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Google Chrome updated to 26.0.1410.63

An update’s an update. On Wednesday, Google released version 26.0.1410.63 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 49.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Stability improvements. – A new version of Adobe Flash. Google Chrome 26.0.1410.63 requires an Intel-based Mac with Mac OS X 10.6 or later to install and run. […]

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Apple’s OS X 10.8.3 prompts use of discrete GPU in mid-2010 MacBook Pro notebooks

There’s sort of a love/hate relationship with operating system updates, especially given the fact that you never quite know what’s going to change with your Apple hardware and how it performs after the fact. To that end, the mighty Topher Kessler has written a terrific piece over on CNET as to Apple’s latest OS update […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 8.0.18483

Late Thursday, Parallels released version 8.0.18483 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 320 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Better compatibility with new iMacs. – Create Boot Camp virtual machines on new iMacs with 3 TB hard drives. – Create virtual machines from the Boot Camp partition with […]

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Google Chrome updated to 26.0.1410.43

You can’t knock a worthwhile update. On Tuesday, Google released version 26.0.1410.43 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 48.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – “Ask Google for suggestions” spell checking feature improvements (e.g. grammar and homonym checking). – Desktop shortcuts for multiple users (profiles) on Windows. – Asynchronous DNS […]

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Advertising-based trojan goes into wild on Mac OS X, Windows platforms

The available list of Mac malware (and jerks creating it) just grew a bit. Per MacNN, a new Mac trojan is inserting ads into Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, says a Russian security firm, Doctor Web. Nicknamed “Trojan.Yontoo.1,” the malware is so far being distributed through movie trailer pages, which prompt people to download a browser […]