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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Intel to issue bug fix for SSD 320 drives in two weeks

Intel on Monday said it will issue a firmware upgrade within two weeks to fix a bug that causes its SSD 320 solid-state drives to fail.

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Apple considering driver-free printing for OS X and iOS devices

Apple in a pair of recent filings has proposed methods that would eliminate the necessity of printer drivers in order to streamline the printing process for users of its Mac OS X and iOS devices.

Source: http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=ad5694c47eb01a5083aa2307645e5218

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Apple's evidence in Samsung case might not match up

The Internet is abuzz with images from Apple's lawyers presented to a judge in Germany that show Samsung's Galaxy Tab allegedly distorted to better match the dimensions of the iPad. Of course, no one but Apple's lawyers, perhaps, know if the images submitted were intentionally doctored or if they were inaccurate for other reasons, but the inaccurate evidence isn't going to do Apple any favors in the German courts, even if it is an honest mistake.

Earlier this month a German court blocked Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 across most of the EU in response to an injunction Apple filed. Apple said that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was a "slavish copy" of the iPad. You can use Photoshop these days to turn anything into a "slavish copy" of the original, but of course if the original comes to light, as it has here, there will undoubtedly be some backpedaling in action. It'll be interesting to see how the German court reacts to the inaccurate pictures, but no doubt Samsung has a smile on its face right now.

Apple's evidence in Samsung case might not match up originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dear Aunt TUAW: What are those lockfiles?

Dear Aunt TUAW,

With Lion, I'm seeing a lot of plist.lockfile in my Preferences folder. I'm assuming the "lockfile" business has to do with the new autosave stuff in Lion, but why would that apply to a preference file? Is this a bug or a feature?

Your loving nephew,

Darren

Dear Darren,

Feature.

Historically, lock files have restricted file access to one application at a time. Auntie has no reason to think that Lion's use of this concept differs. A lock file prevents a second edit from being applied concurrently, preserving information integrity.

Access control is especially important when competing processes might want to update an application's defaults at once.

Auntie went ahead and used opensnoop to watch what happened as she updated a few preferences. Sure enough, the lock file seemed to be set on application launch and reset on quit

% sudo opensnoop -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist UID PID COMM FD PATH 501 23363 mdworker 6 /Users/ericasadun/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist 501 23363 mdworker 7 /Users/ericasadun/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist

What surprised Auntie was how if she didn't identify a specific preference to watch, that all the preferences lockfiles were refreshed whenever a new lock was applied (Try it yourself, with sudo opensnoop with no arguments).

It was also fun to see how TextEdit updated its autosave information, its saved state, its shared file property list and more. Opensnoop is curiousity crack.

Hope this helps! Love & snuggles,

Auntie T.

Dear Aunt TUAW: What are those lockfiles? originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Multinational Bank Goes Mobile with iPhone and iPad

For Standard Chartered Bank ? a Global 500 international bank with 1800 branches on six continents ? iPhone and iPad provide a perfect platform to expand its mobile services, both internally and to its increasingly tech-savvy customers. ?With iPhone and iPad, we?re really looking at the next generation of banking,? says Todd Schofield, Global Head of Enterprise Mobility at Standard Chartered Bank. ?Managing our customers? money is a responsibility we take very seriously, and our mobile services reflect that.?

Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/standard-chartered/?sr=hotnews.rss

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New iMac Best in Class

CNET makes the new 27-inch iMac an Editors? Choice (4/5 stars), writing that it ?offers the best performance among current all-in-ones, along with the largest display, the best design, and exciting potential from its Thunderbolt ports.? Citing iMac?s competitive performance and price, CNET concludes that ?for digital media professionals, or others in need of a fast, serious-minded all-in-one with a large display, we can make no other recommendation.?

Source: http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/apple-imac-27-inch/4505-3118_7-34662591.html?tag=cnetRiver

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