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ThunderBolt Announced by Intel and Apple-> 0

Submitted by boley1 on Thursday February 24 2011, @12:15PM

boley1 writes "Breaking first on the Apple website but now also on Intel's site. This is no longer a rumor. Thunderbolt is based on Apple's DisplayPort and Intel's Light Peak. Detailed information is available this morning on both the Apple and Intel web sites. Dual 10G channels. Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices and adapters including DVI, HDMI, and VGA displays, plus a dozen or so manufacturers have announced support for other adapters and devices. Existing protocols such as FireWire, USB, PCI Express just work."
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Comment: "Furthermore..." (Score 1) 378

by PeeweeJD on Friday January 14 2011, @12:40PM (#34880106) Attached to: Why Sony Cannot Stop PS3 Pirates

Furthermore, current users would still be able to run pirated copies on current hardware."

So if they revise the hardware, the only way for an honest gamer to play games would be to become a pirate. LOL

Comment: Re:Better Article at Engadget Mobile (Score 5, Informative) 214

by PeeweeJD on Friday December 18 2009, @02:59PM (#30492100) Attached to: iPhone Has 46% of Japanese Smartphone Market

I spent a week in Tokyo back in November. When I was there, I saw 2 iPhones in the wild. Both were owned by the Americans I was traveling with. That is also 2 more than the number of Blackberries I noticed (besides the one I have).

Everyone there has these flip phones with these really tall screens that rotate 90 degrees to "landscape" mode (they also watch TV on them).

So yeah, US style "smartphones" are not really used. They use these mutant flip phones instead.