Hardware 
Is Microsoft launching a tablet to rival Apple’s iPad? – Los Angeles Times
a source has told the Wrap that Microsoft plans to unveil a tablet to rival Apple’s iPad. The entertainment blog said the company plans to introduce a Microsoft-branded-and-manufactured tablet at the event, “marking a foray into a new hardware …
MacBook Pro with Retina Display redefines ‘pro’ laptop – Computerworld
What’s inside stays inside Apple offers two models of the Retina MacBook Pro. The $2199 model has a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 6MB shared L3 cache, 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory, and 256GB of flash storage. (Most people … Continue reading
Desktops and Notebooks: New MacBook Air Is Frustratingly Hard to Crack: iFixit Teardown – eWeek
Apple executives talked up the machines’ Intel Ivy Bridge processors, discrete graphics from Nvidia that are now 60 percent faster, flash storage that’s four times faster than traditional hard drives, by Apple’s count, and a display that does …
Macworld Pundit Showdown at WWDC
Jim Dalrymple, Christopher Breen, John Moltz, and Paul Kafasis weigh in on WWDC announcements, Apple news, and other tech happenings in the later edition of the Macworld Pundit showdown.
Can Intel’s Thunderbolt go mainstream with help from Apple and Acer? – CNET News
To some, Thunderbolt is just a port on the side of a MacBook, a mere check-box on a feature list. But to Intel, the high-speed communication technology is an ambitious attempt to do something that only happens every decade or … Continue reading
Hands On: New 13-Inch Apple MacBook Air – PC Magazine
As such, the MacBook Pro now has Intel HD Graphics 4000 integrated graphics with DX11 … taking only a couple of seconds to do either operation. The system ships with Mac OS X Lion (10.7.4), but when upgraded to OS … Continue reading
Baidu to Share Revenue With Apple on China IPhone Deal – Bloomberg
Apple said this week it will offer Baidu’s search engine … Baidu is sharing advertising revenue with hardware partners to encourage them to install its search engine on their products before shipping. About 80 percent of branded phones …
The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable – Wired News
Rather, Apple is asking users to define the future of the MacBook Pro. We have consistently voted for hardware that’s thinner rather than upgradeable. But we have to draw a line in the sand somewhere. On the other hand, Apple … Continue reading
Enterprise Mobility: OS X Mountain Lion, iOS 6 Enhancements Are Only Incremental – eWeek
Users who bought the newly released models of Apple’s Mac hardware can download the Mountain Lion update at no cost. The mobile operating system for iPhone and iPad, iOS 6, is expected to ship this fall. iOS 6 with Apple’s … Continue reading
Budget Gaming Or Bust For Advanced Micro Devices – Seekingalpha.com
In the comparisons that have been shown to date, Trinity’s image quality is far superior to that of Intel’s. So, while frame rate benchmarks are important, user experience is not just bound up in the numbers. With Apple (AAPL) announcing … Continue reading
