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Hardware News

Initial tests show promising Thunderbolt speeds, ability to boot off new port

A newly published series of test results from the cool cats at AnandTech shows Apple’s newly adopted Thunderbolt technology blows FireWire 800 out of the water with data transfer speeds to an external RAID system at 700MB/s. After the release of Appleā€™s Thunderbolt cable on Tuesday, early impressions have begun to surface on the Web. […]

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MacBook MacBook Pro News Patents

Apple patent suggests combined MagSafe power connector/data connector technology

Ok, this could be useful. Per AppleInsider, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week published a new patent application from Apple named “Magnetic Connector with Optical Signal Path.” Discovered by AppleInsider, the document describes a single cable that would provide both power and data to a mobile device, like a MacBook Pro, using a […]

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iPad News Software

SlingPlayer Mobile app comes to iPad, allows streaming TV, video content from 3G and Wi-Fi connections

It’s been nifty on other devices, it can’t help but nifty on the iPad. Per iLounge, Sling Media has released an iPad version of its Slingbox client for iOS devices. The SlingPlayer Mobile app for iPad allows users to stream TV and other video content to their iPad from select Slingbox devices using a Wi-Fi […]

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Fun iPhone

How to Power an iPhone Using Only 2,380 Oranges

If you’re in a pinch and your iPhone’s battery is almost dead, just borrow a crate of oranges from someone close by. According to Macenstein, Imperial Leisure has created an ad for Jaffa oranges wherein an iPhone is powered with 2,380 oranges as well as a ton of rods and cable. Since a picture’s worth […]

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How-To News

Some Mail.app Users Reporting Difficulties with Cox Cable Provider

A number of Cox internet service members have been having trouble accessing their e-mail accounts through Apple’s Mail program. Per MacFixIt, the connection seems to be fine and log-in works, but while Mail will show downloaded messages in the “Activity” window, they will not show up in an in-box. Additionally, a message of “mail cannot […]