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Apple working to adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit WiFi standard in 2012

You know, 802.11n’s been speedy, but it’s also been around for a while. It might be time to move on to something new. Per AppleInsider, Apple is expected to rapidly deploy support for the new 802.11ac specification this year, adding so called “Gigabit WiFi” to new AirPort base stations, Time Capsule, Apple TV, notebooks and […]

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Apple releases Bases Station, Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6

Early Friday, Apple released AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6 for its AirPort Express, 802.11n AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models. The update, a 4.6 megabyte download, provides fixes for the following: – An issue with performance on overlapping wireless networks. – An issue with AirPlay audio streaming. – An issue with […]

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Apple seeds updated Mac OS X 10.7.2 build, iCloud beta 9 to developer community

Apple on Friday supplied developers with a new beta build of Mac OS X 10.7.2, as well as iCloud for Lion beta 9 for testing purposes, just a few days after the last beta builds were issued. Per AppleInsider, sources familiar with the latest beta of Lion 10.7.2 said it is known as build 11C43 […]

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.2 build, eighth iCloud beta to developer community

It’s the updates that make things interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple recently issued a new build of Mac OS X 10.7.2 along with the eighth beta release of iCloud for Lion. According to people familiar with the release, Apple’s beta build 11C40 of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 is a 730MB download. Focus areas for the […]

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Recently discovered FCC filing points towards upcoming AirPort Extreme device

Sometimes it’s the FCC filings that give it away. Per Engadget, A new filing with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has revealed an updated AirPort Extreme wireless base station from Apple is forthcoming. The new hardware was outed this week by an FCC filing, made by Apple on June 16, which shows a 3×3 802.11n […]