The Mac Pro, Apple’s flagship desktop Mac model, is getting a major overhaul — but it won’t arrive anytime soon. To show its commitment to the line, however, the company has upgraded current Mac Pro specs with faster Intel Xeon chips, updated GPUs, and promised that it’s “completely rethinking” what the Mac Pro is, or what it should be. The newly redesigned Mac Pro won’t be coming […]
According to Wikileaks documents the CIA can inject a undetectable bug deep into the essential firmware of an Apple Mac computer that will not be erased even when the computer is reformatted The Central Intelligence Agency is able to permanently infect an Apple Mac computer so that even reinstalling the operating system will not erase the bug, according to documents published Thursday by WikiLeaks. In its second […]
Malwarebytes A US man has lost an appeal over his refusal to decrypt hard drives in a case law enforcement says involves child pornography. The unnamed man has been held by US police for over 18 months without criminal charges. The suspect’s lawyer has argued that he should not have to hand over his passwords due to the Fifth Amendment, which protects US citizens from incriminating themselves. […]
Apple Inc. has been granted another patent, which may usher in a change in future devices. The company has obtained rights for a mobile device with the ability to change dimensions of its screen, which may well lead to Apple capturing the market with a dynamic product. Incidentally, as reported earlier, Apple also acquired a patent for facial recognition integration for its phone locking mechanism. The Shape […]
Augmented reality will soon be part of everyday life, if we are to believe Tim Cook. Cook, Apple’s CEO, is excited about the future of augmented reality and Apple together. He is psyched that the company is exerting its technological resources to research, develop, and apply AR technology on Apple products, particularly its flagship iPhone. If that happens, then AR can be Apple‘s “next big thing.” While […]
Given the distinctly MacBook-like look and feel of many Windows ultraportables, we were pleased to see that Acer’s new Swift 5 manages to make a more individual design statement — while still keeping its prices attractively competitive. Even better is the fact that the Swift 5 pulls off the difficult balancing act of delivering affordable ultrabook functionality — including good performance and portability — without making too […]
Spotify appears to be testing a new subscription tier that offers Hi-Fi lossless CD-quality audio playback for an added price on top of the regular monthly subscription fee. Spotify Is Testing A New Lossless Audio Streaming Plan A tweet on Wednesday showcased the Spotify page showing the potential option, called “Spotify Hi-Fi,” which apart from streaming high-quality audio also includes limited edition vinyl discounts, with a free vinyl […]
LG Gram laptop LG has largely scaled back its global PC ambitions — its U.S. website shows a single Chromebase desktop for sale — except for its Gram family of ultra-light laptops. It rolled them out late in 2015 — 13-inch and 14-inch notebooks that each weighed a little over 2 pounds, then added a 15-inch version a couple of months later. The lineup has thrived enough […]
KGI Research via 9to5mac Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 will feature a “function area” at the bottom of its edge-to-edge OLED display, replacing the current iPhone’s home button with Touch ID, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. Kuo, who has correctly pegged Apple launches in the past, detailed the “function area” found at the bottom of the phone in a slide to investors. The 5.8-inch […]
Before anyone at Apple officially utters a word about the iPhone 8 it seems that we already know a lot about Apple’s upcoming $1,000+ smartphone. But Apple could still drop some surprises on us. Must read: OLED iPhone 8 may finally have the feature that owners have been craving #1: New iOS user interface We’re so focused on the hardware that we’ve not stopped to think about […]
Google announced in May 2016 that they will be bringing over 1 million Android apps to their Chromebooks though only a limited number of units will be able to support them. Now, taking it a step further, they have announced that all Chromebooks set to be released in 2017 and thereafter will support Android Apps. Chromebook’s access to Google Play gives the device an array of opportunities to […]
The growth in computing power and battery life for phones and tablets has left traditional PCs and desktops searching for an identity. This has forced manufacturers to reexamine the form, functionality, and purpose of PCs overall and desktops in particular. If a tablet can do what once required the power of larger systems, do desktops even have a place in the market? PC sales continue […]
Consumer Reports on Thursday says it now recommends Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops to consumers, after Apple issued a software fix that resolved the laptops’ battery issues. After evaluating three models back in December, Consumer Reports refused to recommend them. While the laptops were impressive in areas such as display quality and performance, there were wild variations in battery life. Consumer Reports’ tests showed the battery life […]
Even as unsuspecting travelers at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Airport were witnessing the first round of the horrifying attacks, they had to grapple with a situation that created further panic – rumors of shooting by a second gunman. As Tech Times reported on Jan. 8, a MacBook Pro saved the life of a traveler who had been shot at by the gunman identified as Esteban Santiago. The gunman had pulled […]
Image: ZDNet Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on what has come before, and to imagine what may transpire in the future. For some, an anniversary is a time for reconfirmation and reaffirmation of beliefs; for others, it is an opportunity to acknowledge the past and to move on. This weekend, industry analysts and volume buyers are returning from CES in Las Vegas, having just seen the multitude […]
In an accompanying promotional video for the Designed By Apple in California book, Jony Ive has touted Apple’s design process and how each of its devices has different prototypes before one is finally selected for production. A recent report has given more insight into this area after it showed features of an early iPhone prototype. Leaked Old iPhone The report came by way of a video that showed […]
The shooting rampage at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport – which left five people dead – has shaken America. In the midst of this nightmare unfolding for unsuspecting travelers, there was an unsung hero – the MacBook Pro. For the unfamiliar, on Friday, Jan. 6, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago pulled out a gun from his checked-in luggage and suddenly opened fire on innocent people who were collecting their […]
The long wait is over after Samsung finally unveiled two brand new Chromebooks that were made in partnership with Google at CES 2017. The two Chromebooks could very well be the two laptops that will expand Samsung’s user base in the hybrid laptop space, and will compete against Microsoft’s Surface hybrids: the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. All four devices will be great options for people who are […]
Chinese New Year will not come until Jan. 28, but Apple has already started announcing its promotions for the annual holiday. The first Chinese New Year promotion for this year offers customers a free Beats Solo3 wireless headphones, worth $299.95, for every purchase of select Mac and iPhone models. Apple’s First Chinese New Year 2017 Promo The first Chinese New Year promo by Apple this year was announced by […]
It was certainly a year of ups and downs for Apple, which took steps to shore up many of its products outside the core iOS portable offerings. The Apple Watch got a new user interface, but the smartwatch category drags. Apple TV got a new content navigation app (but not an integrated Apple television service). The redesigned MacBook, of course, got a wee strip of touchy goodness. […]
2017 – the sky’s the limit! Robin Harris The pace of storage change continues to accelerate, and its impact on us continues to grow. Digital storage is central to a digital civilization, and as we grow more digital, we grow more dependent on improvements in storage. Here’s what to expect in 2017. AI AI will make stored data – and therefore storage- more valuable. When you can […]
By Selam Gebrekidan | TOREKOV, Sweden TOREKOV, Sweden For more than a year, Girmay Mehari dreaded his 18th birthday next February. The teenager escaped from an Eritrean jail two years ago after he was sentenced to an indefinite term for evading national service or plotting to escape the country. The police never spelled out the charges. With money his brothers raised in New York and Israel, Girmay […]
Microsoft’s Surface Studio offers a new angle on the desktop PC Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s high-priced Surface Studio may be selling better than expected, if we can believe a recent report from Digitimes. The Taiwanese company – which publishes a Chinese daily newspaper on IT and high-tech supply chains – reports that “Microsoft has ordered 30,000 units to be shipped in the first quarter of 2017, according to […]
(Image: file photo) Legacy vendors and the cloud The cloud has devastated revenue, growth and margins of legacy vendors. Any CFO can look online to see what similar capacity, performance, and higher availability costs compared to the huge capital costs of traditional RAID arrays. 2016 saw the world’s largest independent storage company — EMC — bought by Dell, after shopping itself to all the big system vendors. […]
