Friday 30 September 2011
Apple Introduces World?s First Thunderbolt Display
Verizon files proper appeal against FCC net neutrality rules
As expected, Verizon on Friday formally submitted a federal appeal against the FCC's net neutrality rules now that they should take effect. The telecom giant repeated the same general complaints it made when it made a premature appeal in January. It tried to portray the US agency as out of control, making "potentially sweeping and unneeded regulations" and fostering "uncertainty" in the industry....
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Untappd's drinking check-in app hits Android, iPhone
Untappd has released a native version of its social check-in app for beer drinkers for smartphones (free, iPhone, Android). The move, from being web-based to residing as an native app on mobile devices, offers users faster speeds, an improved interface, and new features. BlackBerry users, unfortunately, will have to wait before going native....
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Apple Updates Mac mini
Rumor: Amazon eyeing purchase of HP's Palm division for webOS Kindles
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Apple: Steve Jobs told Samsung to 'do the right thing' first
Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs personally got in touch with Samsung last year to try and head off a protracted legal battle, patent council senior director Richard Lutton claimed in an Australian court hearing on a possible preliminary ban. Supposedly trying to head off legal action, Jobs made some of the initial contact, giving Samsung a "chance to do the right thing," the WSJ heard. It was the "deep relationship" Apple had with Samsung as one of its most important suppliers that led him to make the gesture, according to the testimony....
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Multilingual Photoshop CS5 suddenly talks only English
I thought this couldn't be -- maybe the German resource had vanished or the order of the languages in the System Preferences was wrong.
But the German localization files in Contents » Resources were there, and the German language was the first language in System Preferences so I did some research on the issue.
Photoshop CS5 needs a file named tw10428.dat in a subfolder named Locales » de_DE » Support Files of its application directory.
If you install a new scanner or camera there might be dialog box that asks if the TWAIN driver should be updated/replaced. In some cases this results in moving this .dat-File to the Trash and Photoshop forgets its multilingual capability. Check before you empty the Trash. In my case it was also possible to c ...
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Thursday 29 September 2011
Apple is pretty cool, but Aston Martin is cooler
Source: http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-is-pretty-cool-but-aston-martin-is-cooler/
Remains of the Day: Hulu hoops
Any potential buyers of TV-streaming site Hulu are going to have to play by its terms, it seems. Elsewhere, Facebook seems to have re-friended Apple, and you'll soon be able to multitouch your Android phones as much as you want.
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How Twitter is preparing for its big iOS debut
iLuv WorkStation dock is for serious iPad typists
I'll be brutally honest: The iLuv WorkStation doesn't exactly win a lot of points for beauty -- it's a bulky device, as you can see above. But what it's lacking in subtlety, it tried hard to make up for in functionality, basically turning your iPad (or Samsung Galaxy, if you happen to swing that way) into a full-sized desktop computer. Plug the iPad in, and you get a tilting and rotating bracket, a keyboard (different models run with a connected or wireless Bluetooth keyboard), and a full set of speakers.
If you need a dedicated station for your iPad, this doesn't look like a bad choice. Just make sure you have plenty of room on your desk. The models run from US$50 to $180, and all of the units are available on iLuv's website right now. Expect them in retail stores later this month.
iLuv WorkStation dock is for serious iPad typists originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/28/iluv-workstation-dock-is-for-serious-ipad-typists/
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No Comment: Proof that Samsung shamelessly copies Apple
We saw this image posted to Reddit after seeing it linked on Daring Fireball, and it was just too good not to share. Below you'll see a very long image that shows how extensively Samsung has copied Apple in its products, packaging, presentation, marketing, and even app interfaces. Any one of these things by itself you might be able to pass off as coincidence or with the "there's only so many ways to skin a tablet" argument, but when they're put all together like this it's pretty unmistakable how extensively and shamelessly Samsung is aping Apple.
Argue the merits of Apple's "look and feel" lawsuit against Samsung all you like, but other than wagging our fingers at Samsung, this gets a well-deserved "No Comment."
No Comment: Proof that Samsung shamelessly copies Apple originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/28/no-comment-proof-that-samsung-shamelessly-copies-apple/
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Liveblog: Amazon's September announcement
Amazon's doing a big event Wednesday morning. We'll have live coverage with Technologizer's Harry McCracken in New York and Jason Snell providing analysis back in San Francisco.
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Apple Thunderbolt Display Teardown Reveals Plethora of Hardware Inside
iFixit has managed to get its hands on one of Apple's new Thunderbolt displays, subjecting it to one of the firm's usual thorough teardowns. iFixit was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to disassemble the new display, and upon opening found a considerable amount of hardware inside to support the display and the docking station functions included in the package.
Both sides of the logic board are packed with enough chips that it?s hard to believe there?s no computer inside this display. Standouts include:The display also includes an integrated 49-watt, 2.1-speaker sound system with a small 1-inch subwoofer, as well as a 720p FaceTime camera and integrated microphone.
- Pericom PI7C9X440SL PCIe-to-USB 2.0 host controller
- L129NB11 EFL, which looks to be the Thunderbolt port controller
- Analog Devices ADAV4601 audio processor
- NXP LPC2144 USB 2.0 microcontroller
- Delta LFE9249 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN filter
- SMSC USB2517-JZX USB 2.0 hub controller
- Maxim MAX9736B Mono/Stereo high-power Class D amplifier
- LSI L-FW643E-2 open host controller interface
- Broadcom BCM57761 Gigabit ethernet controller
- Supertex HV9982 3-channel switch-mode LED driver IC
Thunderbolt port on logic board for accepting incoming connection
As for the display itself, iFixit discovered an LG LM270WQ1 panel inside, the same as that used in Apple's Late 2009 27-inch iMac. Interestingly, the Thunderbolt cable carrying signal to the display is connected to an actual Thunderbolt port mounted on the logic board rather than hardwiring the cable directly to the logic board. The Thunderbolt cable is secured to the logic board port with a cover screwed down on top of the connector.
We chatted with iFixit's Miro Djuric about the curious observation that Mini DisplayPort displays can not be daisy chained off of an Apple Thunderbolt Display unless another Thunderbolt device is placed between the two displays in the chain, but the teardown unfortunately does not reveal the source of this limitation.
Some speculation has centered around the possibility that a single Thunderbolt controller chip may not have the ability to output the display signal required for both the included display panel and a connected Mini DisplayPort display panel. A separate Thunderbolt chip, such as one found in an intermediary peripheral device, may be required to generate the signal for the Mini DisplayPort panel at the end of the chain.
Update: AnandTech last week provided a good technical explanation of the daisy chaining limitations.
If you connect a Mac to the Thunderbolt Display what is sent is a Thunderbolt signal. DisplayPort is broken off and sent to the display but there's no way to propagate an additional DisplayPort signal to any other non-TB displays in the chain. The output on the Thunderbolt Display is literally a Thunderbolt output, it can't double as DisplayPort.(Thanks, @foresmac)
However, if you connect another Thunderbolt device that uses Light Ridge you can split any additional DisplayPort signals out of the chain. In other words, if you connect the Thunderbolt Display to a Promise Pegasus you can then chain on another DP panel.
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