We may be an Apple-centric publication, but that doesn’t mean every once in a while, something comes along from a competitor which makes us stand up, take notice and even drool a little. We love our iPhone 4S — seriously, you’d have to pry it from…
In light of the ever-increasing dominance of iOS devices within the Apple ecosystem, Rik Myslewski worries that the days may be numbered for the company’s mightiest Macs.Is the Mac doomed? Maybe so.Case in point: although the Mac’s market sha…
The brains behind Apple’s processors are busy building better chips. Rik Myslewski takes a look at what they’re up to and what it might mean for your favorite Apple products.The smartypants who design the brains inside each of Apple’s iOS devices…
Overclocking a 3.6GHz chip to a world-record 8.429GHz with the help of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium? Rik Myslewski figures it’s gotta be a guy thing.An AMD-led team has set a new Guinness World Record for the “Highest Frequency of a Computer P…
Gigahertz clock speeds. Nanometer processes. Forty years ago, they weren’t even science fiction yet. Rik Myslewski looks back at the first microprocessor to marvel at…On November 15, pause to raise a pint to the 40th birthday of the original microp…
