New and Noteworthy: Cinema Displays get brighter, cheaper; Apple drops AirPort card prices; more

CNET staff

Sept. 1, 2009 11:49 p.m. PT

2 min read

Cinema Displays get brighter, cheaper Gizmodo reports on the price drop in Apple Cinema Displays, and an increase in some models' brightness. "The 20-incher drops $100 to $699, and now glows at 300 candle-power per meter squared (cd/m2) instead of 250cd/m2. The 23-incher, which we think is the perfect size for monitor hungry but not-so-rich geeks drops a whopping $300 to $999, and gets a significant boost to its backlight to 400 cd/m2 (from 270 cd/m2.) And the big poppa 30-inch display drops $500 to $1999, although it doesn't get any brighter." More.

Apple drops AirPort card prices TUAW reports that Airport Extreme cards have experienced a bit of a price drop. "They're currently going for US $49 in the US online Apple Store" They were previously priced at US $79. More.

The Black Hat Wi-Fi exploit coverup NewsForge reports on the ongoing mess that is the alleged Black Hat Wi-Fi exploit. "I asked Lynn Fox, Apple's director of Mac public relations, two very direct questions. 1. Are Apple MacBook users at risk using their built-in Wi-Fi capability? 2. Is Krebs' Washington Post report about Apple pressuring researchers not to reveal a MacBook Wi-Fi vulnerability/exploit accurate? I've received no response to that query. Nor do I expect one. Why don't the researchers disclose what they know anyway? They are not, as far as we know, on the payroll of Apple or the hardware vendor making the Wi-Fi gear. I got a clue about a possible reason while chatting with "dead addict," one of the original organizers of DEFCON." More.

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