http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/cray.xt5.supercomputer.beats.out.ibm.roadrunner/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/crayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer has been dethroned from the TOP500 list in terms of computing performance by the Cray XT5 supercomputer, nicknamed Jaguar. The XT5 uses AMD Opteron cores and posted up a 1.75 petaflop/s speed in the Linpack test, outpacing the Roadrunner's 1 petaflop/s performance.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/cray.xt5.supercomputer.beats.out.ibm.roadrunner/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/groups.take.sides.in.row.over.environmental.laws/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/app1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Both Greenpeace and the US Secretary of Energy are welcoming an Apple decision to abandon the US Chamber of Commerce. The former's toxics campaigner, Casey Harrell, on Thursday issued a statement which applauded Apple for confronting the Chamber over its opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse gases. Apple is the first technology company to have removed itself from the Chamber over the issue... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/groups.take.sides.in.row.over.environmental.laws/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/expands.content.sync.options/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lotusnotes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM has released v8.5.1 of Lotus Notes and Domino, the company's enterprise-level collaboration packages. Through Lotus Notes Traveler the software now has native iPhone support, allowing Domino to automatically sync e-mail, contacts and calendars. Push e-mail is supported, and owners of iPhones can work offline if need be.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/expands.content.sync.options/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/apple.helps.lead.html.spec/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/safari4-firstlook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An Apple manager, Maciej Stachowiak, has been appointed co-chairman of the HTML standardization group, according to CNET News. The HTML Working Group, a division of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), had previously been chaired by Sam Ruby of IBM and Chris Wilson from Microsoft. Ruby will stay on board, while Stachowiak and Paul Cotton, another Microsoft employee, will serve as the additional co... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/apple.helps.lead.html.spec/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/ibm.previews.power7.chip/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/ibmpower6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM has just yesterday introduced its next generation RISC CPU, the Power7. The new chip will continue to be used in IBM's AIX Unix operating systems for servers, supports the IBM i operating system and can run Linux natively or in an x86 binary translation code. Noteworthy benefits of the new chip include an increase in the number of cores and the performance per core. There is now eight cores, w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/ibm.previews.power7.chip/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/apple.leads.consumer.index/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/macpro-nehalem.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple continues to hold first place in tracking conducted by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, says Fortune. The company has scored 84 out of 100 in a 2009 study, leaving it in a dominant position over rival computer builders. It has also dropped a point since 2008 however, when it achieved its highest-ever score.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/apple.leads.consumer.index/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/dna.based.circuit.boards/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/dnascaffold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM and the California Institute of Technology say they have devised a new means of assembling circuit boards, based on the use of DNA molecules. The DNA acts as a form "scaffolding," according to IBM, automatically sorting carbon nanotubes into desired patterns through adhesion. In theory, the technology could be scaled up to be used in traditional semiconductor manufacturing, using nanotubes, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/dna.based.circuit.boards/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/24/globalfoundries.fab.2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/amdopteronquadcore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />GlobalFoundries on Friday began building a new factory dedicated to making more advanced processors. The Saratoga County, New York-based Fab 2 plant is due to be completely ready by 2012 and will make processors on processes current by the time the factory opens. Initial chips will be made using a 28 nanometer (nm) process and should shrink quickly to 22nm once its production is completely ready... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/24/globalfoundries.fab.2/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/ibm.outs.wimbledon.app/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/ibmseerintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A smartphone app developed by IBM will allow attendees at the currently ongoing Wimbledon tennis tournament to access information and extra content related to the game, according to a Monday report. Called Seer Android, the service is being tested using T-Mobile G1 handsets. It superimposes stats in real time onto a video feed from the G1's camera, as well as Twitter comments from players and expe... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/ibm.outs.wimbledon.app/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/18/toshiba.28nm.deal.extends/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/cellprocessor.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba and NEC together said today that they would extend their agreement with IBM to produce 28 nanometer chip technology. The deal sees the members of the larger alliance continuing to work on the smaller, more efficient technology with the intention of using it for home user products. They now also say they expected 28nm to be particularly useful for "mobile communication devices" such as sm... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/18/toshiba.28nm.deal.extends/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:50:00 GMT