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/09/08/11/clickwheel.iphone.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/clickwheeliphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted several patents to Apple, among which are three notable ones. These cover the music backup process in iTunes, as well as a power adapter equipped with a FireWire port and a detachable plug. The third deals with a clickwheel phone interface, which in diagrams is associated not with the iPhone, but the iPod classic.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/clickwheel.iphone.patent/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/dc.dc.power.adapter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0904/lindtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Power My Mac has launched a new car and airline charger for MacBooks, the DC Power Adapter. Designed as a DC-DC converter with regulated output voltage, the device has been factory set to 16.5V. The adapter is equipped with short-circuit protection as well as an internal temperature limit cut-off, and should support all MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/dc.dc.power.adapter/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/17/synchrotech.adapters/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/synchsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Synchrtotech has introduced two new connectivity products, including a FireWire 800 to 400 adapter and a CFMulti CompactFlash Eye-Fi card. The FireWire adapter plugs into a nine-pin FW800 port and allows a six-pin FW400 device to be connected. The device will allow users of the new MacBook Pro to connect any FireWire 400 devices to their new Mac which now only offers a single FireWire 800 port. Th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/17/synchrotech.adapters/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/27/pcmcia.to.expresscard/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/express.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Synchrotech has introduced the ExpressAdapt, a new CardBus-to-ExpressCard adapter. The device is only compatible with USB-mode ExpressCards instead of PCIe-based ones, but no drivers are needed for either Windows or Mac OS X. Power regulation circuitry supports the lower voltages required of many ExpressCard devices, including 1000mAh at 3.3V and 650mAh at 1.5V, which can be supplied on both rai... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/27/pcmcia.to.expresscard/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/iogear...12.in.1.56.in.1/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/iogear-logo-07.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IOGEAR has released two new media-card readers in its new Universal Memory Bank line: the 12-in-1 Pocket Card Reader and the 56-in-1 Memory Card Reader. Both new readers feature adapters for most popular memory cards, allowing users to access data from cell phones, cameras and other multimedia devices via one USB reader, eliminating the need for multiple proprietary USB cables. In addition, both d... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/iogear...12.in.1.56.in.1/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/28/ultradock.hdd.adapter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/ultradock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />WiebeTech has announced a new hard drive adapter, the UltraDock. Intended mainly for professionals, the adapter lets users connect "bare" drives to a computer externally, in this case both 3.5-inch IDE/PATA drives and 2.5/3.5-inch SATA disks. Users can connect to a computer using eSATA, USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 ports, or one of two FireWire 800 connections.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/28/ultradock.hdd.adapter/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:50:00 GMT