Hardware 
Apple Said to Be Considering 14-inch MacBook Air – Toms Hardware
A new MacBook Air for a market that’s crazy for 14-inch notebooks. The Apple rumor mill has mostly focused on the iPad as of late. If it hasn’t been churning out report after report on the iPad 3, it’s been … Continue reading
Apple Claims it Creates 514,000 US Jobs – Forbes
Which is something of a decent defence against the claim that there’s something wrong with their having 230,000 people in China actually assembling the hardware. The actual Apple page is here and this is the graphic they’re using.
Advantage Apple: Hard Drive Shortage And Rising Memory Prices Hit PC Costs – Forbes
Barclays is now predicting DRAM pricing will be stronger in the second quarter of 2012, thanks to production cuts on the fourth quarter of last year and the introduction of new processors from Intel. Apple should have an edge thanks … Continue reading
Rumors Of The PC’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated – Seekingalpha.com
Smart phone platforms like Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and Google’s (GOOG) Android systems are super-hot, and PCs are yesterday’s news. If you follow this logic, big players in the PC market like Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC …
Galaxy S II Named Best Smartphone At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Huffington Post
Now, Apple devotees have even more pieces of Samsung hardware to be secretly jealous of: Samsung won two huge prizes at the Mobile World Congress’ Global Mobile Awards, for Best Smartphone of 2011 (for that Samsung Galaxy S II) as … Continue reading
PCs Costs Rising, Says Barclays; Apple Flash Edge Helps – Barron’s Online
Barclays Capital‘s hardware analyst Ben Reitzes this afternoon observes … There will likely be a “modest oversupply this year.” Apple (AAPL) may be among vendors least impacted by the price of drives and most helped by the decline …
Grant enables Piedmont schools to provide Apple hardware to K-3 – Anniston Star
Piedmont City Schools’ youngest students are about to be introduced to innovative technology in the classroom. A $164,000 grant from the Susie Parker Stringfellow Health Fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama will enable the system to buy …
That’s Not A Touchscreen TV in Apple’s Event Invite — Here’s Why – Wired News
In the emailed invitation for its March 7 press event, Apple included an image that’s provoked intense speculation. Some observers suggest the hardware in the image doesn’t relate to an iPad at all, but rather a touchscreen television.
Bloom Energy rumored as supplier for Apple fuel cell farm – MacNN
Bloom Energy is responsible for supplying the hardware behind Apple’s upcoming 5MW fuel cell farm, two GigaOM sources claim. The company may already have some Bloom cells at its Cupertino headquarters. The 5MW farm will support Apple’s …
Microsoft: Apple Makes Old iPhones ‘Unusably Slow’ On Purpose – Yahoo Finance
New Microsoft mobile head Terry Myerson says that Apple’s habit of releasing software updates for current iPhones is really just a way to sell more hardware. Myerson was speaking to financial analysts at the Mobile World Congress on Wednesday.
