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/09/11/10/adapter.designed.for.macs.and.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/fwsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonnet on Tuesday introduced the Allegro FireWire 800 PCI Express (PCIe) adapter card. The upgrade features Texas Instruments' XIO2213A FireWire 800 controller, along with three FW ports that support write speeds of up to 70MB/s. Power is provided for bus-powered external drives, audio interfaces, or other equipment, while plug-and-play compatibility automatically supports PCIe 1.1 and 2.0 slots. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/adapter.designed.for.macs.and.pcs/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/moto.ships.android.20.mid.for.developers/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/moto5mid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The MOTO Development Group is now making its 5-inch Android Media Platform (AMP) mobile Internet device (MID) available to developers. The device can run Google's Android 2.0 mobile OS and lets developers prototype interfaces, develop apps and extend hardware features. The MID is powered by a Texas Instruments OMAP3430 CPU and uses a 5-inch OLED capacitive touchscreen, though an LCD of the same si... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/moto.ships.android.20.mid.for.developers/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/tiny.ti.bluetooth.chip.with.low.power.usage/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/bluetoothdevice-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Texas Instruments will showcase an ultra low-power coin cell demo using the upcoming Bluetooth low energy open standard on Tuesday at a Bluetooth conference in Munich. The device will use TI's future CC2540 single-mode system-on-chip, which TI says will consume so little power that it will allow wireless to run on devices for very long periods of time. Among other examples, it would allow for a s... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/tiny.ti.bluetooth.chip.with.low.power.usage/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Research and development company Eolas Technologies has filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies, including major technology businesses such as Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Google, eBay and Sun. Eolas accuses the companies of violating two US patents, 5,838,906 and 7,599,985; the broadest of these is the first, which allegedly covers all "fully-interactive" embedded web applications. The second i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/nokia.now.a.member.of.wireless.power.consortium/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/nokiawirelesscons.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Wireless Power Consortium on Thursday announced that cellphone maker Nokia has become one of its members. This is expected to result in quicker development and the more widespread use of the Qi wireless charging standard the Consortium is working on. With the addition of Nokia, the company has backed the open standards that would be shared among many makers of cell phones and other portable el... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/nokia.now.a.member.of.wireless.power.consortium/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/three.new.benq.projectors.have.dual.hdmi.inputs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/benqw6000intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BenQ has recently said it will soon begin shipping three new HD projectors for us in home theater installations. The three projectors are pitched to tech-savvy home theater enthusiasts, and the front-projection W600, W1000 and W6000 all work on Texas Instruments-based DLP front projection chips. The W6000 is the most feature-packed of the three, with 1080p, native 24fps support, a 50,000:1 contras... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/three.new.benq.projectors.have.dual.hdmi.inputs/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/flagship.harman.kardon.receiver.with.ti.dual.dsp/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/hkavr7550.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Harman Kardon is currently showing off its latest flaghship home theater receiver, the 7.2-channel AVR 7550HD, at the CEDIA Expo. Like some of the other receivers in its range, it supports Dolby Volume technology that keeps its volume consistent no matter what source is playing, and is the very first to use Texas Instruments' Aureus DA710 dual audio digital signal processor for improved sound qual... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/flagship.harman.kardon.receiver.with.ti.dual.dsp/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/infocus.brings.back.screenplay.projector.series/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/infocus8602.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />InFocus has revived its ScreenPlay projector lineup with the SP8602, which offers native 1080p resolution and is meant for use in home theater installations. The SP8602 uses Texas Instruments' DLP DarkChip technology with BrilliantColor, Pixelworks' DNX 10-bit video processor, and InFocus' proprietary 120Hz motion engine. It's also said to have a 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,300 lumens of brightn... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/infocus.brings.back.screenplay.projector.series/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/acer.android.netbook.a.go/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/acerandroidpc.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite a recent report to the contrary, Acer is still on track to deliver a promised Android powered netbook PC later this summer, according to a representative at the company. The announcement was made after reports of a delay emerged, and the Aspire One-series netbook will sport a 10-inch screen along with an Intel Atom CPU. Thus far, Acer's Aspire One runs on Windows XP, but a prototype device... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/acer.android.netbook.a.go/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/29/apple.agrees.to.micro.usb/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/microusb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Several major cellphone makers today agreed to support a European Union push for a universal charger standard. Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have signed a deal with the European Commission that will see micro USB become the default connector for powering cellphones in the continent. Chipset producers like NEC, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have also agreed to the de... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/29/apple.agrees.to.micro.usb/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:30:00 GMT