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Large Apple Order Reduces NAND Flash Supply
Samsung has reportedly notified "downstream" customers that it begin reducing NAND flash supply to them from July as Apple has placed a large order. Sources have indicated to DigiTimes that Samsung has secured orders for 50 million 8 gigabit NAND-flash chips. The chips are reportedly…
Spanish "iPod Tax" Kicks in July 1
Billboard reports that Spanish consumers will soon have to pay an anti-piracy tax on media devices such as the iPod which are capable of storing, recording or playing sounds or images. The tax aims to raise €117.8 million from iPod, mobile phone and other sales…
AMD Brings ATI Radeon HD 3870 to Mac
AMD has today announced that the new ATI Radeon HD 3870 will be available for both the PC and the Mac. According to AMD the graphics card is "designed exclusively for Apple's Mac Pro systems." “AMD is introducing the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac &…
TomTom Announces iPhone GPS Navigation Software
TomTom has announced that it already has a version of their GPS navigation software running on an iPhone. "Our navigation system runs on the iPhone already," the TomTom spokesman said after Apple announced a new version of the iPhone that will include global positioning (GPS)…
Sling Shows off Proof-of-Concept SlingPlayer for iPhone
Engadget has posted several images and a video of a proof-of-concept SlingPlayer application for the iPhone. On the run-up to Macworld 2008 it was rumoured that Sling would be showing off a native iPhone SlingPlayer but the rumour never came to fruition. According to Engadget…
Apple Owner of Me.com, Buying Up .Me Domains
After the n ews late last week that Apple could be renaming its suite of online services from .Mac to Mobile Me it appears that the company has also purchased the domain "me.com". Me.com currently points to Snappville.com but a Netcraft page for the domain…
In Brief: Latest Samsung Handset Uses Safari Browser?
Samsung drew quite a bit of attention yesterday when it unveiled its latest slider phone the L870. Of particular interest is that the phones specification sheets list the handset as having a Safari web browser. It is unclear whether this is actually a documentation error…
Apple Gets First Dibs on Intel CPU
The announcement of iMac speed bumps today stirred some interest when the processors used in the new machines didn't appear to be a widely available Intel processor. The processor in question comes in the top iMac and clocks in at 3.06GHz, the processor which also…
Apple Acquired PA Semi for Assets
Following on from yesterdays news that Apple has acquired small but successful semiconductor designer PA Semi, it appears that initial thoughts that Apple would use the companies arsenal of chips for future products could be incorrect. In February 2007, PA Semi introduced a 64-bit, PowerPC…
NBC Wants Back on iTunes, Pushing for Anti-Piracy Measures
George Kliavkoff, NBC's chief digital officer has mentioned the possibility of NBC returning to iTunes after a nasty break-up late last year . The chief noted during the Ad:Tech conference that the company would "love" to come back to iTunes but price and piracy points…
Apple Briefly Held No. 1 US Music Retailer Spot, Returns to No. 2
Ars Technica reports that some Apple employees recently received an internal email containing an Excel spreadsheet showing Apple as the top music retailer in the US for the month of January 2008. On the spreadsheet containing data from NPD Apple leads the pack with 19%…
Apple's Marketshare Hits 14% for February 2008
According to data from NPD , Apple has reportedly accounted for 14-percent of all US-based PC retail sales in February 2008. This represents 60-percent unit growth and 67-percent revenue growth year-over-year. Mac notebook sales were up 64-percent year-over-year and Mac desktops up 55-percent. Sales of…
Intel to Intro 160GB SSD Next Quarter
Intel will next quarter introduce several new high-speed solid state drives (SSDs) including a new 160GB; double the capacity of the current drive used in the MacBook Air. The new drives are expected to be 2.5-inch drives as well as 1.8-inch, the latter being compatible…
BBC iPlayer Beta Available for iPhone [Updated]
Following recent comments from a BBC blog, the BBC iPlayer is now available for iPhone and iPod touch users. The service is currently in Beta and for this reason the majority of content is now able to be viewed on the iPhone. The only working…
In Brief: EA's Spore to be Released for iPhone in September
Following on from EA's demo of the Spore application during Apple's Special Event earlier today, Engadget managed to get some more details about the game. EA confirmed to the tech site that Spore will be "the first 3rd party game on the iPhone." but won't…
Apple Clarifies Time Capsule Situation
Following yesterdays article on whether or not the drive used in the Time Capsule is server grade, comes a comment direct from Apple themselves. According to TidBITS Apple has clarified that the term "server grade" is directly related to the MTBF: Chulani clarified that the…
How "Server Grade" is Time Capsules Drive? [Update - 500GB Details]
The Time Capsule began shipping late last week and has finally begun arriving in the hands of the consumer, which means the inevitable has happened. Steve Jobs announces Time Capsule at Macworld 2008 One user over at Flickr has posted multiple shots of the innards…
iPhone Boosts O2 UK Earnings
Apple's partner in the UK has today announced a record financial quarter and is thanking the iPhone for its success. O2, the UK division of Spanish firm Telefonica reported that sales were up 9.5% in the last quarter of 2007. Although the company didn't disclose…
Intel to Push Next Generation Processors, Expect Notebook Updates in June
Apple has only just released updates to its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers but a series of reports over the last day point towards more updates in June. The recently released MacBook and MacBook Pro models were updated to use Penryn; Intel's latest processor…
128GB SSD Drive Suitable for Use in MacBook Air
Mtron has announced that they have developed a 128GB 1.8-inch solid state drive (SSD) with a ZIF-type interface, the drive is 100% compatible with the MacBook Air and will ship in April of this year. Mtron’s new SSD with Single Level Cell (SLC) Flash memory…