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Rumor: Apple to incorporate thinner, lighter battery design for iPad 3

The iPad 3 might be a bit lighter than you expected. Per Taiwan Economic News, Apple is said to have chosen two suppliers to provide batteries that will be thinner and lighter, but also up to 30 percent more expensive, for its third-generation iPad. Simply Technology and Dynapack International Technology have both been tapped for […]

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Microsoft VP highlights Windows 8 interface changes, emphasizes upcoming Ribbon features

If Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) was starting to look like Windows 7 (or vice versa), this might be reassuring. Per a blog entry by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of its Windows Division, indicates that one key element of Windows 8 will take the new release in a very different direction than Apple’s outline for […]

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Microsoft looking to ARM processors, HTML5 for Windows 8 mobile strategy

There may be something to this whole HTML5 thing… Per AppleInsider, Microsoft has provided a look at how it plans to bring Windows to more mobile devices in the future, leveraging ARM processors and using HTML5 as the basis of a new app platform. As demonstrated at the D9 conference, Windows 8 will deliver a […]

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iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple to release fifth-generation iPhone with 8MP camera, SIM-free design between July and August

Per Japanese web site Macotakara, Apple is rumored to be releasing a fifth-generation iPhone with an 8-megapixel camera and a SIM-less design that will not be a major departure from the current iPhone 4 design. Citing an anonymous source, the web site reported Monday that the next iPhone will have the same form factor as […]

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MacBook Air Processors

Rumor: Apple testing A5 processor, Thunderbolt port with MacBook Air prototype (updated)

Ok, this could be interesting. Per Japanese blog Mac Otakara, sources have have stated that Apple is testing a MacBook Air with an A5 processor, the same CPU powering the iPad 2 as well as a Thunderbolt port. While the machine performed “better than expected” according to their source, the article says it’s unclear whether […]