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HP not feeling Thunderbolt, sticking with USB 3.0 for now
Apple in February released a revamped line of MacBook Pros with a new transfer technology called Thunderbolt capable of transferring data at 10 Gbps in both directions. Now that’s undoubtedly fast as hell, and certainly faster than USB 3.0, but there are some limitations. In its current implementation, users will not be able to boot […]
Continue reading...Intel will support USB 3 alongside Thunderbolt
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Apple in late February announced a new line up of MacBook Pros. Chief among the many new touted features was a new transfer technology dubbed Thunderbolt, which was previously referred to as Light Peak. Indeed, with the ability to transfer data at 10GBps in both directions, Thunderbolt is as powerful as the greek god imagery the moniker tends […]
Continue reading...Beatles go digital with an apple USB drive, but not on iTunes
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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The Beatles on iTunes is a rumor that surfaces every year, and much like the Cubs winning the World Series, it never seems to actually happen. But in a step forward at least, the entire Beatles catalogue of music is now available in digital form for the first time, albeit not on iTunes. On December 8th, […]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre update re-enables iTunes syncing.. AGAIN
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The ongoing battle between Palm and Apple over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync up with iTunes shows no signs of dying down, despite numerous attempts from Apple to block the Pre and in spite a recent letter from the USB Implementors Forum which chastised Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB Vendor ID. Palm today released […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple and Intel worked together on new transfer technology, “Light Peak”
Monday, September 28, 2009
Last week, Intel showed off an impressive new transfer technology called “Light Peak” which has the ability to transfer huge swaths of data amazingly quickly. The technology received so much hype at last weeks Intel Developer Forum that some are already speculating that the demoed standard may soon do away with current transfer protocols like […]
Continue reading...How the latest Palm Pre update syncs with iTunes
Monday, August 3, 2009
A few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which re-enabled the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. In […]
Continue reading...“What the death of VHS means to the Mac”
Friday, December 26, 2008
AppleTell has a great article about the evolution of the Mac, and how Apple has constantly succeeded in staying relevant in the tech industry. It’s a great read, and highly recommended. Find some snippets below. Wireless networking, ripping CDs, editing movies—these are all ideas that were added to the computer; “Macintosh” is more of a […]
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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