Hardware

Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 update that fixes iPhone 4S battery problems – Venturebeat.com

Apple confirmed that the problem was due to bugs in iOS 5 and not related to hardware issues. The company said a fix might take several weeks, but obviously it’s arrived much sooner (to the delight of users who don’t … Continue reading

Should Tech Start-Ups Emulate Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak? – Forbes

Apple’s chairman and first investor. Mike was previously a senior marketing executive at Intel where he learned the industry and met everyone in it. Mike Scott was the CEO of Apple from 1977, when the Apple II launched, to 1981 … Continue reading

Intel Risks Missing Ultrabook Goal With Prices Over $1,000: Tech – Businessweek

The idea is to make Windows notebooks more like tablets and smartphones — or at least closer to the skinny MacBook Air, Apple Inc.’s best- selling laptop. Intel’s chips aren’t used in the most popular phones and tablets, so the … Continue reading

Adobe Bows in Apple Feud – Wall Street Journal

Adobe turned him down, because at that time there were too few Mac users. “My primary insight when we were screwed by Adobe in 1999 was that we shouldn’t get into any business where we didn’t control both the hardware … Continue reading

Asus and Acer scale back Ultrabook orders – Geek.Com

When Intel announced the new Ultrabook category back in May, it looked like a clear bid to grab some of Apple’s sales in the thin and light laptop category. Manufacturers responded by embracing the Ultrabook and planning to roll out … Continue reading

The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet will spark a revolution – Geek.Com

Even deceptive sales figures that compare shipped Android slates to sold iPads still show Apple’s device holding onto over half of the market. Much of the problem stems from Android’s separation of software and hardware. Makers of previous …

New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it’s not bad – News-Democrat

Pushed by Intel, other computer makers have been trying to copy Apple’s success. Intel has come up with a concept it calls the ultrabook, which is something like a MacBook Air without Apple’s Mac OS X running on it. One … Continue reading

Apple: ‘No Plans’ for Siri on iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G – Softpedia

Squashing the dreams of millions of iPhone owners out there, Apple has reportedly confirmed to a developer that the company has “no plans” to support Siri on old-generation hardware, after being said to have tested a special build internally. As … Continue reading

Apple: “No plans” for Siri on older devices – SlashGear

The news will come as a disappointment to those owners of earlier iOS products that hoped Apple would extend the current Siri beta to cover their hardware, rather than use it as a unique selling point of the iPhone 4S. … Continue reading

Apple Hides How White It Is – Gawker

But Apple simply doesn’t want data about its racial makeup publicized, by anyone. Intel, Dell and Ingam Micro share the information. “There’s nothing embarrassing about this data,” Intel’s chief diversity officer told CNN. “Companies can move the needle …