Comment Re:console systems (Score 1) 673
So the new hard drive I put in my PS3 is a figment of my imagination? Well, don't I feel stupid.
Comment Re:Corrections (Score 1) 673
Both the new (June 2012) Macbook Pro and the new MacBook Air models fully support USB 3.0, as well as Thunderbolt.
Comment A creeping paradigm shift (Score 1) 2
For better or worse, Apple has increasingly led the industry in many ways, especially in terms of design. If Apple goes "sealed-unit" even for high-end machines, others will follow suit. At the same time, in large part because of Apple's efforts, the market is increasingly dominated by consumer-class devices. How much incentive is there for Apple (or any other hardware vendor) to cater to power users, who are a diminishing proportion of the revenue picture?
Submission + - Sealed-box Macs: should computers be disposable? (computerworld.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: Apple's new Retina MacBook Pro is essentially completely non-upgradable, a sealed-box, following a trend started with the MacBook Air in 2008. It's a given that hardware companies are in the business of selling hardware, and would love for computers to have iPhone-like replacement cycles of 1-3 years, but does this mean we're moving irresistibly into an era of "sealed-unit computing," even for power users?
Submission + - Apple Is Now the Most Valuable Company In History
derekmead writes: Apple, as of this morning, is valued at $621 billion, thanks to a stock price that spiked at $663.10 per share (and that has risen this afternoon). That finally beats Microsoft, who previously held the record for most valuable company in 1999 at $619 billion. Incredibly, Apple has almost doubled its valuation in the last year, when it topped Exxon-Mobil for most valuable American company with a valuation of $346 billion.
It’s not the cleanest comparison, but to give you an idea of how much $621 billion actually is, only 23 countries had a GDP higher than that in 2011. So, basically, Apple alone is worth more than what 200+ countries in the world could produce in an entire year.
It’s not the cleanest comparison, but to give you an idea of how much $621 billion actually is, only 23 countries had a GDP higher than that in 2011. So, basically, Apple alone is worth more than what 200+ countries in the world could produce in an entire year.
Submission + - Apple Implements the CalDAV Standard for MobileMe (catconventionshow.com)
Vermyndax writes: "Apple announced the new MobileMe Calendar beta on July 6th. The press picked up the story and plugged the gorgeous new iPad-like interface for all devices. It would seem, however, that the mainstream press missed the real story. MobileMe's new Calendar application is an implementation of CalDAV, the proposed calendaring standard. This may be the same implementation that exists in Snow Leopard Server and is open-sourced. The hidden gem in all of this is that Apple plans to bring this CalDAV connectivity to Outlook users on MobileMe. Where might they take it next?"
Submission + - Microsoft opens source code to Russian spooks (zdnet.co.uk)
Jack Spine writes: Microsoft has struck a deal with the Russian government which will give the FSB, successor to the KGB, access to the source code for Windows 7, among other products.
The agreement is an extension of Microsoft's Government Security Program, according to a source with links to the UK government.
The agreement is an extension of Microsoft's Government Security Program, according to a source with links to the UK government.
Decades-Old Soviet Reflector Spotted On the Moon 147
cremeglace writes "No one had seen a laser reflector that Soviet scientists had left on the moon almost 40 years ago, despite years of searching. Turns out searchers had been looking kilometers in the wrong direction. On 22 April, a team of physicists finally saw an incredibly faint flash from the reflector, which was ferried across the lunar surface by the Lunokhod 1 rover. The find comes thanks to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which last month imaged a large area where the rover was reported to have been left. Then the researchers, led by Tom Murphy of the University of California, San Diego, could search one football-field-size area at a time until they got a reflection."
Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X 246
Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.
Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? 221
Arvisp writes "According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. If Lee's blog post is to be believed, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year."
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