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High-DPI Images Discovered In OS X 10.7.3 – Retina Display iMac May Be On The Way

Apple has a knack of planning in advance for a lot of things. And reviewers and Apple enthusiasts have an equally persistent knack of discerning the smallest hints by Apple. With the release of OS X 10.7.3, it has been discovered that there are a number of high-DPI images in the new OS and that this may indicate that Apple may soon be releasing HiDPI Mac devices. The high-DPI images can be discerned when, for example, you see the shape of the hovering-the-link hand, which is significantly different form what it looked like in OS X 10.7.2. There are many other indications too.

Apple Reports Q4 2011 Results

Apple on Tuesday posted yet another record quarter to conclude its fiscal year 2011, led by continued growth of its iPad and Mac platforms and Apple sold 17 million iPhones, down 16% from the record 20.3 million it sold in the second quarter 2011 and also significantly off Wall Street estimates of 20 million to 22 million. iPad sales during the September quarter were 11.12 million, an increase of 166 percent from the year-ago quarter and Mac sales were the highest ever at 4.89 million for the three-month span. Apple’s cash pile on hand also continued to swell during the quarter and now stands at around $84 billion………………..

Bose OE2 And Bose OE2i On-Ear Headphones

Sound specialist Bose Corp. has now introduced a couple of new on-ear headphones, the OE2 and OE2i models offering a stylish, more comfortable design and better audio performance than their predecessors with a slim profile and foldable earcups so as to make them easier to carry, they use memory foam ear cushions providing a better fit, and feature the TriPort acoustic structure for improved audio reproduction. The OE2 is priced at $149.95 and the OE2i comes in at a $30 premium and they should work with non-iProducts too, but the volume control could be troublesome for Android phones………………

Fusion 1TB Esata Raid F2 Portable Drives Includes 2X500GB 7200RPM

The 1TB Fusion F2 Portable eSATA Hard Drive Array from Sonnet is a high-capacity portable RAID that features two 7200rpm drives striped together in a hardware RAID 0 configuration. It connects to a computer via eSATA, requiring 2 available ports for operation. The drive is powered by your computer’s FireWire-400 bus, even though it does not transfer data via FireWire. Optional batteries are available for systems that lack FireWire.The drive is housed in a durable external casing that features passive cooling for quiet operation. It delivers transfer rates fast enough to play back multiple streams of high-definition video simultaneously, making it an ideal solution for editing on the go.

GOgroove SoundClip High-Powered Clip On Portable USB Computer Speakers

Listen to your favorite music, videos & more with the powerful Sound Clip USB speakers. Whether attached to your open notebook screen or used as a stand-alone speaker, the lightweight Sound Clip provides crisp highs and deep base for maximum audio enjoyment.

G-Technology 8TB G-RAID HDD

G-Technology has this week unveiled their new Thunderbolt Dual-Drive 8TB G-RAID HDD and the Thunderbolt HDD demonstrated at this years IBC 2011 Conference in Amsterdam is equipped with two of the new 4TB Hitachi GST hard drives and also provides a great mobile solution for Mac users with its Thunderbolt connectivity. The HDDs inside the enclosure are the new Hitachi 4TB 7,200 rpm offerings and each TB of storage space on the drive can hold 2.5 hours of HD 1080/60i video. The drive will also be offered with eSATA, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and it will land in October with the Thunderbolt version coming in Q4……………..

Apple Planning New Macs

Apple may be planning on unveiling an all new Mac that is absolutely different from current products and the report seems to claim the product will be so different from current product lines that it will indeed be given a new name. It could be entirely possible that Apple is working on some sort of device running on a combination of OS X and iOS, especially given the iDevice-like features found on Lion and Apple will switch the Mac platform to ARM. Apple even threatened Intel that they’d be taking their business elsewhere unless Intel could get a handle on their mobile chips’ voracious hunger for battery power………….

New Apple Patent Shows Schematic Maps

Apple has shown interest in creating a new Maps application for the iPhone and other iOS devices that would exaggerate some details, like roads or landmarks to make navigation easier to follow and a patent shows that Apple’s maps will simplify things to the user by providing the most relevant information in the given situation. Coincidentally this seems to go with Apple’s overall design philosophy and the patent is called Schematic Maps, which first determines the amount of screen real estate that is available to the user………….