| iFixit tears the MacBook Pro with Retina Display to pieces, gets a few shocks on the way Jun 13th 2012, 12:58  Barely two full days have elapsed since Tim and the gang announced the gawkily-named MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and already the screwdriver-wielding mavens at iFixit have torn one apart. What did they find? The Samsung-made SSD and Hynix RAM are non-upgradeable, forcing you to decide how much of both you'll need now and in the future. Meanwhile, the battery is glued to the housing and that gorgeous display is fused into the assembly, so it'll be expensive to replace should the worst happen. Speaking of its power reserves, this laptop is packing 95 Wh of juice -- capable of seven hours of life and shocking the engineer silly when he tried to disassemble it. If you'd like to see the intermediate stages of this gadget-autopsy, head on via our source link. iFixit tears the MacBook Pro with Retina Display to pieces, gets a few shocks on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  iFixit | Email this | Comments | | An ARM core in an AMD device? It just happened, but not the way you think Jun 13th 2012, 12:00  Yes, you heard right. AMD just added to ARM's burgeoning heap of gold coins, having licensed the British company's Cortex-A5 design for use in its own hardware. While this might sound like a dramatic capitulation on the part of the struggling giant, particularly after yesterday's news, it probably isn't. AMD says it'll use the ARM component solely for adding better security features to its next generation of business-focused laptops and tablets. A spokesperson told us the company's "commitment to x86 hasn't changed," referring to the fact that it'll continue to use its regular in-house chip architecture for the primary task of running applications. The Cortex-A5 will be one tiny core squeezed in amongst everything else on the future 28nm silicon. It'll be dedicated to running ARM's proprietary TrustZone technology, which protects sensitive apps from tampering -- stuff like mobile payments, DRM, and nudge, nudge corporate documents. Rather than invent its own system for doing the same thing, AMD reckoned it'd be easier to work with ARM's, and who can blame it? If we remember rightly, even Intel made a similar call five years ago. [Tentacles via Shutterstock] Continue reading An ARM core in an AMD device? It just happened, but not the way you think An ARM core in an AMD device? It just happened, but not the way you think originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Chrome Web Store adds offline app section, more markets and greater analytics for developers Jun 13th 2012, 11:46  Just two months ago, Google added badges to its Chrome Web Store to denote whether a specific app offers offline functionality. Now, the company is making it easier for users to specifically root out these apps with a new offline section in the Chrome Web Store. The change won't be immediately apparent to many, as the "Offline Apps" section is nested within the "Collections" portion of the store, but once here, users will find a host of familiar titles such as Angry Birds, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Offline Google Mail, along with selections such as Nitro for task management, NYTimes for news and Space Invaders for those who like to kick it old school. Along with the new collection, Google is also making life a bit sweeter for developers. First, it's announcing the availability of the Chrome Web Store in Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. Along with this, devs will find new analytics tools to view the trending performance of their titles throughout the past 90 days. For a bit more insight, feel free to hit up the source link below. Continue reading Chrome Web Store adds offline app section, more markets and greater analytics for developers Chrome Web Store adds offline app section, more markets and greater analytics for developers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  TechCrunch | Google Chromium Blog | Email this | Comments | |
