Hardware

Avid Introduces Media Composer 6—The Industry’s Leading Editing System Raises the Bar with Openness and 64-bit Performance – Yahoo Finance

Leverage existing hardware investments and easily add Avid editing systems … which now offers native support for AVCHD and RED Epic as well as the ability to encode Apple ProRes (Mac OS-based systems only). Ease and expedite workflows and toolset … Continue reading

Apple CEO dismisses Kindle Fire as “more Android fragmentation” – ANDROID COMMUNITY.COM

Cook responded that the Fire simply represents more fragmentation, and that that will lead more consumers to Apple’s walled garden of hardware and software. There’s a bit of an issue with Cook’s reasoning, however. One, Android software is …

Apple’s Battery Life Problems: It’s the Operating System – Forbes

Well, at least until now, for Apple themselves seem to be zeroing in on the problem being in the operating system, iOS5, rather than the underlying hardware of the iPhone 4S. The move follows reports by a number of customers … Continue reading

Stale Mac Pro lineup has pro users concerned – Ars Technica

“I have two sitting on my desk right now, both mostly crunching video.” Alper cut his teeth crunching numbers on Mac hardware at Harvard Medical School and later managed the IT needs of WGBH Boston’s roughly 70-seat Interactive production division.

Apple Mac Pro MC561LL/A Desktop (NEWEST VERSION) – Zimbio

Thanks to the next-generation Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors and new system architecture, the Mac Pro now delivers performance thatEüs nearly twice as fast as before.(1) Each processor features an integrated memory controller and 8MB of …

Samsung demands testimony from Apple’s Jony Ive – Geek.Com

Jobs vowed to “destroy Android” as he believed that it was a blatant ripoff of Apple’s hardware and software innovation. If Apple is successful in enough of the cases, then he just may get his wish. The Android platform may … Continue reading

IPhone China Rival Focuses on Software for Half-Price Device – BusinessWeek

“I started Xiaomi for the same reason.” A 16-gigabyte iPhone 4 costs 4,548 yuan at Apple’s online store in China. The iPhone’s success hinges on the integration of the Internet, hardware and software, something Xiaomi is able to do at … Continue reading

MacBook Pro updates and Speedmark 7

We take the occasion of our MacBook Pro review to discuss Apple’s new laptops and Macworld Lab’s updated Speedmark 7 tests.

Intel Cut To Hold At BMO, ARM A Buy On Server Push – Barron’s Online

writing that ARM is gaining support for its push into server computing from Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT). Srivastava is not changing any estimates for Intel, as the “ARM ecosystem is still some ways away from products in volume shipments, … Continue reading

Intel Cut To Hold At BMO, ARM A Buy On Server Push – Boston Globe

and that Apple “may be standardizing its entire ‘offering’ stack ranging from phones, tablets, Macs, and cloud computing, around the ARM architecture.” Under one “scenario analysis,” furthermore, Intel’s profits could be lower by …