AMD, the current exclusive provider of discrete graphics chips in Apple’s latest refresh of the Mac desktop lineup, will phase out the ATI graphics brand name this year. Per ZDnet, AMD is prepared to make the change because it believes having two brands is unnecessary, and the company plans to offer both CPUs and GPUs […]
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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.2 update
On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released the long-awaited 3.6.2 version of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes: – Fixed a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution (see bug 552216). – Fixed several additional security issues. – Fixed several stability issues. Firefox 3.6.2 […]
I’m not sure what to say about this…except that it exists. Per Silicon Valley Insider, a couple of German-speaking guys crafted a pair of old titanium PowerBook G4 notebooks into a small snowboard. The video pretty much says it all, though the amount of flopping about and crashing during tests indicates that riding it takes […]
It’s not quite as cool as whatever the iPad will become, but it’s useful stuff. The cool cats at QuickerTek have released a new wireless nCard accessory for older MacBook notebooks and the Mac mini. The nCard extends Wi-Fi compatibility on the A, B, G and N standard and installs in the internal Airport card […]
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Apple Releases Aperture 2.1.4 Update
Late Thursday, Apple released Aperture 2.1.4, the latest version of the company’s professional image editing application. The new version, which can be downloaded here or via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature, boasts the following fixes and changes: – Addresses general compatibility, improves overall stability and fixes a number of issues involving import, web publishing, […]