeans, and even includes his trademark glasses. Little Steve is hand painted for a realistic look and comes on an Apple logo base.The downside is that the figure costs US$79.99, and quickly went from available to out of stock, and…

Version 2.0 also added multitasking support, the ability to stream audio in the background, and swipe gesture support for changing pages, along with improved performance, an updated user interface, bug fixes, and more.Perfect Web Browser 2.0 is priced at US$2.99 and is available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

The 10.1” Windows device (shown below) will run a processor from AMD, according to PC Magazine, and feature two cameras (one front, one rear), WiFi and 3G connectivity, and be 15mm thick (Apple’s current iPad is 13.4mm thick). The company said this device would ship in February, but didn’t a name or pricing for the…

The five former RIM employees served the company in various sales capacities, including Geoff Perfect, who was Head of Strategic Sales and worked at RIM for five years before leaving the company to join Apple as Head of Enterprise Sales. Following in his footsteps, was Paul Alvarez, who served for a similar time span as…

The company’s patent application describes a method of using, “a layered fiber-in-matrix type material, such as CFRP” to make both a spine and and a CFRP spine. “The CFRP spine may be a unitary frame that imparts strength and rigidity to the overall housing and also form at least some of the corners of the…

The effort was spearheaded by EMI CEO Roger Faxon, who came to his new position in June of this year. He reportedly hammered out a deal (detailed below) with The Beatles and its management company, Apple Corps, and then set out to win the best deal from one of the major players in digital downloads.…

Android-based phones, according to Woz, sport more features that the iPhone and there are more choices for consumers, too. Eventually Android phone quality and user satisfaction will be on par with iOS, he predicts. 

“We believe that you can bring the mobile to the Web but you don’t need to go through some kind of control point of an SDK, and that’s the core part of our message,” Mr. Balsillie said, according to eWeek. “You don’t need an app for the Web [or to use a special defined set…

On the Internet, the immediate reaction to this momentous announcement was: *yawn* — followed by an avalanche of snarky and derisive comments. The gist of most of the comments was that Apple’s announcement was too little, too late.  Typical remarks (with the snarkiness removed) ranged from “This is fine…but too much hype, hardly worthy of taking…

Most iPhone users have been exposed to shopping apps by now. Using barcodes, they help you find the best prices for items. TheFind takes that experience up a notch and then adds another layer on top of that. And it is free. TheFind app iconThe app, which is listed in the Lifestyle section of the…

Apple had planned on letting Ping users sift through their Facebook friends to find new followers and highlighted the feature when it first showed off Ping earlier this year. When Ping officially rolled out, however, Facebook integration was conspicuously missing.Facebook’s Mark ZuckerbergAccording to TechCrunch, Mr. Zuckerberg said the reason Ping and Facebook aren’t linked together…

Dr. Sugar served as Northrop Grumman’s CEO and Chairman from 2003 until he retired in 2010. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics along with the Royal Aeronautical Society.He also serves as a senior adviser to the Ares Management investment firm,…

The Beatles are performing less well on in sales of single songs, with seven of the Top 100 singles, from #39 to #85. Both charts have been swiftly changing throughout the day, and the list we compiled below had to be renumbered three times just whilst we were putting it together due to all 17…

Mr. Devine will be required to give the court access to his various safe deposit boxes, and the prosecution is currently reviewing the content on computers they seized from him, too.Prosecutors want Paul Shin Devine’s cashMr. Devine was charged with several counts of fraud for selling information to parts suppliers so they could negotiate better…

The Drobo S also includes USB 2.0 support, along with two FireWire 800 ports and an eSATA port. So far, Apple isn’t supporting USB 3.0 on the Mac, but there are ExpressCard and PCI Express-based third-party adapters available.Users looking to add the Drobo S to their backup routine will pay US$799 for the unit without…

Most of us have heard sad stories of computers lost or stolen. I remember the fellow working at an outside cafe who had his stolen while he was trying to stop someone from stealing his bicycle. Some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed.  Cable style laptop computer lockThe cable style lock for…

What will this be? There’s probably a group of folks in Cupertino who know, but speculation has already begun that it will be an announcement for The Beatles catalogue, a subscription music service, and a long expected move to the cloud with your iTunes library. Or all three. Or maybe something else. What’s curious, however,…

Mark Papermaster was a longtime executive at IBM where he worked on both processor designs and Big Blue’s blade servers. He was recruited by Apple to head up the company’s mobile device engineering efforts, where he was in charge of, among other things, the iPhone’s innovative antenna design. Apple never blamed those problems on Mr.…

The Packaging Before I even started testing these earphones I was impressed with one particular thing — the packaging. Now this good impression was probably somewhat influenced by the fact that earlier in the day I had to open one of those blister pack packages that requires a chainsaw to get to the product, but…

Fusion is a next generation processing platform that combines a CPU and GPU on one die. In particular, Fusion supports OpenCL, a 3D rendering technology Apple initially developed (it was turned over to the Khronos Group and is now an open standard). Fusion’s graphics performance is reportedly impressive, and its small footprint and low power…

Mr. Arumugam had been working on his Economy for iPad app when he discovered a bug preventing the onscreen keyboard from disappearing was due to Apple’s code and not his own. By using a command that’s built into the software development kit (SDK), but not officially available to developers outside of Apple’s offices, he worked…