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Leaked 13-inch Retina MacBook pics show ports, not much else

Purported shots of Apple's yet-to-be-announced 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro show Few changes from its larger sibling.

The purported right-side of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

(Credit: WeiPhone )

More photos claiming to depict the parts, and in fact, a working version of Apple's unannounced 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, have surfaced.

MacRumors points to a forum post on Chinese technology site WeiPhone that features a slew of inside and outside of shots of what is said to be the smaller notebook.

What is said to be the inside collection of batteries (yeah, this is the full size of the photo).

(Credit: WeiPhone )

Today's additions show the configuration of six battery packs arranged within the inside of the machine (see the photo on the right), as well as the left- and right-hand sides of the assembled computer. These sides may not be all that exciting, but they suggest that the smaller version of the notebook will sport the same dual Thunderbolt I/O connectors, as well as an SD card slot and HDMI out port found on the bigger model.

The images come on the heels of a report from blog 9to5Mac, which earlier today claimed the 13-inch Retina model would start at $1,699, a full $500 less than the 15-inch model, though $500 more than the entry-level, non-Retina MacBook Pro.

Apple has not announced a smaller version of the Retina-equipped Pro, but is expected to at its event next Tuesday, where it may also debut a smaller version of the iPad, a refreshed MacMini, and new iMac desktops. Production on the 2,560x1,600-pixel display -- which purportedly appears in two of the photos on the WeiPhone forum -- began in August, NPD DisplaySearchanalyst Richard Shim told CNET.

Internet & Media Zuckerberg: In 10 years, folks will share 1,... Zuckerberg: In 10 years, folks will share 1,000 times what they do now

Facebook CEO also tells a packed hall at Stanford University that too many entrepreneurs are working on problems that are too small.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Paul Graham at Y Combinator's "startup school" at Stanford University.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg addressed an adoring crowd at Y Combinator's startup school today, speaking confidently about Facebook and describing a world in which people will share a whole lot more than they do now -- via Facebook and other social companies.

"It's sort of a social-networking version of Moore's Law," said Zuckerberg, who was interviewed by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham. "We expect this rate [of sharing] will double every 10 years. So in 10 years from now, people will be sharing about 1,000 times as many things as they do today."

That, of course, is what Zuckerberg and the newly public Facebook are banking on: That the company's 1 billion plus users will keep using Facebook not just for keeping in touch with friends but also for interacting with brands.

Today's interview wasn't about Facebook the business however. This was a crowd of huge fans -- some 1,700 entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs who came from across the country, largely to get inspired by Zuckerberg, who was the featured speaker. They packed into Stanford Memorial Hall auditorium, some of them lining up hours in advance to snag a good seat.

So Graham, who runs the most influential startup incubator anywhere, didn't ask about the stock price or about the impact that Facebook's messy IPO has had on startup funding in general. He didn't ask about the ad business. He didn't even once mention the word "mobile," which is Facebook's key challenge now that 600 million Facebook users are accessing the service on their smartphones.

Instead, they talked about Zuckerberg's days at Harvard, where he majored in psychology and began building Facebook in his dorm room before dropping out in 2004 and moving to Palo Alto to go at it full time. Graham asked how much Facebook's first server cost -- answer: $85 -- and Zuckerberg said in the beginning he never spent money Facebook didn't have. He stressed that he didn't start Facebook because he wanted to build a company -- something he talks about in his letter to shareholders -- but because he "really wanted this."

"I felt this need acutely," he said of wanting to build a service to connect people. "I started building Facebook because I wanted it at college, which is one of the ironies, since I then left college."

He talked about this to stress that he thinks entrepreneurs need to focus on big, meaningful problems that they're passionate about. And while he didn't take a shot at Silicon Valley, as he did last year, he did complain that startups are generally tackling small issues.

He told the audience to work on something "that's fundamentally" meaningful and said that he's always had a "fear of getting locked into doing things that aren't most impactful.""A lot of companies I see are working on small problems," he said. "Companies getting started now are trying to copy stuff others are doing and just aren't going to be successful."

"Explore what you want to do before committing," Zuckerberg said, "and keep yourself flexible."

As for Facebook, he argued that the social network is fundamentally changing human behavior by expanding the number of people we can keep in our social circles -- offline and on. When people sign up for Facebook, he said, they initially connect with about 150 friends, because that's generally the number of people that one can keep up with.

But over time, he said, people on Facebook add more and more friends.

"One definition of technology is that it extends human capability," Zuckerberg said. "A social network extends people's real social capacity."

Romo 3.0 Next Generation iPhone Robot Announced (video)

Some of our readers might remember the cute Romo iPhone robot we featured here on Geeky Gadgets back in October 2011. Which was looking to raise enough funds from the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to make the jump from concept introduction.

Well after a successful Kickstarter promotion, the team is now back on Kickstarter looking to fund the next generation of their Romo iPhone robot in the form of the Romo 3.0. Check out the video after the jump to hear the team explain the new generation of iPhone robot and how you can help make it a reality.

The team behind Romo 3.0 explain: “This next-gen Romo is *almost* everything a personal robot should be. He’s cute, responsive, and really fast, but he’s still not capable of doing all that stuff you see in the movies.”-”We’ve created great basic apps for Romo, and he’s super fun to play with. “-”But we have a bigger vision. We want to create really advanced software that lets Romo do the things robots do in the movies.”

The Romo 3.0 iPhone robot project is currently over on the Kickstarter website looking to raise $100,000 in pledges to make the jump from concept to production, so if you like the concept make a pledge and help Romo 2.0 become a friend of yours.

Apple parts ways with hacker famous for iPhone ... Apple parts ways with hacker famous for iPhone jailbreaking

Nicholas Allegra, who was hired last year after gaining fame at JailBreakMe, was let go after not responding to an e-mail offering to extend his employment.

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Apple's experiment with employing a hacker famous for jailbreaking the iPhone has ended.

Nicholas Allegra, also known as Comex, was hired at Apple after gaining fame with the JailBreakMe, a Web site that simplified the process of removing Apple-installed protections from the phone -- a practice Apple opposes. When Apple hired him as an intern in August 2011, Allegra was a high-profile member of the jailbreaking community, regularly publicizing security vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS software.

However, Apple ended the 20-year-old Brown University student's employment last week, Allegra revealed today.

"So... no point in delaying. As of last week, after about a year, I'm no longer associated with Apple," he tweeted this afternoon. "As for why? Because I forgot to reply to an email," he wrote in a follow-up tweet.

"I wasn't too happy about it, but it didn't seem like I was able to fix it," he told Forbes. "So that's what it is."The e-mail he didn't reply to was an offer to extend his employment at Apple as a remote intern, Allegra told Forbes. After not responding to the original e-mail, he learned that the offer had been rescinded.

CNET has contacted Apple for comment and will update this report when we learn more.

Hackers have proven to be popular hires at tech companies these days. Charlie Miller, famous for his hacks on the iPhone and MacBook Air, joined Twitter last month, and well-knownPlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz, a.k.a. Geohot, had a brief stint at Facebook last year.

Google considers mobile patent antitrust settlement, report says

The search giant is deciding whether it should settle with the FTC over the agency's claim that Google refused to grant industry-standard patents to rivals, says a report.

Google is considering a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the agency'sclaim that the search giant violated antitrust lawwhen it didn't grant patent licenses to some of its mobile competitors, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

An unnamed source told the Journal that Google is weighing whether or not it should settle.

When asked for comment on a possible settlement, a Google spokeswoman said only:

"We take our commitments to license on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms very seriously and are happy to answer any questions [from the FTC]."

CNET has contacted the FTC for comment and will update when we hear back.

The FTC is investigating whether Google's Motorola Mobility unit is improperly blocking access to industry-standard technology that should be licensed to competitors according to traditional industry and legal practice.

These types of patents fall into the category of FRAND licenses, which are often the subject of patent suits, including one Apple brought against Motorola Mobility. FRAND -- also known as "RAND" in the U.S. -- stands for "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory," and is based on the principle that fair licensing of intellectual property is needed to for devices from different manufactures to work together properly.

Delta Six Controller Hits Kickstarter

Some of our readers might remember the very unique rifle styled games controller called theDelta Six which we featured here on Geeky Gadgets at the beginning of this month.

Now the Delta Six first-person-shooter (FPS) controller has landed on Kickstarter looking to raise enough pledges to help it make the jump from concept into production. To learn more about the Delta Six games controller watch the video after the jump.

David Kotkin the game controllers designer has created it to provide gamers with a controller for first person shooter that will add even more game immersion, he explains: “When I designed Delta SiX, I wanted to create a product that combines motion control gaming with a hardcore First Person Shooter methodology. It has been my goal for years to design a product that will take gaming—online and off to the next level.”

Once launched the Delta Six controller will be compatible with Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, the Wii U, and the Kickstarter open source console OUYA. For more information jump over to the Kickstarter website to learn more and make a pledge.