Apple unveils ‘World’s First Thunderbolt Display’

What with all the hoo-hah on Wednesday over the release of Mac OS X Lion and updates to the Mac mini and MacBook Air, one nice new piece of Cupertinian kit slipped in under the radar: what Apple calls the “World’s First Thunderbolt Display”.

That’s Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Air sitting in front of the 27-inch Thunderbolt Display (click to enlarge)

The 27-inch Thunderbolt Display has an LED-backlit, 2560-by-1440 pixel, 16:9, in-plane swtiching (IPS) screen, which Apple says has a brightness of 375 cd/m2 and a 1000:1 contrast ratio.

A single two-ended cable attaches to a Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro or Air, one lead going to the notebook’s MagSafe power port, and the other to its Thunderbolt port.

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OCZ Technology Launches ZS Power Supply Series with 550W to 750W Models

OCZ Technology has announced their new ZS Power Supply series that offer consumers superior value for home desktops and gaming systems. Providing high efficiency, cool operation, and a compact case design, the ZS Series offers an excellent price point for system builders looking for a quality upgrade in a variety of power options. The OCZ ZS Series will be available in 550W, 650W, and 750W models, and all ZS Series power supplies come backed with a three year OCZ PowerSwap Warranty for the ultimate peace of mind. All of these power supplies are 80+ Bronze certified, non-modular and feature a single +12V rail with a 135mm temperature and load controlled fan.

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Foxit Reader 5.0.2.0718

Our Download of the Day today is Foxit Reader 5.0.2.0718.  Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.  • Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.  • Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.  • Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Read more…

Mac Lion’s breath causes Celerra NAS storage to die

When the Lion roars, Celerra bleats and plays dead.

El Reg has been told there is a problem with Mac OS X Lion clients accessing the Celerra filer array. The NAS head goes offline and failover doesn’t kick in. An EMC patch is available and fixes the problem.

What am I supposed to do with this then?

There was a posting on an EMC unified storage discussion site on 7 March by richleroy about Celerra arrays crashing when a Mac OS 10.7 beta client connected to it.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet P1 Windows 7 Tablet PC

In addition to the IdeaPad Tablet K1, Lenovo plans to release its new IdeaPad Tablet P1 Windows 7 Tablet during Q4. It comes with a body that measures 14.5mm thin and weighs in at less than 2 pounds, it is powered by an Intel 1.5GHz processor, an integrated HD graphics, up to 64GB SSD for storage and up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM.

The Lenovo IdeaPad P1 comes with a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display with multitouch support, a 1280800 and an optional stylus pen. It comes with other specifications such as WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, optional 3G, Bluetooth, it comes with a 2-megapixel webcam, a built-in 1.5W speaker and a 2-cell battery that should deliver up to 10 hours of battery life.

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