Hardware

Strong Sales of iPhone 4S Propel Apple to Its Biggest Quarter Ever – Daily Beast

Apple has spent the past decade building an entire ecosystem of hardware, software, and online content stores that gives it a huge advantage over everyone else. Indeed it is difficult to think of an area where Apple does not excel. … Continue reading

Apple Posts Record Earnings Driven by 128% Surge In iPhone Sales – Slate

When introduced, the Mac captured the imagination of computer enthusiasts and was a popular consumer device but outside of a few niches Windows and Intel quickly started to dominate the enterprise market. But with their new set of mobile devices … Continue reading

Acrobits’ Video VoIP-SIP iPhone Application Challenges Skype™ and Apple’s Facetime™ – Financial Post

Acrobits, the world’s leading Mobile VoIP Applications development company has released its new combined Voice and Video application with SmoothFlow™ video technology for Apple’s iPhone … require expensive hardware investments, this …

Boot up: Google nearly doubles US lobbying spend, Nokia Lumia sales ‘top 1m’, and more – The Guardian

Here he is on hardware upgrades: “A lot of those issues really are much … “According to Global Equities Research, which monitors Apple’s iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system it doesn’t much care to discuss, more than 350,000 textbooks … Continue reading

GammaTech’s RT10C Tablet Invites You to Run Roughshod – Maximum PC

With all due respect to Samsung, Apple, Asus, and others … The RT10C is a 10.2-inch slate powered by an Intel Core i7 620UE processor. It has 2GB of DDR3 memory (supports up to 4GB), a 2.5-inch SATA drive bay, … Continue reading

QLogic Deal to Boost Intel’s Quest for ExaFLOP Speed – NewsFactor Network

Intel was founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce and Arthur Rock. Last year Intel and Apple collaborated to produce the Thunderbolt standard, promising transfers of 10 gigabits per second. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based QLogic was founded in 1994.

Intel’s Medfield is a "credible" SoC for smartphones

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“[And] the good news for Intel is that the Medfield reference design seems to … Essentially, the current 40nm-gen of SoCs from Apple, Qualcomm, TI, Samsung and Nvidia will be replaced by faster and lower power versions, leaving Medfield …

When capitalism and corporate self-interest collide – Financial Times

Information and communications technology today is dominated by Microsoft and Intel, Apple, Amazon and Google. The oldest of these, Intel, was founded in 1968; at about that time the British government sponsored a merger of the computer divisions of …

Opposing the iPad 3 release for OnLive – In Entertainment

When it comes to upgrading hardware for a newer version with more technologically advanced specs it’s almost a no-brainer for some people, and this is especially the case for Apple fans looking forward to the release of iPhone 5 and … Continue reading

Historical hardware and its modern impact – Technician Online

“It is likely that many of you have fond memories associated with the Apple IIe or the Commodore 64,” Jones said on his blog. “These all have some unique significance in the computer historical timeline.” The computer science department …