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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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Mac OS X 10.6.5: What Will Change

With Apple releasing Mac OS X 10.6.5 seeds to its developer community, word around the campfire is that the new OS update will address the following issues according to MacNN: AirPrint: Due for a release ahead of iOS 4.2, Mac OS X 10.6.5’s key focus will be interfacing with iPhones, iPod touches and iPads running […]

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MWSF: iPhone Explorer Allows iPhone/iPod Touch to be Used as a Hard Drive

Albeit there have been some utilities that have allowed your iPhone and iPod touch to double as a flash drive, this one may have it down pat. And for free. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, myPod Apps’ iPhone Explorer can be installed on your Mac or PC and allows you to view the folder structure, […]

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Skype 2.8.0.851 Released

On Monday, Skype released version 2.8.0.851 of its popular Voice over Internet Protocol communications program. The new version, a 43.3 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Platform specific: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Skype Access was not working – Skype occasionally crashed when the host of a conference call would hang up […]

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Apple Seeds First Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build to Developers

A recently released build of Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 operating system reveals a slew of changes, fixes and tweaks according to AppleInsider. A pre-release build of the next update to Mac OS X 10.6 was seeded to developers Monday, bringing a long list of changes, fixes and tweaks. People familiar with the latest […]