From X-bit Labs: Even though originally Light Peak was meant to support a number of completely different protocols, its final implementation - Thunderbolt 1.0 - only supports two. As a result, those device makers, who want compliancy with the tech should acquire a controller from...

From X-bit Labs: Two leading makers of hard disk drives - Seagate Technology and Western Digital - said on Thursday that they would support the new interconnect technology unveiled by Intel Corp., the Thunderbolt. Both companies aim to provide solutions supporting the TB I/O tech in...

From PC World: Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro laptop line Thursday, and it's not just about speeds and feeds this time. With the addition of Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, AMD graphics, Facetime-enabled HD camera and a new high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port (reportedly 12 times faster...

From InfoWorld: Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect technology, formerly called Light Peak, has emerged from the company's lab and will soon find its way into product, including Apple's new line of MacBook Pro laptops, Intel said Thursday.

First announced in 2009, Intel's Thunderbolt...

From CNET News.com: Mac owners can now download FaceTime for video chats with friends.

Apple said today that FaceTime for Mac is available in its Mac App Store for 99 cents. With the help of the app, those using Mac OS X Snow Leopard can engage in video chats with people using the...

From CNET News.com: Vizio easily bested its competitors in the LCD TV market in the fourth quarter and for all of 2010.

The company shipped nearly 2.9 million LCD TVs in the U.S. during the fourth quarter, capturing 27.6 percent market share, research firm iSuppli reported today...

From DailyTech: Patriot has added new SSDs to its lineup today that are aimed directly at the desktop and notebook market.

The new SSDs are the Patriot Wildfire line and the company claims they are the fastest SSDs that it has ever offered to the public. The new SSDs use the...

From DailyTech: No other company in the mobile sphere has done quite as good a job of courting mobile app developers as Apple. While part of the reason iOS has by far the largest library of apps still is due to the inherent ease of Objective-C, a major part is the effort Apple puts...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, a major maker of consumer electronics, memory and various semiconductors, said on Wednesday that later this year it would start test production of chips using 20nm process technology. The company will offer its foundry customers test shuttles in...

From X-bit Labs: A media report suggests that Taiwan-based vendors will ship Intel Atom “Medfield” powered devices in the third quarter this year. The release timeframe of the code-named Medfield system-on-chip (SoC) seems to be ahead of schedule.

The first products based on Intel...