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GraphicConverter updated to 8.5, adds Retina support, other features

A nifty chunk of shareware just got better. On Friday, Thorsten Lemke’s seminal graphics conversion and editing app GraphicConverter reached version 8.5. The new version, a 153.8 megabyte download, added the following fixes and changes: New features: – Retina support added. – Added support for 16 bit per channel grayscale raw import. – Split red/green/blue […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Apple to update notebooks in June, retain same design with new models

Rumor: Apple to update notebooks in June, retain same design with new models Sometimes you just don’t muck with a good design. Per DigiTimes, Apple will reportedly update the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air product lines in June 2013 with upgraded innards, but no major design changes are expected for either laptop range. According to […]

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Apple patent highlights motion-controlled mouse idea for future Macs

This could lead to something interesting. Per AppleInsider, a patent filing published on Thursday details an Apple invention pertaining to a computer input device that uses motion gestures, like tilting, brushing and tapping to manipulate a computer’s GUI. Apple’s “Methods and apparatus for processing combinations of kinematical inputs” describes a system that translates a variety […]

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Updated (x2): Apple changes guidelines as to 30-pin, Lightning connector ports on same iOS device in wake of Kickstarter effort

This could lead to some interesting stuff. Per CNET, only a day after a Kickstarter project was killed because of restrictions on Apple’s MFi program that prevented Lightning and 30-Pin connectors from appearing on the same device, Apple has changed its guidelines to allow third-party devices to have 30-pin and Lightning chargers on the same […]