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Apple stock flirts with $600 milestone

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Apple stock briefly surpassed the $600 mark in early Thursday trading, tracking shows. The milestone was reached during the pre-market period, with a peak of $600.01, but shares have since slipped significantly, down to about $593 each as of this writing. Nevertheless, today signifies the highest value Apple stock has ever achieved... Read more...

Apple debuts ‘Mastered for iTunes’ section, publishes guide

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While still not a place serious audiophiles would be caught dead shopping from, Apple has opened a "Mastered for iTunes" section on the iTunes Music Store. The new section features albums from a variety of artists that have been remastered from the highest-fidelity source files and tuned specifically for optimum reproduction within the limits of iTunes' 256kbit AAC file format. The company also issued guidelines for mastering practices.... Read more...

Foxconn stock hits record high on iPhone 5 rumors

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Higher-than-expected sales of the iPhone 4S along with rumors of an all-metal body for the next iPhone has sent shares of Foxconn Technology Company to their highest level in more than five months on the Taipei stock exchange, BusinessWeek reports. Although the company makes nearly 50 percent of all the world's high-tech electronics, its fortunes are closely tied to the status of its best-known customer, Apple. The stock closed the day at NT$101.50 (approximately $3.44 US) a rise of about six percent.... Read more...

Rumor: Apple MacBook Pro with 2880×1800 display for 2012

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Digitimes is reporting that Appleís expected refresh, and possibly redesign, of its MacBook Pro line in 2012 will feature display resolutions up to 2880x1800 pixels. Currently, the highest resolution on the 15-inch MacBook Pro line is 1680x1050 pixels, while the 17-inch model tops out at 1920x1200 pixels Read more...

Nikon D800 spotted with 36-megapixel sensor, superior video

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Nikon's upcoming D800 has been seen in the field for the first time through a new leak Saturday night. The full-frame camera should be smaller and lighter than the D700 but, as Nikon Rumors heard earlier, will have the highest-ever resolution for a Nikon DSLR. Read more...

Toshiba unveils the Thrive 7 – hands-on pics of the new 7-inch Android tablet (Digital Trends)

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Digital Trends - #dt-gallery-main-image img { float:right; max-width:400px; border: 1px solid #999; padding: 2px !important; } #dt-gallery-thumbs { float:left; width: 210px; } #dt-gallery-thumbs li { margin:7px !important; background:none !important; padding: 0 !important; float:left !important; } #dt-gallery-thumbs li img { border:1px solid #999; list-style:none; padding: 1px; } Toshiba has unveiled its second tablet: the Thrive 7. Joining the original 10.1-inch Thrive, the new 7-inch tablet looks identical to its older brother, and internally is pretty much is the same. It has the highest resolution we’ve seen in a 7-inch tablet yet, cramming an 1280×800 pixel screen (that’s the resolution 10.1-inch devices have) into its compact shell Read more...

Seagate GoFlex Desk hard drive hits 4TB (Digital Trends)

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Digital Trends - Storage developer Seagate has added a new monster to its desktop hard drive offerings: a new edition of its GoFlex Desk external hard drive with a whopping 4 TB capacity. Seagate claims the 4 TB of storage is the highest in the industry, but the drive isn’t a behemoth: it actually sports a small desktop footprint and a new industrial design Seagate plans to migrate across its entire GoFlex Desk line in the coming weeks. The drive sports a USB 3.0 interface, and the company says a version with FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 will be available in Apple stores by the end of the month to keep Mac users happy. Read more...