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Apple partner TSMC ramping up production of 28nm mobile chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is expected to begin ramping up manufacturing of its 28-nanometer ARM processors.
TSMC is said to currently have a decent yield rate on its 28nm processes, but the company remains cautious on expansion, partially because the 28nm process is so new to the industry.
For example, Apple, one of the largest users of mobile processors, still relies on the 45nm manufacturing process for its latest-generation A5X ARM CPU found in the third-generation iPad. Apple is said to have viewed newer chips as a potential risk to their products, and have stuck with older processes to ensure availability and reliability.
Greenpeace Criticizes Apple Over Coal-Powered Data Centers
Today activist group Greenpeace published a new report with the title targeting large Internet companies including Microsoft, Apple and Amazon over their heavy use of power derived from coal for massive data centers.
Another New iPhone 4S Siri Ad Features Zooey Deschanel
Another new iPhone 4S Siri commercial has aired this time featuring Zooey Deschanel. The commercial is presented by Sprint:
New iPhone 4S Ad with Samuel L. Jackson
Check out this new iPhone 4S ad that features using Siri.
Сэмюэл Лерой Джексон (Samuel Leroy Jackson) — американский актёр кино и телевидения, продюсер. Он известен по таким фильмакм, как «Тропическая лихорадка», «Славные парни», «Парк Юрского периода», «Крепкий орешек 3», «Звёздные войны», «Криминальное чтиво», «Добро пожаловать в Лэйквью» и многие другие. Джексон снялся более чем в 100 фильмах и завоевал множество наград на протяжении всей своей карьеры.
Saurik Releases an Update to WinterBoard
Saurik has released an update to WinterBoard that includes numerous fixes and improvements.
WinterBoard lets you theme your iOS device to the way you want it to. Numerous theme packages can be found on Cydia or you can create your very own.
What's New:
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Latest Mac trojan spreads through Microsoft Word documents
Kasperskky lab expert discovered that a new version of a backdoor trojan for Apple's OS X operating system takes advantage of an exploit in Microsoft Word to spread.
The new Mac-specific trojan, named "Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a," uses a Java exploit to infect targeted machine. It spreads through Microsoft Word documents that exploit a vulnerability known as "CVE-2009-0563." There are currently at least two variants of the "SabPub" trojan, which remains classified as an "active attack." It is expected that new variants of the bot will be released in the coming weeks, as the latest was created in March.
New iPad arrives to 21 more countries soon
Apple just published a press release that confirms the new iPad 3 will launch in 12 additional countries this Friday, April 20. Along with the 12 countries listed below, Apple confirmed an April 27 international launch date for nine more countries:
In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.
Official press release:
Apple Reportedly Looking to Launch 'iPad Mini' Priced at $249-$299 in Q3
Chinese web portal NetEase claims that Apple plans to launch a smaller "iPad mini" in the third quarter of this year.
NetEase claimed that the device will be released around the third quarter of this year to "counter attack" the upcoming Windows tablets, although smaller Android tablets such as Amazon's Kindle Fire have also been viewed as targets for Apple. The report further claims that the devices will cost anywhere from US$249 to $299 and that there will be an initial 6 million units ready for launch.
RedSn0w Updated to Fix Issue on OS X 10.5.x
The iPhone Dev-Team has released updated RedSn0w 0.9.10b6b for Mac OS that fixes an issue for those on Mac OS X 10.5.x or earlier.
Update #1b: The OS X version of redsn0w has been updated to fix an issue for those running OS X 10.5.x or earlier.
You can download the latest version of RedSn0w from here.
Our step-by-step tutorials for jailbreak iOS 5.1 using redsn0w 0.9.10b6 are here.
Apple releases Flashback removal tool
Apple on Friday released version 1.0 of its "Flashback malware removal tool" which will scan a user's computer and erase known iterations of the Trojan that some are calling the worst the Mac platform has ever seen.
About Flashback malware removal tool
- This Flashback malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
- If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.
- In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.
- This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed.
600,000 Macs were reported to be infected by Flashback and connected in the botnet, which harvested personal information and web browsing logs from affected machines. The Trojan was first discovered last year and installed itself through the guise of an Adobe Flash installer. This version of the malware is able to install itself automatically after visiting an infected website.
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Here is how 7.85-Inch iPad might look like
Ciccarese Design has posted renderings of what a 7.85-inch iPad might look like next to the current iPad and iPhone 4S.
Sharp Has Started Mass Production Of IGZO Displays
IDG News, Sharp that it has started mass production of new high-resolution IGZO displays. Early rumors have suggested that Apple might include the IGZO displays in iPad 3, but due to some reasons the company elected not to do so.
Apple expected to report sales of 33M iPhones, 12M iPads
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has recently announced his estimates of Apple sales for the first calendar quarter of the year 2012 ahead of the earnings call set for March 24.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s numbers differ from the average expectations on Wall Street. He expects the company sold 33 million iPhone that is a bit higher than the Street's forecast of 30.5 million handsets, while his forecast of 12 million iPads is slightly below the Street's 13 million. He also suggests Apple will report on 4.3 million Macs sold in the three-month span from January to March.
Apple improving iTunes account security with stricter requirements
Ars Technica reports that Apple has began asking users of iOS devices to select and answer some question related to their Apple IDs. Such measures were reportedly taken by the company to improve security of iTunes accounts.
After being shown the message, users are asked to select from a number of security questions and provide personal answers. Users are also prompted to provide a backup e-mail address in case the primary address associated with their Apple ID is compromised.
Intel Is Shipping Next-Gen Thunderbolt Controllers Ahead Of April 23 Ivy Bridge Launch
Last month CPU World reported that Ivy Bridge CPUs would launch between April 22 and April 29. Today and many other sources reports that Intel will start rollout on April 23. Many of the Ivy Bridge chips included in the first part of the launch will be suitable for desktop computers and MacBook Pros. However low-voltage U-Series models that will likely be used in the new MacBook Airs are expected in June.