Hardware

Proview lawsuit over Apple’s Ipad name is thrown out by California judge – The Inquirer

A JUDGE in California has thrown out Chinese hardware outfit Shenzhen Proview Technology’s lawsuit against Apple in the US over who owns the Ipad tablet name. California Superior Court Judge Mark Pierce granted Apple’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit on … Continue reading

Is Apple Working On A $799 MacBook Air? – Itproportal

If the rumour is confirmed and Apple is looking to launch the new MacBook Air at such a reduced price tag, its rivals could suffer a serious blow. Intel is believed to have already set aside a fund of $300 … Continue reading

HP VP of industrial design: Apple doesn’t own silver – CNET News

Apple may like to think that they own silver … The devices, which hinge on Intel’s latest generation of i-series chips, began as 11- or 13-inch notebooks with SSD storage and no optical drives, resulting in thinner enclosures and longer … Continue reading

HP exec: ‘Apple may like to think they own silver, but they don’t’ – Apple Insider

“It is not because those guys (Apple) did it first. It’s just that’s where the form factor is leading it.” In April, it was said that Intel hopes to see shipments of as many as 30 million Ultrabooks this year. … Continue reading

Apple wins case against ‘Chinese iPad maker’ – Times of India

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple won dismissal of Proview Electronics’s California lawsuit seeking to block it from using the iPad name, according to a copy of the court order obtained by Bloomberg News. Proview, based in Taiwan, has sought to block …

Apple: As Good As It Gets – Motley Fool

Despite my ominous tone, I actually believe Apple can do what no other company has ever done — for a while, anyway. But it’ll need at least one more major hardware offering and a few other key ingredients that might … Continue reading

Apple To Launch $800 MacBook Air In Quarter Three? – Geeky gadgets

The news comes from DigiTimes, who have said that the information comes from the upstream supply chain, and Apple are looking to release a cheaper MacBook Air to combat Intel releasing sub $1,000 ultrabooks. Although Acer has recently reduced its … Continue reading

Apple puts quality before commodity – The Guardian

And now we have Audi. Quality shows, and Apple continues to show quality. Last quarter it enjoyed an incredible 47.4% gross margin. Higher than expected and very unusual for a hardware company. As an ex-entrepreneur and a venture investor, I’m … Continue reading

Greenpeace urges Apple to use clean energy – Economic Times

BANGALORE: Greenpeace India activists urged global computer maker Apple to use renewable energy to power its data centres worldwide instead of fossil fuels like coal for protecting the fragile ecology. As part of the worldwide protest against …

Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Inside Core i’s third generation – Macdaily News

“Intel’s latest processor architecture, codenamed Ivy Bridge, is its previous one, Sandy Bridge, shrunk,” Simon Crisp reports for The Register. “Sandy Bridge chips, marketed as second-generation Core i CPUs, were produced using a 32nm …