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February 26, 2011
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 Google to content farms: It's war
 Why social media gives your doctor an ulcer
 Intel's Thunderbolt: What you need to know (FAQ)
 Intel technology inside new MacBook Pros

Intel's long-awaited Light Peak technology, now known formally as Thunderbolt, is finally available on its first consumer device, and the company unveiled more details about when it will show up elsewhere.

First unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum back in 2009, the data transfer tech promises to replace a handful of ports with one that can handle more tasks and do them faster. Intel unveils Thunderbolt (photos)

Code-named Light Peak, the current copper-based generation of Thunderbolt boasts 10Gbps data transfer speeds between computers and devices--that is, twice the speed of current USB 3.0 throughput. Future iterations of the specification are expected to move from copper wire to a fiber-optic connection, which Intel has said could one day allow for throughput rates up to 100Gbps.

Thunderbolt can transmit both raw data and audio-video information...

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