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Apple releases updated, slimmer Mac mini with HDMI, SD card ports

Apple on Tuesday updated its Mac mini desktop computer, adding an HDMI port for easy connectivity to an HDTV, as well as a built-in SD card slot for grabbing photos and videos from a digital camera. The newly redesigned hardware is just 7.7 inches square and 1.4 inches thin. It also has a built-in power […]

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News Software

Apple opens up video decoding APIs to Adobe, other developers

Sometimes a well-publicized conflict between two large companies can actually lead to something good. Per Macworld, Apple has released information on how third-party developers can take advantage of hardware acceleration for graphics, a previously unavailable feature that’s been blamed for Flash’s poor performance on the Mac platform. Traditionally, Flash hasn’t performed nearly as well on […]

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News Rumor

Rumor: Apple, NVIDIA Could Part Ways After Contract Spat

Despite portraying a friendly image for the past several months, Apple and NVIDIA are now rumored to be involved in a spat that could see some GeForce chipsets excluded from future Mac models. According to semiaccurate.com, a report from this past weekend asserts that negotiations between Apple and NVIDIA are now extremely bitter after the […]

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MacBook News

Apple Quietly Bumps Specs for White MacBook Notebook, Retains $999 Price

Early Wednesday, Apple quietly upgraded its entry-level MacBook notebook. The white plastic MacBook, which is still priced at US$999, now offers a 160 GB hard drive, 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and a slightly faster RAM speed with the model sporting 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM according to The Unofficial Apple Weblog. The […]

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MacBook Pro

Problems, Solutions Reported with 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro

Apple’s 17″ unibody MacBook Pro notebook has been out for about a week or so and if you have one, it may just qualify as the Coolest Thing Ever. Still, according to MacFixIt, a number of users have reported experiencing problems with their new notebooks. Though the problems aren’t widespread, here’s what you should know […]