It’s been quite a day. MacBook Air and Pros refresh, along with the next-gen Retina Display MacBook Pro. And now, Tim’s talking about Mountain Lion, with over 200 new features! Here’s some:
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Mountain Lion coming, with over 200 new features
Apple Store offline and being updated, new MacBook Pros? (Updated)
The online Apple Store is currently “being updated” and visitors are faced with the following page above. Could the long awaited refreshed MacBook Pros be arriving? It’s possible, however Apple technical support claims that they are running maintenance on the store. Although, Apple wouldn’t necessary tell us what they’re up to if they were, indeed, adding some new MacBook Pros. Either way, we’ll find out soon enough if some new Pros will be hitting the store soon.
Update: Back online, appears to have no changes.
Update 2: The maintenance that Apple did on the online store included updates to the checkout process and shipping validation pages and added a new look to the overall checkout process.
Charlie Miller discovers MacBook security hole, could cause explosions
According to Forbes, Charlie Miller managed to cause seven of the MacBook batteries useless after completely gaining access to their micro-controllers’ firmware via a security hole. It seems like this will also work with the MacBook Airs and Pros with the two passwords he dug up from an ’09 software update. Someone could use this security hole to cause major destruction, including false charge levels and causing them to explode. Malware installed in the battery could infect a computer continuously, until a new battery is inserted. In August, he will report this vulnerability in detail at the Black hat security conference along with a fix he came up with called Caulkgun, which locks out updates from Apple as a side effect. Since MacBooks have non-removable batteries, better safe than sorry!
New Mac Pros and MacBook Airs arriving soon; leaked part numbers
We have been waiting for the MacBook Airs refresh for quite a long time, and now it seems like new Mac Pros will also grace us with their presence. Today, 9to5Mac has received part numbers that hint at the new MacBook Airs and new Mac Pros. These are the new MacBook Air part numbers:
Apple releases Thunderbolt update and a new cable
Macs that have the lightning fast Thunderbolt port, can now update the Thunderbolt firmware to 1.0 and if you have a Thunderbolt port you can update via the Software Update or download it here. Here’s what Apple says about it:
About Thunderbolt Firmware Update
This update provides Thunderbolt performance and stability fixes.
When your computer restarts a gray screen will appear with a status bar to indicate the progress of the update.
Do not disturb or shut off the power on your computer during this update.
But that’s not all folks. The online Apple Store got one more accessory and that’s the high-speed Thunderbolt cable. You want to know what this cable does? Well, it connects the Thunderbolt equipped devices to the latest iMacs and MacBook Pros.
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Dell Streak Pro specifications leaked, has Nvidia Tegra T25 processor
It’s since January known that Dell is developing a new tablet. There’re now some specifications leaked. It has a 10 inch screen with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. The tablet runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb with Dell’s Stage 1.5 interface. Its processor is the Nvidia Tegra T25 dual-core SOC, which clocks in at 1.2GHz and supports 3D output. Dell is pointing at business usage, because of the presence of 2 microphones, 2 cameras and enterprise applications. The Dell Streak Pro will be released in June.
Sony Ericsson tool enables custom ROMs on Android phones
Sony Ericsson will release a tool to load custom ROMs on new Xperia phones with Android. The “bootloader unlocker” will only be released for unlocked devices and may result in losing your warranty.
Motorola Pro – a candybar QWERTY phone for Europe’s business users
Motorola has under Mobile World Congress 2011 just announced the Motorola Pro smartphone. Previously released in the US under the Droid Pro name, the Motorola Pro is a QWERTY candybar phone made for business users in Europe. The Motorola Pro runs on Android 2.2 on top of a 1GHz processor and features a 3.1-inch HGVA touchscreen display. For enterprises, Motorola has given this phone the ability to remote wipe the device and memory card, integrated VPN, Quickoffice bundled, as well as complex password support. Press release after the break.
