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Rumor: Apple shifts iPad 2 battery orders from Simplo to Dynapack after leak-prone units discovered

When in doubt, switch a component supplier. Per DigiTimes, part supplier sources maintained Wednesday that Apple had recently been pushed into switching battery supply for the iPad 2. Apple moved some of its orders from Simplo to Dynapack at the end of September after Simplo’s eastern China plant produced some leak-prone lithium-polymer packs according to […]

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battery Hardware News

Intel discusses Haswell achitecture, cites 24 hour notebook battery charge, 10 day standby, expected 2013 release date

Wait two years and your notebook’s battery life problems could get quite a bit easier to deal with. Per Macworld, Intel’s next processor platform, code named Haswell, will offer more than 10 days of connected standby battery life and the ability to run your laptop for a full 24 hours on one charge. Standby connected […]

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iPhone News

China Mobile CEO hints at upcoming 4G technologies for Apple iPhone

It’s the hints that make technology interesting. The chairman of China Mobile, the largest wireless operator in the world, revealed this week that his company is hopeful it will collaborate with Apple to create a 4G LTE-capable iPhone model. Per Bloomberg, Chairman Wang Jianzhou said in an interview on Thursday that China Mobile has been […]

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Rumor: Apple testing 4G-capable LTE iPhone with carrier partners

A new rumor claims that carriers who support Apple’s iPhone are testing a new prototype handset that is capable of connecting to high-speed 4G long-term evolution data networks. Per Boy Genius Report, Apple’s carrier partners are testing an iPhone prototype with LTE. The rumor is evidence that Apple is pursuing support of the high-speed 4G […]

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Security researcher to illustrate MacBook batteries’ vulnerabilities to malware

In the category of “weird but interesting and mildly disturbing”, a prominent security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the batteries of Apple’s MacBook line of portable computers that could allow hackers to ruin the batteries or install malware on them that could corrupt a Mac. Per Forbes, Charlie Miller, a renowned white-hat hacker who […]