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what's up Brad song here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple let's get to the show and the number one question many of you have been asking what's up with the imax now we're expecting them before the back-to-school season with all the new Ivy Bridge processors and a new report from how to arena says their supply chain sources say they'll be refreshed in the June July timeframe which really isn't a surprise but it's the first outlet to make such a claim now a rule of the rumor mill is to give yourself two months so it falls somewhere in there now a recent digit times report also claims that g-tech optoelectronics is working with Apple on anti reflective glass for the next gen IMAX we saw the sunflower inspired IMAX with a matte screen Apple's made it a build-to-order option for macbook pros and it's a welcome request for many users now more news abbott ron is a company with an app called air display that allows you to use your ipad as a second monitor it's really cool stuff but their new update has revealed Mac OS 10 s high DPI support that stayed hidden because they currently do not have high-resolution retina displays for desktops that support it now it's supported through the app using the new iPad as a monitor but it also is a nugget that hints we might see a high DPI retina like display for max in the future with built-in OS 10 support already existing and what about those mac pros are we going to see them again now i predicted this year would be the last but after talking to a couple close sources of mind they've really made me believe we will not see Mac Pro's this year and moving forward now it could be completely wrong in alone up to it if I am but all indications from my side tell me the Mac Pro is dead now what's the latest with the Apple TV well don't call it that if you're jefferies analyst Peter me sec who's been totally wrong in the past but still gets paid to do his job he's calling the product get ready for it the I panel because it's far more than a TV he says it's a display a gaming center media hub a computer a home automator even and he sure knows about these features for a product that doesn't even exist now he says it will retail for 1250 and it will go on sale by the end of 2012 all right you guys have heard of a popular game called draw something that's really taking over your life but drawing with your finger isn't all that it's cracked up to be so let's check out this how to tip from Donnell bell for creating your own stylist touch screens offer an awesome and simple way to navigate and interact their tablet or smartphone except when they don't when it comes to detailed control something like drawing or writing it can be really useful to have a pen but not just any pen will work since it's not a matter of pressure but an issue of electric conduction you can buy a compatible stylist for as little as five dollars but what if you need something right now well in this scene at how to I'm going to show you how to make a touchscreen pen that's essentially free assuming that your boss will look the other way if you raid the supply closet so here's what you'll need you'll need a pen a paper clip and a sponge now make sure that the pen is one of those that you can pull apart you also need 3 tools pliers scissors and a drill first step pull the pen apart and remove the ink cartridge keep it around though you'll need it later next slice a little rectangular wedge off of the sponge you're going to be squeezing a chunk of this through the barrel of the pen so make sure it's small enough to get in but thick enough to stay put any sponge should do as long as it has a little moisture in it and you can always test it out by using it directly on your screen next step drill a hole into the pen barrel the hole needs to be big enough for the paperclip to get through now shove the sponge through the barrel so that pokes out of the tip then put the pen back together and finally flatten out that paper clip and poke one end of it into the hole that you made just so that is jabbing the sponge and then wrap the rest around the barrel so long as your hand is in contact with the metal it'll carry an electric charge through the sponge and to the screen now won't work of the sponge is completely dried out though but a few drops of water should get you back in business so there you go a DIY capacitive style so you can use with any tablet or smartphone it's not pretty but the price is right it's easy to customize and you can make one in just a few minutes see look guys with my own stylist I'm able to make amazing drawings like this all right thanks Donald now back to the stories news broke that over 600,000 max were hit by a flashback trojan taking advantage of an old java vulnerability so just in case you use a mac it doesn't mean you're totally safe and over half of those infected were in cupertino and twenty percent of them are in Canada Apple is finally responded with their own Java patch but they were slower to respond because the big a likes to release their own patches it's available now so get on it now on some cool patents from Apple a new application found by Apple Insider shows off what's described as active electronic media packaging now it would be an active packaging system that supplies power and data to devices wirelessly with an RF power transmitter and allows them to show and display content while in the package pretty crazy stuff there also everyone wants to know what's going on behind the scenes of Cupertino and according to an antec Apple has been working on an internal project to bring a physical game controller to market to complement the new ipad now other companies have made products that address this but a wireless and seamless Apple implementation could be pretty sweet especially with the improved gaming performance the iPad delivers but right now it's a dream and if you're dreaming about 7-inch iPads daring fireballs John Gruber says that a seven point eight five inch iPad does indeed exist in Apple's labs running at the same 1024 x 768 resolution as previous iPads so who knows if they'll release it but if enough of you ask for 7 inches you might get it I don't know Brian for 10 inches alright that's going to do it for this we show send us your emails to the apple byte at cnet com i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple you