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battery

Virgin Lifts Apple Notebook Ban

The onboard use of Apple and Dell laptops containing batteries was banned recently by the airline, after the companies recalled of more than five million batteries because of a risk of overheating. “Customers wishing to use an Apple or Dell laptop on board can only do so once the laptop battery serial number has been […]

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Mobile Phone

Could Apple Solidify GSM in the US?

ThinkSecret reports that the much-rumored-about iPhone from Apple is coming and will be available exclusively through Cingular. If true, it would mean that Apple has decided to take a position on what phone stack it is willing to support and has come out on the side of GSM. In a lot of ways, the mobile […]

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Mobile Phone

iPhone to be Exclusive to Cingular

Apple and Cingular have signed an agreement that will make the US’ largest cell phone provider the exclusive carrier of Apple’s forthcoming phone, sources report. Apple’s iPhone remains on track for an early 2007 release. As previously reported, Apple’s phone will feature a candy-bar design with a 2.2-inch display and 3 megapixel camera. Robust iTunes […]

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Intel

Intel’s 80 Core Processor

Intel’s CEO (pictured at right) told the audience that the chipmaker has already built a prototype with 80 processing cores on a single chip that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second — that’s a teraflop to the layman — and is aiming to ready commercial versions within five years. Otellini also teased everyone […]

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Environment

Greenpeace Targets Apple (Again)

Apple is not Greenpeace’s favorite computer company, as we all know (though I’m not sure what company Greenpeace actually likes, but that is a subject for a different blog). Continuing their ‘Why must Apple sell poison’ campaign Greenpeace has launched a site that parodies Apple.com. While this is a clever idea, I have to wonder […]