Hardware 
Apple Ranks the Highest in Terms of Revenue Per Employee in the Computer Hardware Industry (AAPL, SMCI, DELL) – comcast.net
Feb 08, 2012 (Fast Lane via COMTEX News Network) — Below are the three companies in the Computer Hardware industry with the highest Revenue Per Employee (RPE). Analysts use RPE as a measure to compare the productivity of companies in … Continue reading
Apple extends Lion Internet recovery to more 2010 Macs – ZDNet
Summary: Feature introduced to early 2010 MacBook Pro, the mid 2010 iMac, and the late 2010 MacBook Air. Apple has released a set of firmware updates that bring Lion Internet recovery to the early 2010 MacBook Pro, the mid 2010 … Continue reading
Apple’s New Cursors May Signal Retina Display Macs – Gizmodo Australia
“may” indicate an incoming Apple hardware upgrade, perhaps the introduction of new Retina Display-level Macs or displays. Given his intimately wet relationship with Apple, you better listen up to his “wishful thinking”. The latest update …
Samsung: Apple ‘Free Riding’ On Our Patents, Stalls Trial – ChannelNews
Apple has sought to stall Oz iPhone battle in a bid to buy more time to fight off Samsung claims of patent infringements. Click to enlarge Samsung and Apple latest scrap over iPhone could be stalled til September or even … Continue reading
Apple intern spent 12 weeks porting Mac OS X to ARM – Geek.Com
Until 2005 Mac OS ran on PowerPC before making the switch to Intel. More recently there have been rumors that Apple was considering another switch, this time to ARM, but nothing seems to have come of that…yet. Evidence that Apple … Continue reading
Mac OS X ARM port by Apple work experience kid revealed – The Register
A Dutch computer science student’s homework has stirred the old rumour that Apple may ditch the Intel platform and power its Macbooks with ARM processors. Tristan Schaap’s bachelor thesis at the Delft University of Technology described work he did at … Continue reading
Apple’s Foxconn Plant Workers Complain of "Militant Culture" – Toms Hardware
CNN is the latest to interview an actual Foxconn worker who reveals her working conditions. CNN is the latest to visit Foxconn factories contracted by Apple, and begins its report introducing readers to Miss Chen, an 18-year-old student from a … Continue reading
Apple’s iPhone hot but Android handsets ‘on fire’ – Sydney Morning Herald
“But a growing number of sub-$250 device offerings, based on the Android operating system, have allowed Google’s hardware partners to grow smartphone volumes and expand the market concurrently.” While Apple tightly controls iPhone hardware and software …
Apple intern’s report offers rare look at firm’s inner workings – Los Angeles Times
… solving were “important to both Apple and Marvell to understand,” and at one point Apple engineers put him in contact with “one of Marvell’s lead hardware designers.” With help from the Marvell engineer, Schaap eventually determined that …
Intern’s paper reveals secret project to port Mac OS X to ARM chips – Venturebeat.com
Apple has long been rumored to be working on porting the Mac OS X operating system to run on ARM chips, a move that could help it gain independence from chip maker Intel. Some interesting evidence that such work is … Continue reading
