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/09/03/26/graphene.to.bump.silicon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/grapheneMIT.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is naming Graphene, a form of pure carbon founded in 2004 that could be applied to microchips to make for faster processing speeds than is possible with current silicon chips. Researchers outside of MIT have created prototype transistors and similar simple devices using one-atom thick Graphene, but the newer MIT findings could ma... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/26/graphene.to.bump.silicon/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/11/mit.fast.recharge.battery/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/mitbatterytech.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MIT scientists led by professor Gerbrand Ceder today said they have developed a new improvement on lithium-ion battery packs that could potentially eliminate the need for long recharge times or, in some cases, for larger batteries. By applying a coating of lithium phosphate to an existing battery design, the researchers steer the ions more directly to the "tunnels" leading to the battery terminal... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/11/mit.fast.recharge.battery/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/26/iphones.for.freshmen/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/iphone-top3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Abilene Christian University will be delivering an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch to all members of its incoming class in 2008. Freshmen will use the iPhones or iPod Touches to receive homework alerts, answer in-class surveys and quizzes, get directions to their professors' offices, and check their meal and account balances - "among more than 15 other useful web applications already developed," said A... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/26/iphones.for.freshmen/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/06/ultra.efficient.mit.chip/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/texasinschip.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Researchers have developed a new technology, being demonstrated this week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, which is said to dramatically improve the battery life of cellphones and other portable electronics. MIT and Texas Instruments claim they have developed a new chip design which is up to 10 times as efficient as current ones, thanks mainly to a DC-to-DC converter which he... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/06/ultra.efficient.mit.chip/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:20:00 GMT