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Apple announces OS X 10.9 “Mavericks”, details feature list

OS X 10.9 has a name: “Mavericks”. Granted, it’s a little unfortunate that it hooks into a word Sarah Palin frequently describes herself as, but you’ve gotta let some things slide… Per The Mac Observer, Apple gave users their first glimpse into OS X 10.9 on Monday during a keynote event at the company’s annual […]

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VirtualBox updated to 4.2.8

VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.2.8. The new version, a 109 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: – VMM: fixed guest crash with huge amount of guest RAM on VT-x hosts (bug #11306) – GUI: fixed a layout bug in the Mac OS X […]

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Hardware iMac News

iFixit completes 21.5-inch iMac teardown, discovers new hardware, lower repairability factor

The new Apple hardware is out, and as is custom, the cool cats at iFixit have dissected it. In its latest teardown report, repair firm iFixit gave the 21.5-inch iMac a “repairability score” of three out of a possible ten, citing a hard to replace display and lack of easily-upgradable RAM, while the Online Apple […]

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Alleged 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro images show HDMI, Thunderbolt ports, SD card reader, other changes

If this is truly en route, then it looks like it could rock. Per Weiphone and MacRumors, a series of leaked photos claiming to be of an as-yet-unreleased 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display show the purported laptop’s battery cell and external connectivity options, which include two Thunderbolt ports, an SD card reader and HDMI […]

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Hardware iPod Touch News

iFixit completes, posts full teardown report of fifth-generation iPod touch

The fifth-generation iPod touch is now available and shipping. And, that being said, it’s time to dissect the new media player to see what makes it tick. Per the super cool cats at iFixit that posted their most recent teardown, the disassembly also found that the volume buttons, microphone, LED flash and power button are […]