An article over at MacWork.com describes the full story of a PowerBook being destroyed back in November when a Comcast cable technician arrived to install a broadband connection, mated a rooftop power cable with a similar-appearing coaxial cable. The resulting explosion, which the user described as a “bright flash of light accompanied by a very […]
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A new beta build of Parallels Desktop for Mac has been released featuring full USB 2.0 device support as well as other improvements according to an article over on Macworld News. The new beta, a 33.6 megabyte download (thanks to Versiontracker.com), is available for registered users of the $79 program who’d like to give the […]
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Apple Quietly Pulls iSight From Online Store
According to an article over on MacNN, Apple has quietly removed the iSight camera from its online Apple Store shelves, leaving only the iSight Accessory Kit and Griffin’s SightLight FireWire accessory, both initially modeled around the iSight camera. With speculation fervent in the less than two weeks before Macworld Expo, some have wondered whether a […]
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Snow Screen Savers Abound For Holidays
Although a white Christmas is never guaranteed, a bevy of cool holiday-themed screensavers for your Mac can always be expected around this time of year. In addition to Russell Warneboldt’s Snowfall screensaver that we mentioned yesterday, LotsaSnow by Dag Ågren and Sno Screensaver by David Remahl add to the holiday festivities. Unlike Snowfall, which goes […]
According to an article on Macworld News, chip manufacturer Intel will release the third generation of its Core processor line, this one featuring four processor cores which function simultaneously to work through tasks. The new processor will be released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the week of January 8th. Like Intel’s current […]