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Rumor: OS X 10.9 Mavericks to arrive in late October

You might have to wait until the end of next month to get your mitts on Mavericks. Per 9to5Mac, despite being announced in early June at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, the next major Mac update, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, may not arrive until late October. Citing sources with knowledge of Apple’s alleged launch plans, […]

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Apple patent application cites research into earbud headphones with noise cancelation features

This could come in handy. Per The United States Patent and Trademark Office and AppleInsider, an Apple patent application discovered on Thursday describes a set of earbud type headphones that automatically adjust audio output based on seal quality, with necessary impedance data gathered by built-in microphones or electrical current measurements. The patent application, entitled “Electronic […]

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Apple posts, pulls job posting for engineer with “flexible display” experience, could link to rumored “iWatch” on horizon

Your next Mac display could be bendy/squishy/flexible. Or not. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday took down a job listing it posted in early April looking for a hardware engineer with experience in flexible displays, suggesting that the company is actively researching the advanced technology only now emerging in the consumer marketplace. The listing, originally posted […]

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Microsoft to begin automatically pushing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 update starting today

If your Windows 7 partition seems to be updating itself after you’ve booted into it, there’s a reason why. Per ZDNet, as Microsoft marches toward its early April 2013 end of free support deadline for Windows 7, the company is planning to update automatically some of those who still have yet to install the first […]

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Rumor: Apple to release next-gen, Retina Display iPad mini in 2013

The next-gen iPad mini could be that much spiffier as well as arrive with a Retina Display screen. Per CNYes and Macotakara, Apple is reportedly planning to ship 55 million iPad mini units in calendar 2013. But Apple has also reportedly cut its shipment projections for its full-size 9.7-inch iPad, the report said, from 60 […]