Hardware

A bargain at £1799? Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the best ultrabook ever – Itproportal

At 18mm, the Macbook Pro with Retina Display falls within Intel’s official guidelines for what it considers to be an Ultrabook. And while one might argue that products falling into Intel’s ultraportable laptop category need to be thin and light … Continue reading

Intel, Apple: High Hurdles to Any Foundry Relationship, Says Bernstein – Barron’s Online

Bernstein Research’s chip analyst Stacy Rasgon and Samsung Electronics (005930KS) analyst Mark Newman and Apple (AAPL) analyst Toni Sacconaghi this morning issue a combined report on the prospects that Intel (INTC) might win foundry business …

Intel, Cisco Lead Techs Up; Apple, SanDisk Slip – FOXBusiness

SAN FRANCISCO – Shares of Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems led early tech gainers on Thursday, but the sector was weighed down by losses in Apple Inc. and SanDisk Corp stocks. Intel rose more than 1%, while Cisco added 1%, … Continue reading

Baidu to Share Revenue With Apple on China Iphone Search – Businessweek

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 …

Even With a Little Polish, Chrome OS Is Still a Bit Hazy – Wall Street Journal

Google has big plans for the Chrome OS. It has built-in features it claims will work great with future touch-screen hardware. But, overall, I’d say, if you only have the budget for one main computer, you’re better off with a … Continue reading

Apple Retina MacBook Pro Review: The MacBook Pro, Only More — and Less — So – Time

Apple may be legendary for its refusal to talk about products … This new MacBook Pro begins at $2199, for a version with a 2.3-GHz quad-core Intel i7 Ivy Bridge processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of solid-state storage space.

Rajat Gupta Lawyers Submit Wiretaps of Goldman’s Loeb – Businessweek

Loeb passed information about Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. to Rajaratnam, according to excerpts of two phone calls tapped by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and submitted by Gupta’s lawyers. The defense obtained the documents after Rakoff …

Rajat Gupta Lawyers Submit Wiretaps of Goldman’s Loeb – Yahoo Finance

Loeb passed information about Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. to Rajaratnam, according to excerpts of two phone calls tapped by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and submitted by Gupta’s lawyers. The defense obtained the documents after …

Apple releases software update for new MacBook Air – Apple Insider

Apple’s new MacBook Air line was upgraded to run on Intel’s Ivy Bridge Core i5 and i7 CPUs and a teardown of the device reveals that a new flash memory connector is being used to interface with the unit’s up … Continue reading

MacBook Pro and MacBook Air 2012 roundup – CNET News

This year’s lineup of Apple MacBooks remains split down the middle between thinner MacBook Airs and thicker MacBook Pros, both of which retain the same look as 2011 — and, for that matter, 2010. Newly upgraded third-gen Intel processors …