2013 MacBook Pro getting exclusive Intel Haswell CPU?

Apple is rumored to refresh the MacBook Pro later this year, and a new report says that the company may get access to some exclusive Intel Haswell processors to power the 2013 MacBook Pro versions. A previous report indicated that the new MacBook Pro models could be launched at some point in October, with a variety of indirect evidence also pointing to the imminent product refresh, including recent price drops for 2012 MacBook Pro models as well...

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Is Thorium the answer to our energy needs

To hear proponents talk about Thorium reactors, you would think that Thorium is the energy panacea for which we have been searching. This readily found element can be used to create nuclear reactors that are walk-away safe, with waste that has a much shorter half life and should be easier to dispose of.  Current, nuclear reactors need multiple redundant systems and can blow up as we’ve seen with Fukishima.  Thorium reactors won’t blow up...

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President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Discusses Big Data as it Relates to Smart Cities

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) met on July 18, 2013 in a joint session with the Council for Science and Technology (CST) from the United Kingdom.  This was the first time the two similar bodies met together.  The first agenda item was Big Data: Smart Cities.  The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has been involved in Big Data for quite some time, having convened a Big Data Study Group...

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AT&T adds LTE for pre-paid customers

If you want a fast data connection without a contract, add AT&T to your list of options. The company is adding LTE to its pre-paid contracts, which are currently available in a limited area only. AT&T launched a pre-paid service under the Aio Wireless brand name last month. It’s a contract free deal where you pay between $35 and $70 for unlimited voice, text and 3G data, plus a fixed amount of 4G data (the amount varying with the price.) The...

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Apple’s Dev Center Breach: What You Need to Know

Developers look over new apps being displayed on iPads at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013 in San Francisco. Photo: AP/Eric Risberg After Apple’s main developer portal was down for maintenance for three days, the company fessed up and revealed that the Developer Center website was compromised by an intruder late last week. The purported “hacker,” it turns out, was a well-meaning independent security researcher. Even though his actions...

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