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  in Prominent hedge fund manager calls for Microsoft's Ballmer to step down Comment by avonord May 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Avonord I've been following up on this story cuz I bought a 2011 iMac, and here's what I learnt: - The SATA connector on the iMac is standard, but the OWC site says a few (unused?) pins of the connector are now used…

  in Hard drive upgrades restricted in Apple's new Thunderbolt iMacs Comment by avonord May 2011
• I've been following up on this story cuz I bought a 2011 iMac, and here's what I learnt: - The SATA connector on the iMac is actually standard. What the OWC site meant was -- a few (unused?) pins of the connector are now used for temperature dat…

  in Hard drive upgrades restricted in Apple's new Thunderbolt iMacs Comment by avonord May 2011
• Actually now, the June (?) white iPhone 4 release makes lots of sense.

  in Apple not yet aligning iPhone 5 part suppliers, handset may miss fiscal 2011 Comment by avonord March 2011
• Not necessary a bad thing. It'll save me some money. The iphone is great the way it is anyway. New software features will give it a new life.

  in Apple not yet aligning iPhone 5 part suppliers, handset may miss fiscal 2011 Comment by avonord March 2011
• Another step in being closer to a star trek device... "Captain, here's the cargo manifest..."

  in Commercial airlines look to Apple's iPad for paperless cockpits Comment by avonord March 2011
• It's interesting to note that the displayport 1.2 standard actually supports data bit rate of 20Gbps according to wikipedia (if I understand the article correctly). So, thunderbolt may turn out to be a 20Gbps, not a 10Gbps one. That's lotsa data!!

  in MacBook Pro rumor roundup: Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt, flash memory & more Comment by avonord February 2011
• I never read Gizmodo before until this. And I must say, this whole incident makes them look like an ass. Their stories read like articles out of a tabloid. If it's tabloidism they want, tabloidism they will be part of when Apple sues their sorry…

  in Police investigating Gizmodo's iPhone prototype story Comment by avonord April 2010
• I can certainly understand AT&T stand point in the law suit. Not many people in general public know what 3G is. If those people simply look at the map, they may very well assume no service coverage in the "blank area".

  in AT&T responds to 'false and misleading' Verizon ads Comment by avonord November 2009
• Didn't Microsoft create a special hardened version of Windows and subsequently received some kind of special certification from the US army to have it installed on army computers? Or am I confused with another news story a year ago? It's interest…

  in U.S. Army adopts Apple for new video surveillance Comment by avonord October 2009
• I thought they were working on a LTE network rather than 3G...... But either way, good news for consumer.

  in Apple's one carrier iPhone exclusivity rumored to end in Canada Comment by avonord October 2009