Tag archive: Apple MacBook

Well-known Mac security gnat Charlie Miller, a researcher at Accuvant consultancy and co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook, says he's found a hole in MackBook security through a little-studied area—the battery. According to a Forbes article, Miller says the easily overlooked weak point in an Apple Laptop's security—be it Macbook, Macbook Air or Macbook Pro—is the firmware in a chip that controls the batteries. The… Read More

Whether you’re looking to surf from an ultralight netbook at your favorite coffee shop, tear into opponents on a gaming PC, or edit family videos on a touch-friendly all-in-one desktop, this year’s crop of laptops and desktops offers a bounty of power and flexibility at prices that have never been more reasonable. We’ve compiled some of the most worthy machines on the market today, along with a few of the most promising upcoming hardware, to… Read More

We are in the final countdown to this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest trade shows in the world. Here are a few products that look to be hot at the show. We will be writing more about them as they are announced next week. Automotive Electronics This is where you go to see really crazy stuff. Traditionally in this part of the show they have cars that are rolling showcases of audio and video technology. In past… Read More

Mac fans, your tablet notebook has finally arrived. After whetting appetites at last year’s Macworld with the ModBook, Axiotron announced this week, nearly a year later, that it will begin shipping. The ModBook is based on an ordinary Apple MacBook, but with a new shell and an input system that has been reworked from the ground up. Axiotron worked with WACOM to develop the system’s pen digitizer, which can detect 512 separate… Read More

The interesting thing about the IDF (Intel’s Developer Forum) is that it exists 2 years in the future.  The reason for this is that it is focused on software and hardware developers who need long lead times to create new hardware and get them to market on top of the new technology that Intel is developing.   Virtually all of Intel’s partners are here… but finding the Apple guys is a challenge, because of how secretive they are with regard to… Read More

Every year, more consumers opt for the convenience of online shopping during the holiday season, and there's no denying the appeal: finding and selecting products from the comfort of your living room or a coffee shop (or, ahem workplace) and having those items gift wrapped, shipped, and guaranteed to arrive in time for the holidays for a not-always-small fee. No lines, no crowds, no rain, no snow, no fuss. Although online shopping… Read More

Other World Computing, a Mac tech specialist, earlier this week announced new memory upgrade kits for Apple's new MacBook and MacBook Pro models. Prices for these kits start at $99 and they look to be available now. 1GB and 2GB memory upgrade kits, said OWC, will allow Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro owners the ability to have enough memory to fully use the computers' Intel Dual-Core processors. The kits are reportedly easy to… Read More