Hardware

Apple aims to patent 3-D image recognition technology – The Business Journal

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Intel vows to keep Apple’s business, heat up mobile chip war Hewlett-Packard to reenter tablet market using Windows 8 Kaiser Permanente adds iPhone app to mobile roster Follow this company …

MSI makes use of Intel’s Z77 Thunderbolt support – The Inquirer

However the firm’s standout feature is the 10Gbit/s Thunderbolt controller it has tacked on. Intel’s Thunderbolt technology has been implemented by Apple and while few other vendors have gone down this route so far, it is likely that the Z77 … Continue reading

Intel vows to keep Apple’s business, heat up mobile chip war – The Business Journal

Intel Corp. Intel Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Otellini on keeping Apple hooked on Intel chips Obama touts Albany Nano as a model for rebuilding U.S. economy Phoenix manufacturing sector poised for growth Follow this company detailed …

Biz Break: Gilead pins hopes on HIV drug; Apple rumors; and chipmakers’ outlook improves – Marin Independent Journal

Plus, Foxconn CEO talks about Apple TV, Apple may drop Google Maps and Silicon Valley stocks help Wall Street offset banking losses. Gilead Sciences (GILD), the Foster City-based pharmaceutical giant, is counting on a groundbreaking HIV …

GameStop may start selling used Apple MacBooks – Apple Insider

A second screenshot shows a more extensive list of MacBooks, complete with prices well below retail, suggesting that the retailer will sell refurbished Apple notebooks rather than new hardware. Listed in the inventory system is a 2-gigahertz 13-inch …

Intel’s Paul Otellini: Tablets may not be ‘end state’ for personal computing – Oregonian

The phenomenal popularity of Apple’s iPad has Amazon, Samsung and many other rivals crafting similar tablets in hopes of capturing a share of the market. But Thursday, at Intel’s annual investor day in Santa Clara, CEO Paul Otellini …

You’re Wrong About Tim Cook’s Apple – Seekingalpha.com

I strongly disagree. To me, the analysts are too focused on the hardware and too consumed with picking apart the personalities who are credited with each product. If Apple’s secret sauce was hardware then the end of its dominance would … Continue reading

Intel nurtures hopes of winning Apple’s iPhone, iPad business – Oregonian

Intel is upgrading its mobile processors and helping develop a variant of Google’s Android mobile operating system to run on Intel chips. But the company still has its eye on Apple, which uses customized ARM-based processors to run its iPhone … Continue reading

Apple refurbs: Mac minis, MacBook Airs and more – MacNN

Today at Apple’s online store save on Mac minis, MacBook Airs and more. The refurb. Mac mini with a 2.3GHz Intel dual-core i5 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive is now $519 after a $80 price break. … Continue reading

A First Look at Thunderbolt on Windows with MSI’s Z77A-GD80 – AnandTech

The first test was hooking up Apple’s Thunderbolt Display, the only Thunderbolt display device available on the market today. Although I shouldn’t have been, I was a bit surprised when the display just worked. Intel’s HD 4000 drove the 2560 … Continue reading