In response to a customer's query about the underwhelming Mac Pro update released this week (see "Mac Pro Gains Only Minor Speed Bump, Not Thunderbolt or USB 3.0," 11 June 2012), Apple CEO Tim Cook replied by email that Apple is indeed working on a more substantial update to the professional tower Mac. Cook writes, "Although we didn’t have a chance to talk about a new Mac Pro at today’s event, don’t worry as we’re working on something really great for later next year." Macworld reports that Apple confirmed that the message was indeed from Cook.

 

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En elvaårig pojke i Ucklum utanför Stenungsund satt under i kvällen fast inuti ett träd i två timmar.

En kvinnlig fotgängare skadades så svårt att hon avled när hon blev påkörd av en bil i Skellefteå på tisdagskvällen.

Den 22-årige man som i höstas överföll en tågvärd på Öresundståget mellan Kristianstad och Bromölla dömdes i dag till ett års fängelse för bland annat våld mot tjänsteman.

eldavojohn writes "One thing Diablo 3 has that many other games do not is a 'Real Money Auction House' (RMAH), which went live today for players with two factor authentication. Of course, mere hours before that, Blizzard publicly announced they would follow through on their promises. Accounts they have identified as cheaters and botters have been banned 'by the thousands.' No official number is out, but the news is indicating that as people get off of work and return home to their bot-wives and bot-kids they may find themselves without a valid Battle.net account (possibly tied to other games like SCII and WoW). Blizzard has also included many fixes to remove/dissuade many other exploits but if their past arcane attitude toward the 'gamers of the game' is any indication, thousands will be unhappy."

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Exhaust fumes from diesel engines do cause cancer, a panel of experts working for the World Health Organization says.

Tunisien införde i dag ett nattligt utegångsförbud i åtta av landet regioner, inklusive huvudstaden Tunis.

An anonymous reader writes "With demand for processors growing and costs rising, using larger wafers for manufacturing is highly desirable, but a very expensive transition to make. TSMC just announced it has received approval from the Taiwan government to build a new factory for 450mm wafers, with the total cost of the project expected to be between $8-10 billion. The move to larger wafers isn't without its risks, though. Building new facilities to handle production is the easy part. The industry as a whole has to overcome some major technical hurdles before 450mm becomes a viable replacement for the tried and tested 300mm process. TSMC's chairman Morris Chang has stated the next five years will be filled with technical challenges, suggesting 450mm wafers may not be viable until at least 2017."

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Immigration authorities detain hundreds as another 300, mainly South Sudanese, sign up for voluntary repatriation.

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Det föl som hittades dött i en hage i Brastad norr om Lysekil i helgen dog en naturlig död.

En död man hittades i eftermiddag i vattnet mellan Hönö och Fotö utanför Göteborg.

Cyklist och fotgängare påkörda vid polisjakt.

MojoKid writes "Intel's Light Peak technology eventually matured into what now is known in the market as Thunderbolt, which debuted initially as an Apple I/O exclusive last year. Light Peak was being developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple. It wasn't a huge surprise that Apple got an early exclusivity agreement, but there were actually a number of other partners on board as well, including Aja, Apogee, Avid, Blackmagic, LaCie, Promise and Western Digital. On the Windows front, Thunderbolt is still in its infancy and though there are still a few bugs to work out of systems and solutions, Thunderbolt capable motherboards and devices for Windows are starting to come to market. Performance-wise in Windows, the Promise RAID DAS system tested here offers near 1GB/s of peak read throughput and 500MB/s for writes, which certainly does leave even USB 3.0 SuperSpeed throughput in the dust."

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Overnight curfews imposed in eight areas including Tunis after riots blamed on Salafis leave dozens of police injured.