Apple has violated S3 Graphics Co. patents in its Mac OS X operating system, but not in the iOS platform, a July 1st ruling that has just now been made available says. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that OS X infringes on two S3 patents related to graphics chips,Bloomberg says. The commission revealed that certain Apple products were in violation of S3 patents on the day of the ruling, but had not until now revealed which Apple products were in violation....

China’s Catcher Technology, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of metal casings for Apple, Dell, Lenovo and Sony notebooks, yesterday announced it would shut one of its manufacturing plants in the Suzhou province after it was ordered to cease operations due to environmental issues connected with the factory. The Financial Times reportsChinese regulators forced the closure after local residents reported bad odours being pumped out of the plant, after the company issuing an emergency bulletin on Sunday....

People, listen. I need you to stop. There’s no need to make fun of Apple’s MagSafe battery pack. You’re upsetting Tim Cook. And, by proxy, me. There is NOTHING FUNNY about the new product. Is it okay to be a little surprised about the MagSafe battery pack?Of course.Especially when Apple shows us an image of a product like this: And then, in reality, it actually looks like this: This. Isn’t. Funny....

We waited for months, sifting throughrumorsand placing our bets as towhat we’d seewith the new MacBook Pro. Finally, just a few days ago, our questions about what it would contain were finally answered. Sadly, it seems to me that Apple has only done about half of what would have been enough to be considered “magical” in this latest version. So what’s missing? Here’s my list: Dump The Drive When the latest MacBook Air came out, we were pretty excited to see that Apple was getting away from optical media....

We thought it’d never see the light of day, but we’ve finally gotten a good look at Apple’s AirPower wireless charging pad. Unfortunately, it’s not via Apple — AirPower isstill canceled. Instead,The Vergewas able to access images of an AirPower prototype, courtesy of developer and Apple prototype collectorGiulio Zompetti. It’s a glance at a dream that never was. Zompetti said he was able to buy the prototype — which is missing its outer shell but is otherwise functional — from e-waste sources in China....