Hardware 
Mountain Lion, Apple OS may drop support for older Macs – CBS News
In recent versions of OS X, some requirements have resulted in older hardware no longer working properly, including the drop of PowerPC support in Snow Leopard, and Lion not installing on some of the earliest Intel-based Mac systems …
Apple’s Stock May Not Be as Cheap as It Looks: Weil – Yahoo Finance
When Apple sells an iPhone, for example, the hardware and software are delivered at the time of sale. Other deliverables include the rights to future software upgrades and other features. Economic Life The old accounting rules required Apple to …
A look at recent tech-industry earnings – Investors Business Daily
Intel Corp., the world’s largest chip-maker … Fourth-quarter results topped analyst estimates. Jan. 24: Apple Inc. reports results that vastly exceeds analyst estimates and sets new records. That came after uncharacteristically tepid sales in the …
NI Technology Editor Looks at Winners and Losers as Google Launches Ambitious New Venture in America’s Heartland – TMCnet
How might EMC and Intel participate in Google’s new strategy … Could Google’s new strategy pose new competitive threats for Apple’s business model? How has Google uniquely managed local political and regulatory issues that commonly plague …
Apple’s Messages beta hints at high-res Macs with Retina Displays – Apple Insider
offering more evidence that Apple is working on high-resolution Retina Displays for future Mac hardware. Digging through some of the resources from the Messages beta, MacRumors discovered that a number of graphics included with the software are available …
Leak: Motorola Atrix 3: The Android superphone we’ll all be lusting after this year? – Intomobile.com
Nokia has the Lumia 800/900, HTC has the Sensation/Incredible, and Apple has the iPhone … that said Motorola’s first Andoird 4.0 smartphone will have an Intel chip inside. Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology …
Apple’s Size Distorts Views of Stock Indices, Earnings – Moneynews (blog)
Apple accounts for 3.8 percent of the S&P 500. For the Nasdaq-100 it’s 16.6 percent, more than Google, Intel and Amazon.com combined. Apple shares topped $500 Tuesday, and many investors expect further gains. “We think the stock has higher …
Mountain Lion’s Messages beta hints at Mac Retina Display? – CNET News
In 2012, MacBooks, ultrabooks mix it up Apple bringing ultra-high-resolution display to MacBook Pro? Best Buy chimes in with MacBook, laptop deals Next iPad to be thicker, and next iPhone all metal? A peek at Intel chip headed to Ultrabooks … Continue reading
Intel Chip Delays Set To Hit OZ PC Market – ChannelNews
Intel is planning to postpone mass shipments of its much-ballyhooed Ivy Bridge processor range, according to Taiwan-based IT newswire DigiTimes. The move is set to have an impact in Australia with PC manufacturers including Apple set to face a shortage … Continue reading
Fair Labor Association Says Apple Factories Are ”First Class” – Toms Hardware
Nothing to see here, apparently. Earlier this week, Apple announced that it had requested that the Fair Labor Association inspect its suppliers’ factories in Asia. The move followed heightened criticism over how these manufacturing plants were treating the …
