According to some reports from the internet (including topics in Apple discussion forum) and quoted by Appleinsider, some owners of the recently released iMac, featuring an ATI Radeon HD 4850 as GPU, experienced video problems. The system randomly and frequently freezes causing users to reboot their iMac. According to reports, this issue is not related to the software running at the time of the crash in Mac OS X. In addition, some owners reported to have experienced the problem while running Windows in a Boot Camp partition. The new iMac might be cursed as were the some of the first iMac Alu models launched in 2007, affected by some system slow down issues which were resolved by a firmware update. Let's hope that Apple will quickly find a solution, the fact that it does not affect all similar models indicates a possible bad production batch.
Oracle Acquires Sun
Sun was desperately looking for a buyer, and recently IBM was identified as the potential candidate. However, the price asked by Sun was considered too high by the computer giant, making it run away from 6.5 billion USD deal. Yesterday Oracle announced that it will swallow Sun for an even higher price, 7.4 billion USD cash. Both companies had a very different interest in Sun. IBM could have dropped all Sun's server divisions to only concentrate on its cloud computing technologies, Java and Solaris solutions. For Oracle, a purely software companies dedicated to database management and solutions, Sun brings additional tools while providing a hardware expansion. So, for Oracle this acquisition looks more as a strategic move and integration than for IBM for which it was kind of swallowing a competitor. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made it clear in a public statement: "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up". Beyond those words, let's see how Oracle will digest such acquisition and what type of synergy can really be generated.
Towards a Solution for the Bluetooth Problem on New Mac Pro
Following the previous news related to the BT bug on the new Mac Pro 2009, we were expecting that the future Mac OS X 10.5. version will fix it. One of our readers had information and shared them with us:
I reported the bug to Apple beginning of April (among with the 10.5.7 beta version, as I am a developer) in order to speed up the release of a fix. The bug is still present in the 9J47 build, and I am waiting for the 9J50 for Mac OS X Server to continue my test. Indeed the the seed note provided with the 9J50 client indicates: "Fixed issue with Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) ".
We are waiting for further information before concluding that this problem will soon be history with the Mac OS X 10.5.7. However, this update might not be released before the WWDC...
AT&T is testing bumped-up 3G speeds
Filed under: iPhone
Some people may not be happy with the iPhone running on the AT&T 3G network, but at least it appears that network will be running faster. AT&T is already in advanced testing of its new faster 3G network, which was first revealed by Scott McElroy, AT&T VP of Technology Realization, in an interview with Telephony Online.AT&T says it is going to increase the downlink capacity on its high speed packet access (HSPA) from 3.6 megabits per second to 7.2 megabits per second by upgrading the software at the base stations. Currently, AT&T has the enhanced network running in two test markets, but plans to extend the faster spec to its entire network. Then, AT&T plans to start migrating its networks to 'Evolved HSPA' which would triple peak speeds.
Of course the big question for many of us is will the iPhone work with these enhanced speeds? AT&T says most of the data cards, smartphones, and the iPhone will support the new tweaked specs, at least up to 14.4 Mb/s. It's probably a good idea for AT&T to drastically improve its network, especially as it is begging Apple to renew its partnership for another year.
Maybe that will get the SlingBox Mobile app running happily if it ever arrives. Grrrr.
TUAWAT&T is testing bumped-up 3G speeds originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Graphics problems with Radeon-based iMac
According to some reports from the internet (including topics in Apple discussion forum) and quoted by Appleinsider, some owners of the recently released iMac, featuring an ATI Radeon HD 4850 as GPU, experienced video problems. The system randomly and frequently freezes causing users to reboot their iMac. According to reports, this issue is not related to the software running at the time of the crash in Mac OS X. In addition, some owners reported to have experienced the problem while running Windows in a Boot Camp partition. The new iMac might be cursed as were the some of the first iMac Alu models launched in 2007, affected by some system slow down issues which were resolved by a firmware update. Let's hope that Apple will quickly find a solution, the fact that it does not affect all similar models indicates a possible bad production batch.
Oracle Acquires Sun
Sun was desperately looking for a buyer, and recently IBM was identified as the potential candidate. However, the price asked by Sun was considered too high by the computer giant, making it run away from 6.5 billion USD deal. Yesterday Oracle announced that it will swallow Sun for an even higher price, 7.4 billion USD cash. Both companies had a very different interest in Sun. IBM could have dropped all Sun's server divisions to only concentrate on its cloud computing technologies, Java and Solaris solutions. For Oracle, a purely software companies dedicated to database management and solutions, Sun brings additional tools while providing a hardware expansion. So, for Oracle this acquisition looks more as a strategic move and integration than for IBM for which it was kind of swallowing a competitor. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made it clear in a public statement: "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up". Beyond those words, let's see how Oracle will digest such acquisition and what type of synergy can really be generated.
Towards a Solution for the Bluetooth Problem on New Mac Pro
Following the previous news related to the BT bug on the new Mac Pro 2009, we were expecting that the future Mac OS X 10.5. version will fix it. One of our readers had information and shared them with us:
I reported the bug to Apple beginning of April (among with the 10.5.7 beta version, as I am a developer) in order to speed up the release of a fix. The bug is still present in the 9J47 build, and I am waiting for the 9J50 for Mac OS X Server to continue my test. Indeed the the seed note provided with the 9J50 client indicates: "Fixed issue with Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) ".
We are waiting for further information before concluding that this problem will soon be history with the Mac OS X 10.5.7. However, this update might not be released before the WWDC...
AT&T is testing bumped-up 3G speeds
Filed under: iPhone
Some people may not be happy with the iPhone running on the AT&T 3G network, but at least it appears that network will be running faster. AT&T is already in advanced testing of its new faster 3G network, which was first revealed by Scott McElroy, AT&T VP of Technology Realization, in an interview with Telephony Online.AT&T says it is going to increase the downlink capacity on its high speed packet access (HSPA) from 3.6 megabits per second to 7.2 megabits per second by upgrading the software at the base stations. Currently, AT&T has the enhanced network running in two test markets, but plans to extend the faster spec to its entire network. Then, AT&T plans to start migrating its networks to 'Evolved HSPA' which would triple peak speeds.
Of course the big question for many of us is will the iPhone work with these enhanced speeds? AT&T says most of the data cards, smartphones, and the iPhone will support the new tweaked specs, at least up to 14.4 Mb/s. It's probably a good idea for AT&T to drastically improve its network, especially as it is begging Apple to renew its partnership for another year.
Maybe that will get the SlingBox Mobile app running happily if it ever arrives. Grrrr.
TUAWAT&T is testing bumped-up 3G speeds originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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