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hard drive News

Western Digital Scorpio Black notebook drive now available in 750GB capacity, 7200 rpm speed

If you’re using your Mac notebook for video, gaming or graphics work, you’re going to want a spiffy hard drive. Per Macworld, Western Digital has announced that the latest hard drive in its Black series is ready and shipping. The WD Scorpio Black is a 2.5″ SATA hard drive, now available in 160, 250, 320, […]

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iPad MacBook Patents

Apple patents describe possible convertible tablet, next-gen MagSafe power/optical connector

A pair of patents that went public on Tuesday reveal that Apple could be working on a device that converts from standard laptop form to tablet form as well as a magnetic connector that provides both power and an optical data connection. Per freepatentsonline, a November 30 patent entitled “Application Programming Interfaces for Scrolling Operations” […]

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News Software

Skype 5.0 beta for Mac now available

Late Thursday, Skype announced a public beta of its client for the Mac. Per Macworld, the new version brings Skype much more in line with its Windows counterpart in both features and interface. First and foremost, the interface looks absolutely nothing like its predecessor, and entirely like its Windows counterpart, which got the 5.0 treatment […]

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MacBook Air News

Second-gen MacBook Air may be demonstrating logic board errors

This could be a bit foreboding. Per Cult of Mac, a rising number of complaints from users of the new MacBook Air has appeared regarding kernel panics, video distortion and other issues that could be related to defective logic boards. Apple Discussion forum user, DanRyb, basically stated that his 11-inch model would randomly display “weird […]

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Apple TV News

Second-gen Apple TV may be causing video distortion on older TVs

Apple’s long-awaited second generation Apple TV may be spiffy, but there may be bugs to sort out. Per CNET, the set-top box may cause video distortion and users have reported that the new Apple TV may not be compatible with some television sets only five years old. User jitterysquid first posted the issue in the […]