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Apple releases MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0 for mid-2012 notebooks

It’s the firmware updates that really make a difference. Late Friday, Apple released its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0, a firmware update for its June 2012 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks. The update, a 76.6 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – This MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update includes […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.0.1

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.0.1 of CocktailCocktail (Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to clear DNS cache. – Fixed compatibility […]

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Apple to launch third-gen iPad in China on July 20

Apple on Tuesday announced that its new third-generation iPad will debut in mainland China next week, on Friday, July 20. Per AppleInsider, the new iPad will be available in China through the Apple online store, select authorize resellers, and by reservation from Apple retail stores. Customers can make reservation requests beginning Thursday, July 19 for […]

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Microsoft targets iPad, unveils Surface tablet

A little competition never hurt anyone. Per Engadget, Microsoft debuted its Surface Windows 8 tablet on Monday at a last-minute special event in Los Angeles, marking the tech monolith’s entrance into the iPad-dominated tablet market. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, showed off the tablet computer based on the company’s new Windows 8 operating system he called […]

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Intel releases 14 low-voltage Ivy Bridge CPUs

It’s just a question of when Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors arrive within an updated MacBook Air notebook. Per Engadget, Intel on Thursday announced 14 new Ivy Bridge processors, four of which are ultra-low voltage chips that could find their way into Apple’s updated MacBook Air lineup. All of the ultra-low voltage lineup has two cores […]