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New tests yield additional battery life in absence of Adobe Flash

It’s had a good run. Hell, it’s had a great run. Still, Apple has ceased bundling Adobe Flash on its new Macs, ostensibly so users could obtain the latest, secure version themselves with vastly increased battery life seems to be another leading reason for this change. According to the mighty Ars Technica, the new MacBook […]

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Apple ends Personal Shopping service for retail store locations

Apple has brought an end to its Personal Shopping program in its retail stores, removing all mention of the service online and within its Apple Store iOS app. Per ifoAppleStore, the elimination of Personal Shopping “became effective yesterday and stems from the belief that every customer should receive the same attention and amount of service.” […]

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Apple launches updated MobileMe calendar, removes membership requirements

Apple announced Thursday that its new web-based calendar application for MobileMe subscribers has officially exited the beta stages and is now available to all members. Users looking to become new calendar members simply need to sign in to me.com/calendar, click “Upgrade now” in the lower left corner of the Calendar web application, and follow the […]

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Nvidia settles class action lawsuit, some MacBook Pro owners eligible for compensation

Sometimes litigation comes in handy. Per CNET, a number of users who discovered that their 2007 and 2008 MacBook Pro systems contained graphics problems that showed either scrambled video output or sometimes black screens are in for some compensation. A recent class-action lawsuit against Nvidia over faults in the GeForce 8600M graphics processors included in […]

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CrossOver updated to 9.1

CrossOver, the popular emulation program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 9.1. The new version, which is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: Application Fixes: – Improved installation of Office 2007 service packs. – Fixed product registration of Office 2007 and Office 2003. – Fixed some unimportant errors during installation […]