AllThingsD: ‘iPad Mini’ to get its own event in October after new iPhone reveal
By Mat Smith posted Aug 25th 2012 12:17PM After refreshing its computer range, Apple’s gearing up for two events for its new phone and tablet hardware, according to sources at AllThingsD. Given the excitement welling up behind its next iPhone, many have noted (including Daring Fireball’s John Gruber) that it would make a whole lot of sense to furnish both the phone and the heavily rumored smaller tablet with individual...
Apple Updates MacBook Air and Current Generation MacBook Pro
The latest Intel Core i5 and i7 processors provide plenty of power. And up to 60 percent faster graphics make everything you do feel quicker and more fluid than ever.* Learn more Flash storage allows MacBook Air to start up almost instantly, and makes everything you do snappier and more responsive. And now it’s up to twice as fast as before. Learn more Dramatically expand your canvas by connecting an Apple Thunderbolt Display. And...
Video of protein movement within a neuron shows how our brains renew themselves
By James Trew posted Aug 25th 2012 1:00PM If, like us, you spend most of your time wondering exactly what’s going on in other people’s heads, then this video is for you. Okay, so it might not reveal the reason why that jerk cut you off at the junction, or why that co-worder didn’t show up to your date exactly, rather, it’s a little more literal than that. This is video footage of proteins moving within a single...
LG’s Optimus G caught on camera, flexes quad-core muscles
By James Trew posted Aug 25th 2012 2:00PM So, it seems that all those airborne clues about LG’s new superphone are slowly coalescing into something more concrete. In fact, according to the folk at AndroidMx, so concrete they’ve actually had a go with one. Most of the specification they report chimes with what we’d already heard. The 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4, the 2GB of RAM, the 4.7-inch IPS display, Android...
Remains of the Day: Live long and prosper
The latest update to Mountain Lion may restore some MacBooks’ battery life, but the OS can also stop certain applications in their tracks. Meanwhile, Facebook’s iOS app gets a new lease on life, thanks to the injection of some native code. The remainders for Friday, August 24, 2012 have infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Mountain Lion update can improve battery life for some Mac notebooks (Ars Technica) If...
