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MacBook Air hardware refresh expected in June
Apple’s very popular range of MacBook Air laptops is about to get an update if information coming out of Taiwan is to be believed. Those in the supply chain for computer components usually…
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Apple has 380,000 updated MacBook Airs for late June launch
WWDC last week was all about the software with no new hardware in sight. Today we’ve seen an unlocked version of the iPhone 4 GSM become available in Apple Stores, but that doesn’t…
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Here’s why Apple’s Thunderbolt cable costs $49
The one thing we can say about the new Thunderbolt connection on the MacBook Pro (and MacBook Air soon we hope) is it is very fast. A bi-directional 10Gbps link between your laptop…
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Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables deemed “illegal,” millions to be recalled
Any companies manufacturing Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cables have been told to halt production and to recall these products. HDMI Org, the firm that licenses HDMI cables, has decided this type of cable...
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Apple unveils the new MacBook Air
We’ve had a few weeks of speculation now as to when the MacBook Air update would land, and when OS X Lion would see a release. Well, they both happened today. We’ll be…
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Apple’s Thunderbolt display supercharges the MacBook Air, forgets the graphics
There was a lot of Apple news last week and most of the attention was focused, understandably on OS X Lion, the new MacBook Air, and on the Mac mini. Also, the company’s…
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Wave of Thunderbolt devices landing at CES 2012
In case you haven’t been following the CES coverage, a number of people are about to call 2012 “the year of Thunderbolt”. These claims/articles/tweets are imminent and, while they are overly...
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Ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook Pro to have Retina Display, USB 3.0
Anyone expecting the rumors of Apple dumping the MacBook Pro and introducing larger MacBook Airs is going to be disappointed if 9To5Mac’s sources are correct. Apple is planning to revamp the Pro range…
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Matrox launches TripleHead2Go Digital SE for triple-monitor laptop output
Buy any laptop or Ultrabook today and it will have some form of video out, be it through VGA, HDMI, or DisplayPort. But typically you are limited to just a single extra display…
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Geek 101: Connect your Mac to a TV
Whether you’re giving a presentation, setting up the ultimate desktop, or just looking for an effortless way to share media in the living room, there’s plenty of reasons to want to connect your…
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Thunderbolt 2.0 doubles in speed, so maybe you’ll use it now
For the uninitiated, Thunderbolt is a hardware interface through which peripherals can be connected — similar to — but faster than — USB, and not nearly as prevalent. Intel and Apple teamed up…
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Upcoming USB SuperSpeed 3.0 will let you ditch the power adapter
USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt are both a big improvement over last-generation external hook-ups. But there’s always room for improvement, and Intel’s announced some big changes for the new specs. The...
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USB 3.5 set to arrive in early 2014 with 10Gbps transfer speeds
For the last couple of years USB 3.0 has been left in the shade by the speed offered through the Thunderbolt interface. Where as USB 3.0 is 5Gbps, Thunderbolt doubles that to 10Gbps,…
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Acer drops Thunderbolt from its products, thinks USB 3.0 is better
Intel would love the Thunderbolt interface to be as popular as USB on any and all PCs, but that clearly hasn’t happened yet. In fact, the popularity of Thunderbolt may actually be tailing…
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Improve MacBook Air graphics 7x using a DIY Thunderbolt external GPU
That new 11-inch Macbook Air has a spiffy new CPU from Intel’s Haswell family, so the battery life has been vastly improved. But it could really use a little more juice in the…
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WD’s My Passport Pro: two hard drives, one Thunderbolt cable
One of the nice things about portable USB hard drives is the fact they can be operated with a single cable, taking all the power they need from the same cable handling data […]
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Intel’s Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt chip doubles bandwidth, but changes the...
On paper Thunderbolt as an interface sounds great. It combines PCI Express and DisplayPort alongside a DC connection and uses the same connector as a Mini DisplayPort. That means it can be used […]
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Thunderbolt 3 ports will actually be USB Type-C ports
With all the speed and power USB Type-C can handle, you might think that there’s no real need for Thunderbolt any more. Based on something that was just revealed about Thunderbolt 3, you’d […]
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