The I.T. Life

It sounds as if there is a MacBook Air update in the works, as Intel is building a new ultra low voltage chip that should replace Core 2 Duo chips that currently run them. Apple has stuck with the Core 2 Duo for several revisions now, which has confused many people considering the MacBook Pros uses i5 and i7 chips. Now, the reason that is likely behind this is the Core 2 Duo is a fairly low voltage chip, which would be required to allow the NVIDIA GPU chip. The rumor is that in June we will see these new MacBook Air’s, I’m hoping this is true because I’ve wanted to upgrade to a Air for a while but the old processor has been holding me back.

Here is a different kind of rumor for the iPhone 5, it seems AppleInsider has some photos that give hope (or dread) to the idea that the new iPhone may have a 3D camera. This won’t stop me from getting a iPhone 5, but it will be one of the few features on the device I never use.

The future of Blockbuster may be revealed in the next few days, as the the new owner of the company will be decided this week. Blockbuster, who has been completely destroyed by companies like NetFlix, and services like the iTunes store has been in bankruptcy for a little while now, and a few companies are bidding to take over.

Dish network is just one of the players, and the current big is somewheres around $290 million. My only question is what the heck is somebody going to do with Blockbuster, because nobody rents DVDs these days and the last thing we need is another online video store.

Sir Howard Stringer (the big cheese at Sony) had a minor slip of the tongue during a WSJ interview. He mentioned that the issues in Japan may delay there shipment of camera sensors to Apple, which likely means they are providing the sensors for the next iPhone. I really hope this is true because though I love my iPhone it doesn’t have the best low light shots, and I’ve always been a Sony camera fan.

CNN is reporting that the iPad 2 is completely sold out, and 70% of this is to new customers. They are also estimating there have been 400’000 to 500’000 sold, compared to 300’000 when the first iPad launched.