Apple wins design patents
Apple has won several design patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office. Several others have also appeared. Following is a summary of each.
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Well, maybe I won’t have to upgrade to the latest iMac, after all …
Well, maybe I won’t have to update to the newest iMac, after all. I was expecting a wham-bam, gotta-have update to the all-in-one desktop, but found the latest rev a bit underwhelming.
Read MoreNew iMacs, Mac Pros coming soon?
Various sources say the Mac Pro, the iMac and the Cinema Display will get updates soon, perhaps as early as Tuesday. Look for USB 3 support to be added, and perhaps Firewire 1600/3200.
I also suspect the new iMac will sport an HDMI port. What you almost certainly won’t see is Blu-ray (which means Apple is still lagging Windows competitors in this area).
The new iMacs will probably pack faster Core i5 and/or i7 processors. I think there’s a chance — though perhaps a slim one — that a high-end iMac might come in a six-core option.
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The Northern Spy: Got your back up?
Got your back-up? The Spy has. Indeed, he is as much a back-up as a security paranoiac (refuses to connect to any network without interposing a firewall, for instance). He does not use the Documents folder on the boot partition.
Instead, his machines at work and at home each have a partition called “Files” where all working documents and email is stored (generally on a separate physical drive from the one with the boot partition). He carries about in his pocket a portable multi-interface drive, two of whose partitions are named FilesWork.bak and FilesHome.bak. The routine goes like this:
Read More38% of Americans hit (or nearly hit) by cell phone distracted driver
I know you just love talking on your new iPhone 4 (and, nope, no “antennagate” jokes here). But puh-leeze don’t do it while you’re driving.
U.S. drivers say they are seeing first-hand the danger of driving while distracted — or DWD; add a new acronym to your vocabulary. A new public opinion poll conducted by Harris Interactive for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company shows nearly four out of 10 (38%) drivers say they have been hit or nearly hit by a driver distracted by their cell phone.
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