Apple buys chip designer PA Semi

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by geofas

“Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips, could spell a new future for Apple’s flagship iPhone, and possibly iPod products as well.
The 150-person chip [...]

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Arduino

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by geofas

Here’s a little something that I will most likely spend some time with soon. It sure was fun when I was a kit and got my first electronics kit and then my chemistry kit. Now several years later, I discover this thing (I know it’s been out for a while) and am quite intruiged.
With Arduino [...]

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Ubuntu Linux on a MacBook Pro (BootCamp)

Posted on March 4th, 2008 by geofas

Last weekend I finally took some time to load up a great Linux build, namely Ubuntu (desktop edition), onto a partition on my MBP that I created using BootCamp.
Partitioning
Well, let us say I initiated the partitioning using Bootcamp. Since it prepares a FAT32 partition alongside the HFS partition I had to play around a little with [...]

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iPhone 2008

Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by geofas

Based on everything I’ve seen at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and what has been subsequently announced I believe we will see a 3G version of iPhone in the 2nd half of the year. 3G radios are getting smaller and less powerhungry, NANDs also get smaller and cheaper. So we’ll probably see one [...]

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Catching up

Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by geofas

Wow, no post since November? Time sure flies. OK, let’s recap then …
# MacBook Air: Wow, want one but I will wait until the first revision. I would want one that at least comes close to what my 1st Gen MBP can do. The amazing aspect is the battery life. My MBP dies after about [...]

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XO, the $100 laptop is finally a reality, being built and shipped

Posted on November 9th, 2007 by geofas

UPDATE:
Give 1 Get 1 is only available to US and Canada residents. What’s that about?!
15 days, limited stocks, so if you happen to live in the US or Canada, hurry to give 1 and get yours soon.
ORIGINAL POST:
The OLPC (1-laptop-per-child) campaign is already producing the $100 laptop and shipping them to Uruguay as the first [...]

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