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Apple releases Safari 5.1.4 update

On Monday, Apple released Safari 5.1.4, an update to its web browser. The new version, a 46.4 megabyte download, includes the following fixes and new features: – Improved JavaScript performance. – Improved responsiveness when typing into the search field after changing network configurations or with an intermittent network connection. – Addressed an issue that could […]

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Rare Apple WALT prototype goes for $8,000 on eBay

It’s somewhere between nostalgia and awesome and it just went for US8,000 on eBay yesterday. Per the cool cats at The Verge, a user posted an auction for an Apple WALT (Wizzy Active Lifestyle Telephone), a device introduced at Macworld Boston in 1993. WALT, like Newton, also had a touchscreen, a stylus, and handwriting recognition. […]

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Apple secures 200,000 preorders for iPhone 4S China Unicom launch

After a long, drawn-out effort to get the iPhone 4S in Chinese stores, the handset is almost there. The iPhone 4S had a strong debut on another major carrier Friday, as 200,000 preorders were made ahead of Apple’s launch on the China Telecom network. The iPhone 4S is now available for use on China Telecom’s […]

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Apple sells out of iPad 3 online preorder stock, retail units should still be available for Friday launch

It might just be a long iPad 3 launch day line this year. Per AppleInsider, Less than two days after Apple’s new iPad was unveiled, the company has sold out of launch-day preorders in its online store, as new orders are now advertised to ship by March 19. Customers who order a third-generation iPad now […]