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Friday | November 21st, 2008

Entries Tagged as 'Hardware'

Autodesk Serving Up Sketchbook Express With Axiotron Apple Tablet

Posted under bundle, modbook, sketchbook, wacom, Tablet, illustration, software, News, Hardware, graphics, Apple on November 21st, 2008 by admin0 comments

It’s likely you’ve heard mention of the Axiotron Modbook, the third party (and only) Apple tablet computing solution, but I like talking about it anyway. Axiotron, a small company operating out of El Segundo, California, won high acclaim for their Modbook, taking best in show at 2007’s Macworld convention.
The Modbook is a converted Macbook, equipped […]

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-DVI Delayed Until December 23

Posted under adapter, displayport, dual-dvi, macbook, display, News, Hardware, Apple on November 20th, 2008 by admin0 comments

As if it wasn’t aggravating enough that new MacBook owners had to go out and replace all of their video adapters since Mini-DVI has been phased out and Mini DisplayPort introduced, today those lucky enough to have a 30-inch external monitor are now out of luck…again.
In an email to customers who’d purchased the Apple Mini […]

The Storm Arrives: Is It Just A Drizzle?

Posted under storm, verizon, blackberry, Hardware, News, Commentary, Apple on November 20th, 2008 by admin0 comments

The Blackberry Storm will be available on 11/21 in the U.S. It’s getting some early reviews and they’re a mixed bag. Will this be an “iPhone killer”, will it have similar problems that the Bold encountered, or at the end of the day is it just another Blackberry (not that that’s a bad thing)? 
A […]

Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs

Posted under iphone dev team, proxy, SIM, carrier, unlock, Hardware, Walkthroughs, Apple on November 19th, 2008 by admin0 comments

In the interests of all those readers who need to unlock their iPhone 3G’s for use on different carriers, I donned my investigative hat and tested an iPhone 3G unlock that really seems to work.
While the iPhone Dev Team plunder the secrets of the mysterious baseband in search of the ever elusive software unlock, some […]

New MacBook HDCP Impairing External Displays

Posted under movies, drm, rental, hd, HDCP, macbook, iTunes, News, Commentary, Hardware, display, Apple on November 18th, 2008 by admin0 comments

In what seems like another addition to a long list of examples of how when you rent digital content, you’re actually renting it with a strict set of conditions, Apple owners are running into trouble with High Definition Content Protection (HDCP). The problem, affecting owners of the new aluminum MacBooks and MacBook Pro, occurs when […]

Apple Taking Orders for the 24″ Cinema Display

Posted under displayport, cinema display, Hardware, News, Apple on November 18th, 2008 by admin0 comments

Apple has today started to take orders for their new 24″ LED Cinema Display. Shipping is stated to start sometime in November, and the screen is priced at $899. We have previously covered the announcement of the new displays and detailed their features.
This new device is the first display designed to make use of […]

Will the MacBook Air Get a Carbon Fiber Bottom?

Posted under construction, manufacturing, carbon fiber, air, News, Hardware, Apple on November 17th, 2008 by admin0 comments

According to a rumor making the rounds last week, Apple is said to be exploring potential for using more exotic materials in the next revision MacBook Air. Appleinsider’s Kasper Jade reports that scuttlebutt suggests Apple is unsatisfied with the Air’s three-pound weight and looking into substituting carbon fiber as a fabrication material for a structural […]

OS X to Help Fight HIV

Posted under imaging, medicine, genetics, Hardware, News, Commentary, Apple on November 13th, 2008 by admin0 comments

We all know OS X is more user-friendly, more aesthetically pleasing, and far less annoying than Windows, but did you know it’s better at fighting life-threatening disease, too? Siemens’ healthcare does, and that’s why they’re now using iMacs running Leopard to support their proprietary TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and OpenGene DNA Sequencing System.
The switch has […]

Official iPhone Tethering Rumored to Cost $30/month

Posted under pricing, tethering, att, Hardware, iPhone, Commentary, Apple on November 13th, 2008 by admin0 comments

A MacBlogz source is claiming that the AT&T’s iPhone tethering their CEO Ralph De La Vega mentioned last week as coming “soon” will roughly add an additional $30 to your plan.
It is rumored to offer a 5GB/month allowance with the expected speeds of “GPRS: 30k - dialup speeds, EDGE: 110k - ISDN speeds, 3G: 1000k […]

The iMac: Transformation Into Editing Bliss

Posted under editing, video, imac, Hardware, software, Tips, Apple on November 12th, 2008 by admin0 comments

I do a fair bit of video editing and I have upgraded my arsenal of tools throughout the years. Each time I go for something that can pack a little bit more punch in terms of video editing. However there is a problem with this, a problem many freelance videographers run into…money. But this issue […]