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Mac shipments fall 13 percent in year-over-year comparison to third quarter of 2016

It looks like Apple will need some new blood in its Mac product line to stop its decline in sales. According to a new report from IDC, third-quarter PC shipments declined by 3.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, but Mac shipments dropped by 13 percent. PC shipments totaled 68 million units. Still, […]

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Researchers demonstrate proof of concept for firmware worm that can directly target Macs

It’s generally been accepted that Apple’s computers are much more secure than their Windows PC counterparts. This isn’t entirely true, as a part of researchers have found that several known vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of all the top PC makers can also hit the firmware of Macs. The researchers have designed a proof-of-concept worm for […]

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Apple confirms support for 5K displays on 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro

Hook the new 15-inch MacBook Pro up to an impressive 4K TV and it will rock. Apple officially confirmed that the new 15-inch MacBook Pro can support a 4K display at a full resolution of 4096×2160 at 60Hz and is also the first to support 5K displays. The support for higher resolutions appears to be […]

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Tests confirm 2015 MacBook Air can support 60Hz 4K external displays

Your brand new 2015 MacBook Air WILL be able to officially support external monitors with resolutions up to 2,560-pixels-by-1,600-pixels, tests have shown that the slim portable can actually drive an external 4K display at a full 60Hz. The cool cats over at Ars Technica tested the early 2015 MacBook Air with a Dell P2415Q 24-inch […]

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Rumor: Apple beginning to court enterprise markets via dedicated sales team

Remember how Apple seemed like a second class citizen in the business and enterprise world? That might be about to change. According to Reuters, Apple is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force to talk with potential clients like Citigroup and working in concert with a dozen […]