This could lead to something nifty. Per CNET and the mighty Jim Tanous of The Mac Observer, an updated USB 3.0 specification that promises to double theoretical maximum bandwidth is scheduled to arrive in mid–2013, the USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced Sunday. The improvements, thanks to revised hardware and more efficient data transfer methods, will […]
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Ok, this shouldn’t be happening again. Per F-Secure, a new piece of malware that takes advantage of a well-documented Java vulnerability has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, with the trojan able to install itself on an unwitting Mac user’s computer to capture keystrokes and other sensitive data. Dubbed “Dockster,” the […]
Late Wednesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 5.0.2 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]
Where new hardware is released, the software updates will follow. Per AppleInsider, only one day following the announcement of new iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini models, Apple on Wednesday released an OS X Mountain Lion update built specifically for those devices. While the download is called OS X 10.8.2, just like the most recent […]
Following the muchos-nifty-announcements at yesterday’s media event, Apple released iBooks 3.0, the new version of its e-reader for iOS. The new version, a 40.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud—right on your bookshelf with iOS 6. – Scroll vertically through your books with the flick […]