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Rumor: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update May Feature Nehalem, Radeon HD 4000 Support

Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.7 update may go beyond its usual complement of expected fixes and incorporate support for Intel’s new Nehalem hardware architecture as well as the ATI Radeon HD 4000 graphics chipsets. According to netkas, a recent discovery located just five kernel extensions for the video cards and doesn’t appear to work […]

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iPhone

Softbank Begins Giving Away Free iPhones to New Customers

Softbank Mobile, Apple’s iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhone handsets away for free with a new two-year contract. The 8GB iPhone 3G handset will be offered for free to new subscribers starting a calling plan today, though this may be likely to disappoint those who […]

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MacBook Air

First-Gen MacBook Air Owners Cite Flaw in Hinge Construction

Given what you paid for the first-gen MacBook Air notebook, Hulking out may be entirely permissible given the following news: a number of owners of the notebook have cited a fundamental flaw in the notebook’s hinge constructions. According to MacNN, a number of users on the Apple Discussions board have noted that, after several months […]

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Software

Truphone Adds Skype Support for iPhone, iPod Touch

Software developer Truphone announced yesterday that the company has added Skype support for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch handsets. Per the press release, users can now instant message their Skype contacts as well as make and receive Skype-based calls to users on their contact list. To begin, download Truphone for iPhone or iPod Touch, go […]

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Software

Apple Begins Testing Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update

No matter what you think of Mac OS X 10.5.6, Apple is cited as having tapped its developer community this week to begin testing its Mac OS X 10.5.7 update, a maintenance and security update to the company’s Leopard operating system with a particular focus on syncing improvements. According to AppleInsider, sources close to the […]