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Skype WiFi out the door, focuses on offering cheap Internet access abroad

You asked for a cheap way to communicate on the road and Skype seems to have something to offer… Per AppleInsider, Skype on Wednesday released a new iOS application that will offer iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users access to over 1 million WiFi hotspots around the globe for a nominal pay-as-you-go basis. The Skype […]

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Apple begins selling $69 Mac OS X 10.7 USB thumb drive

If you don’t have a killer broadband connection, then this can’t hurt. Per AppleInsider, Apple is now selling the US$69 Mac OS X 10.7 USB install drive in its online store. Buying Lion on a physical medium from Apple’s online store carries a price more than twice that of the digital download. The drive ships […]

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Iomega Mac Companion hard drive boasts iOS device charging port, 2 and 3TB capacities

Apple’s recent Mac OS X Lion release shows how the Mac and iOS platforms are increasingly overlapping. And third-parties are beginning to follow Apple’s platform-blurring lead: On Tuesday, Iomega rolled out an external hard drive that also features a charging port designed for Apple’s mobile devices. Per Macworld, the Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive, which […]

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Apple releases iMac Graphic FW Update 2.0 to resolve sleep issue

Late Wednesday, Apple released an iMac graphic firmware update on Wednesday to resolve a startup and wake from sleep hanging issue. The iMac Graphic FW Update 2.0, a 699KB download, “fixes an issue that in rare cases may cause an iMac to hang during startup or waking from sleep.” The update requires Mac OS X […]

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Apple apparently unaffected by Sandy Bridge chipset bug, boosts notebook component orders

In spite of much hubbub surrounding the error in Intel’s Sandy Bridge chipset, emerging evidence suggests that Apple has been largely unaffected by the gaffe. Per DigiTimes, Apple’s notebook shipments are expected to “remain strong” in the first quarter of 2011. It noted that retail channel vendors indicated a widely publicized design flaw in the […]