The new iPad 3G no sooner went on sale Friday than iFixit got to work looking at the tablet computer’s insides, which include five antennas to ensure Internet access.
The iPad 3G expands upon the original iPad, which relies on Wi-Fi connectivity, by adding Internet access via AT&T’s data network.
Chrome was the only browser to gain significant usage share last month, and again trounced rival open-source Firefox.
By the end of April, Chrome accounted for 6.7% of the browsers that surfed to the sites that California-based NetApplications monitors for its clients. Chrome boosted its share by 0.6 percentage points, by far the largest increase of any browser for the month, and the second-highest increase since Google launched the program in September 2008.
Taiwan’s AU Optronics plans to seek an injunction in the U.S. against the import and sale of LCD panels made by South Korean rival LG Display that infringe on four of its patents, a ban that could hurt consumers because LG accounts for over a quarter of the world’s LCD panel supply.
Google’s top energy executive has offered some simple steps for making data centers more energy-efficient, including raising the thermostat to 80 degrees Fahrenheit — or 27 degrees Celsius — to cut down on cooling costs.
Data center staff at some companies walk around in jackets because the buildings are kept so cold, said Bill Weihl, Google’s “green energy czar,” at the GreenNet conference in San Francisco on Thursday. “In our facilities, the data center guys are often wearing shorts and t-shirts,” he said.
Microsoft confirmed it has canceled further development and production on its tablet project, codenamed Courier, which industry watchers speculated could help drive down costs of Apple’s popular iPad.
Facebook announced late this afternoon that its engineers were working to fix a problem causing site trouble for users.
In a posting on the its site, the company reported, “We are working as quickly as possible to fix a network issue that is causing the site to run slowly or time out today for some people. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.” The announcement was posted at about 5 p.m. EST.
As if McAfee’s bad antivirus update last week wasn’t bad enough, some customers were none too happy with how the security vendor’s tech support handled the situation either.
Apple has bought the firm widely believed to be responsible for the design of the engine behind the A4 CPU that powers the iPad.
Austin, Texas-based Intrinsity does not directly make microprocessosrs; instead, it specializes in designing and licensing high-performance chips for mobile applications. In fact, its primary product is a set of design tools, called Fast14, which implement a number of sophisticated algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency of CPUs based on a number of different architectures, including the ARM family that at the core of many of Apple’s mobile devices.
