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MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen MacBook Air notebook to once again include backlit keyboards

The new MacBook Air: It might just feature the shiny coolness that is a backlit keyboard. With the release of new models later this month, Apple is set to reinstate a feature to its MacBook Airs that went missing when the company overhauled the ultra-thin notebooks into more cost-affordable products late last year. Per AppleInsider, […]

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Accessory Legal

Apple Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable faces legal questions from industry group

Sometimes it’s the really useful stuff that gets picked on.. Per TechRadar, HDMI Org, the group that oversees HDMI specifications, has deemed Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables outside of its standard and will not allow them to be sold. The group explained that “the HDMI specification defines an HDMI cable as having only HDMI connectors […]

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MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: Apple to release next-gen MacBook Air, Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) by next week

With the middle of July almost upon us, the long-awaited arrival of Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) and a refreshed MacBook Air notebook are something we’re hankering for. Per CNET, a “few overseas sources” have stated that “Apple Retail stores are planning ‘overnights’ on July 13th.” Overnights typically entail a refresh of Apple store displays […]

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Rumor: Apple to use Toggle DDR 2.0 NAND flash memory in next-gen MacBook Air

If you’re hankering for cool details about features for Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air, you might like this. Per Macotakara, Apple is rumored to adopt “Toggle DDR 2.0,” a 19-nanometer process for NAND flash memory offering 400 megabyte-per-second speed, in its next MacBook Air. Citing a person with an “Asian electronics component company,” the report said […]

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Hardware News

iFixIt performs teardown of Apple’s Thunderbolt cable, discovers receiver/transceiver system inside

When in doubt about a new piece of hardware, take it apart and study it. Once again, the guys at iFixIt performed a full teardown of a new Apple item, this time dissecting Apple’s just-released $49 Thunderbolt cable to reveal an “active cable” with transceiver chips on each end. iFixit took apart the new cable […]