Has Apple found its raw central processing unit soul mate ? Is your iPad passcode opening you up to prying eye ? Does Paul Allen ’s patent suit stand a luck ? Is Apple planning on Thunderbolting one of its primary peripherals ? Will the remainders for Friday , July 15 , 2011 answer evenoneof these motion ?
TSMC in tribulation manufacture of Apple chips – source(Reuters )
The ever - baffling “ source familiar with the matter ” ( boy , they get around do n’t they ? ) reports that , as previously suggested , the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( TSMC ) has indeed start out trial manufacturing of Apple ’s A6 processor . Apple ’s old chips , the A4 and A5 , were produce by Samsung , but in the backwash of the two’smessy legal suffering , it looks like Cupertino ’s got a brand new silicon hug . But any deal between Apple and TSMC would be dependent on the result of thisfirst datetrial run .
Hacker ’s App Automates Over - The - Shoulder iPad Spying(Forbes )
Did you know that your iPad ’s keyboard glows in short when you enter your non - numerical passcode ? One South African certificate expert noticed that particular , and , of course , came up with a piece of software package that can analyze picture of you typing and thus figure out your parole . Joke ’s on you guys , though — I don’tusea password . Ha !
Paul Allen Lawsuit Put On Hold As Patents Are Questioned(paidContent.org )
Microsoft atomic number 27 - founder Paul Allen ’s attempt to litigate every major technical school company under the sun — except , of grade , Microsoft — has run into some difficulty , as a U.S district judge has ruled that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will indeed have to reexamine the patents in doubt . unhappily , the guinea pig will likely take an even sharp turn for the spoiled when the examiners discover that the patent filing is in reality just Allen ’s unpublished sci - fi novel .
That Time Playboy Interviewed Steve Jobs(Gizmodo )
A reprinting of a lengthy consultation with Apple CEO and conscientious objector - founder from 1987 . The best part ? When the interviewer asks Steve what he think about the Mac being call “ the world ’s most expensive Etch A cartoon . ” Some thing never change .
Apple ’s forthcoming Hardware Refresh to let in Thunderbolt LED Display , Not MacBook(MacRumors )
discussion on the Internet says that a Modern Thunderbolt - enable Apple Cinema Display that will before long replace the current Mini DisplayPort variation . The update has supposedly been reassert by revised product shots culled from Apple ’s site , which show the young show in a assortment ofcompromising connexion . Man , any more clues and this will read like a Dan Brown novel — except , you know , much better written .
