Month: July 2008 (Page 2 of 4)

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Hints at iPhone Copy and Paste in Firmware 2.1?
Mac Rumors – The new iPhone 2.1 Beta Firmware that was released to some iPhone developers yesterday has been found to have hints at an upcoming Copy and Paste feature.

Apple Seeds iPhone 2.1 Firmware with GPS Features
Mac Rumors – According to the site, Apple has included new Core Location features that might suggest that turn-by-turn GPS could become a reality. Core Location can reportedly track your direction and the speed at which you are traveling. Continue reading

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Apple Advertises iPhone 3G Speeds and Enterprise Features
Mac Rumors – Apple has started advertising the iPhone 3G with a series of television advertisements that highlight new features found in the new iPhone. Three ads have been posted on Apple’s website.

Google.org Invests $2.75M in Aptera Motors
Engadget – Google.org, the search kingpin’s philanthropic wing, has just added another notch to its eco-friendly belt with a recent (and sizable) investment in Aptera Motors — makers of that absurdly futuristic gas-sipper we’ve been following. Continue reading

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Extended MobileMe Email Outage Due To Server Issue
Mac Rumors – Apple has posted a support document suggesting that the continuing MobileMe email outage affecting 1% of MobileMe users is due to a “serious” issue with one of their mail servers. Affected users have been unable to send or receive email since the tumultuous MobileMe transition began over 5 days ago.

Microsoft Research Thinks Telescopic Pixels will Rival LCDs
Engadget – The boys and girls at Microsoft Research are getting set to publish a report detailing a competing (and in their perspective, superior) technology to replace the LCD monitors we’ve grown to know and love heart with reservations. By using pixels that boast “a pair of mirrors to block or transmit light,” displays could theoretically be created which are “faster, brighter, and more power efficient than liquid crystal displays.” Continue reading

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Apple may be Eying Sub-$1000 Notebook Market
AppleInsider – Investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday it believes Apple is readying new iPod and notebook products that will apply downward pressure to profit margins because they’ll be priced more affordably, such as 13-inch MacBook that will fetch less than $1000.

GPU Powered Macs and iPhones
Mac Rumors – Architosh points us to a Guardian.co.uk article from last week which details the upcoming trend of using GPUs (graphics processors) for day to day computing. Continue reading

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iPhone 3G now all but Sold out in 38 States
AppleInsider – With the iPhone 3G not even ten days old, virtually all of the Apple retail store stores open within the United States are without any examples of the device to sell on July 21st.

Invisible, Near-Weightless Nanotubes Could Support Humans, Buildings, Space Elevators
Gizmodo – In what sounds like the result of the lamest Truth or Dare party ever, scientists have calculated how many nanotubes it would take to support the weight of one human. The discovery unto itself isn’t that impressive—a nanotube rope that’s one centimeter in diameter could do the trick. Continue reading