Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

Apple is now offering the first refurb MacBook Air units with the Nvidia GeForce 9400m GPU.
The specifications for the laptop are otherwise unchanged from its recent debut with a 1.6 Ghz intel Core 2 Duo, 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display, 2GB of DDR3 memory, 120GB SATA hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR radios [...]

Monster (the cable manufacturer, not the energy drink) who are known for their audio accessories have announced 7 new iPod and iPhone accessories today which enhance a user’s driving experience while using an iPod or iPhone.
The iCarPlay Wireless 1000 and 800 which go for $100 and $80 respectively act as FM transmitters boosted with [...]

EFI Firmware Update 1.7 was released by Apple yesterday which addresses issues using SATA 3.0Gbps specification solid state and standard hard drives with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. The firmware update increases the allowed transfer rate giving users full speed data transfer on the 3.0Gbps interface.

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue using [...]

MacNN reports that VMWare is testing out a new version of Fusion, the virtulization software that allows users to run an operating system from within Mac OS X.

Fusion is in a private beta and has been released to a select number of participants, but is reported to offer:

Simpler access to the virtual machine library
Added support [...]

As expected, the iPhone Dev Team has released the redsn0w jailbreak tool for the first generation iPhone and iPhone 3G/iPod Touch via PwnageTool 3.0 for Mac OS X.
Now for the caveats:
1. redsn0w will only jailbreak and unlock the first-generation iPhone, with the ultrasn0w 3G unlock tool for iPhone 3G not being included in this [...]

At&T announced yesterday that it is going to support auto-authentication for iPhone OS 3.0 users who connect to AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots. This will allow the seamless switch from AT&T’s 3G network to an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot, doing away with the previous two-step authentication, making it easier and faster for iPhone users to connect [...]

Last night, Twitter reached a milestone and an apocalypse. Hailed the Twitpocalypse, the number of tweets exceeded 2,147,483,6471. At first glance, this number seems like a typo, but in reality it is the largest number that can be stored as a data type known as a signed integer. When the number of tweets surpassed this [...]

Apple has confirmed that the new SD Card slot, present on 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models, can be used to boot Mac OS X.
This will enable users to carry around a properly-formatted (GUID Partitioned) SDHC card, carrying a complete rescue install of Mac OS X. And, unlike a USB stick, it can be stored [...]

With the impending release of iPhone OS 3.0 June 17th, Navigon is readying their MobileNavigator software to take full advantage of the firmware updates to turn the iPhone into a full GPS navigation device. By the end of the month, Navigon wants iPhone users to be able access MobileNavigator from the AppStore internationally.
The MobileNavigator software [...]

The introduction of netbooks into mainstream computing led to a shift in computer requirements for the educational system. Netbooks provide a cheap, easy, and efficient way to meet local school needs without frivolous spending and expensive programs that a second grader can’t even pronounce. Apple has finally decided to join and attempt this market with [...]