Finally, things are picking up on the Thunderbolt cable front: Belkin expects a July release for one of the first third-party cables on the market. The company also at the Computex show in Taipei said it was tweaking its Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock product due in the fall.
According to a first-look review at AnandTech of the first Thunderbolt-enabled PC desktop motherboard heading to market, there are some driver issues that need to be sorted out as well as features that are missing from Thunderbolt implementation on the Mac. Fixes are in the works, Intel reportedly says.
MacTech on Monday will announce MacTech In-Depth, a new series of one-day seminars that focus on a single topic. The first will be held in December and aimed at mobile device management.
According to a recent patent, Apple may extend the power range of its mobile devices with the help of a tiny electromagnetic induction system.
Motorola took aim at Apple's iPad during the Super Bowl on Sunday with an advertisement that played on Apple's famous 1984 commercial for the Macintosh introduction. The question is whether viewers will buy Apple in the Big Blue bad-guy role. Take the poll and let us know what you think!
The trend for the iPhone has been "there's an app for that," hence the proliferation of narrowly-focused content apps. While that may be the best way to find what you're looking for on prominent content sites, such as the IMDB (yes, there's an app for that), often as not, users will eventually find themselves on a standard web page. Mobile Safari is a fine browser but it can be tough finding a small thing on a big page with a small screen.
CodeWeavers' Crossover Games, commercial software that lets Mac users run a variety of Windows games without installing Windows, this week climbed to Version 9.0. The update improves the application installation process, sports a new look, and improves performance and compatibility, the company said.
In a blog post on Tuesday, the former secretary of labor wonders why the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly threatening Apple with a possible lawsuit when it's doing nothing about the threats to the entire economy posed by giant banks. Reich says there's plenty of competition for consumers.
Wonder which iPhone you're holding in your hand? A new Apple support note points to the differences between the iPhone, 3G and 3GS models. And don't forget the iPhone 3GS China.
In the world of legal rights, whether patent or copyrights, the owner must defend the right or lose it. According to its patent complaint filed on Tuesday, Cupertino has other actions already moving along in the courts.