Hardware

Where to watch Apple’s WWDC live on the web – YAHOO!

Industry insiders expect the company to unveil updates to a large portion of its Mac hardware lineup, reveal new iCloud features, announce deeper Facebook integration, and to provide additional information about its Mac OS X Mountain Lion operating software.

UPDATE 1-Berenberg cuts Ericsson, Qualcomm, Imagination to sell – Reuters

While Ericsson will see pressure on its revenue and margin, Qualcomm’s market is getting crowded with the arrival of Intel Inc and Huawei Technologies, Berenberg said. Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd dominate the wireless semiconductor market.

Apple (Quietly) Updates the Mac Pro – PC Magazine

The Mac Pro starts at $2,499 for the base model, and will now come equipped with a 3.2-GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processor and 6GB of RAM. The next model up sells for $3,799, but comes with two 2.4-GHz 6-Core Intel … Continue reading

Announcing a MacMall.com Coupon for $549 Off the 17-inch MacBook Pro – Houston Chronicle

“Apple brand laptops like the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air … This latest version of the MacBook Pro brings some serious technical power to the table. It features a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, which is twice as … Continue reading

Apple Developers Conference to Unveil Product Updates – Hollywood Reporter

Apple’s annual conference for technology developers in San Francisco on Monday is expected to provide details on key hardware and software initiatives that the tech giant is focusing on. In the first developer event since the death of founder Steve … Continue reading

Mac Pro gets minor update with standard 12-core option, no Xeon E5 – Ars Technica

Though Intel started shipping updated Xeon processors based on the server-class Sandy Bridge-EP architecture a couple months ago, and despite rumors ahead of the Worldwide Developer Conference, the Mac Pro was not updated. Apple did at least …

Ex-Apple engineer reportedly buying NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies – CNET News

Apple’s hardware seems to have been updated today, so I hear. However, one man who might once have thought he’d be involved in those updates has reportedly achieved a slightly more exalted goal: he has bought himself an NBA team. … Continue reading

Why Apple focused on the Mac – MSN Money

So, for instance, the MacBook Pro is sleeker and lighter, but faster with instant on thanks to flash storage and an upgraded Intel Core i7 processor. But the real goal of the refresh, I’d argue, is to bring the Mac experience … Continue reading

Apple’s new and improved MacBook Pro and MacBook Air – ZDNet

The latter is basically Apple’s version of the Smart Connect features that Intel and Microsoft have been working on for Windows 8 Ultrabooks. PowerNap only works on the new MacBook Airs and the MacBook Pro with the Retina display. Apple … Continue reading

Radically redesigned MacBook Pro leads Apple hardware charge – DVICE

Apple almost never disappoints when it announces new Macs and this time around it’s no different. At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple revealed updated Macs across the board, but the show-stopper is the new, shinier, beefier and thinner MacBook Pro.