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Intel announces 710 series enterprise-class SSD units, talks up endurance factor

Solid-state drives: They’re getting prolific. And that’s never a bad thing. Per Macworld, Intel on Wednesday announced the new 710 series solid-state drives, the company currently pitching the units as a replacement to hard drives in enterprise servers. The SSDs will come with capacities ranging from 100GB to 300GB and include features to protect data […]

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Apple releases Thunderbolt Software Update 1.0

Maybe it’s a good thing that the software patch arrived before the actual units did. On Friday, Apple released Thunderbolt Software Update 1.0, a 60.3 megabyte download that provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. The update should also be available via Mac OS X’s Software update feature […]

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Apple begins shipping Thunderbolt-equipped Cinema Display units

Per AppleInsider, a number of users have reported that Apple has begun shipping LED Thunderbolt Displays directly to them. The customers reported late Thursday that their Thunderbolt Display orders have shipped, with one Australian customer claimed that the display has already arrived. Apple unveiled the new US$999 27-inch LED Thunderbolt Display in July alongside new […]

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MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: Intel working on Ivy Bridge chipset for next-gen MacBook Air notebooks

The next generation of something: it’ll always be a bit niftier than the thing you have now. Per CNET, Apple next-gen MacBook Air may see an additional performance boost next year with Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors, which, according to a new report, will add support for the OpenCL technology. Apple is currently billing its […]