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Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence, will remain involved in major decisions

For the second time in two years, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take a medical leave of absence from his company. According to a press release distributed by Apple, the company co-founder will remain CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions. Monday’s announcement included a note from Jobs that was sent to all of […]

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iBooks app changes point towards quadrupled pixels for iPad 2 screen

Assorted rumors have suggested Apple will give the second generation iPad a much higher resolution screen, although short of the ppi density of the Retina Display of iPhone 4. New graphics discovered within Apple’s iBook app suggest this is true. Per AppleInsider, last summer, iPhone 4 doubled its screen resolution in both directions (from 320×480 […]

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Rumor: iPhone 5 could feature souped-up processor, Qualcomm baseband

If there’s one nifty thing about iOS beta releases to the development community, it’s that they do a great job of highlighting what may be around the corner. Per MacRumors, the recently-released iOS 4.3 beta shows calls for the OpenCL-capable PowerVR SGX543 from Imagination Technologies. Apple has been using Imagination Technologies’ older PowerVR SGX535 GPU […]