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Rumor: Anonymous Apple exec casts shadow on iPhone nano development, reveals other developments

While various media outlets seemed confident that Apple was certain to release an iPhone nano, an anonymous source has told the New York Times that “Apple is not currently developing a smaller iPhone,” and that the company is “not planning to introduce a smaller iPhone anytime soon.” Per Engadget, the Times doesn’t outright deny the […]

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Apple releases fifth Mac OS X 10.6.7 beta to developer community, directs focus to Safari

This week, Apple issued the fifth beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7 on Thursday, directing developers to focus on Safari. Per AppleInsider, build 10J858 was released as a 1008.8MB combo update and a 434.4MB delta update. According to people familiar with the beta, the update was released with no known issues as usual, though the […]

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VirtualBox updated to 4.0.4

VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.0.4. The new version, a 80.6 megabyte download, sports a list of fixes and changes that can be found here. VirtualBox 4.0.4 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and […]

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battery News Patents

Apple exploring technique for dense lithium battery cell creation

It’s a good day for patent stuff and that counts for something. According to AppleInsider, Apple is investigating techniques to increase the energy capacity of rechargeable lithium battery cells without increasing the size of the battery, allowing longer battery life in future devices. The proposed invention is detailed in a new patent application published by […]

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Apple patent suggests combined MagSafe power connector/data connector technology

Ok, this could be useful. Per AppleInsider, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week published a new patent application from Apple named “Magnetic Connector with Optical Signal Path.” Discovered by AppleInsider, the document describes a single cable that would provide both power and data to a mobile device, like a MacBook Pro, using a […]