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Mac users can now play The Sims 4 for free via EA’s Origin client

Eight years after its launch, The Sims 4 is now available to play for free on the Mac provided you use EA’s free Origin program to access it. Electronic Arts recently announced that The Sims 4 base game is available for all players to download on Mac, for free, via Origin starting October 18. Origin […]

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VMWare Fusion 6 released, offers Mavericks, Windows 8.1 support

You can’t knock the new version of a pretty useful virtualization application. Per 9to5Mac, VMware has just released the immediate availability of VMware Fusion 6 and VMware Fusion 6 Professional. The new version of the virtualization software boasts over 50 new features and is prepared for the new operating systems coming from both Apple (Mavericks) […]

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Review: Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

The space opera that is StarCraft continues in fine style. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the latest installment in Blizzard’s epic StarCraft real-time strategy series, has been out for a while now, reflects a fairly major overhaul in its unit progression, achievement and multiplayer systems. Picking up where StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty left […]

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Parallels releases Desktop 8 upgrade, slates full release for September 4th

You can’t knock a solid version release. Per The Mac Observer, Parallels has announced the release of Desktop 8 for Mac, its virtualization software that allows OS X users to run a wide variety of other operating systems, notably Windows. The many enhancements in Desktop 8, including Windows 8 support, are aimed at making the […]

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Rumor: Intel working on Ivy Bridge chipset for next-gen MacBook Air notebooks

The next generation of something: it’ll always be a bit niftier than the thing you have now. Per CNET, Apple next-gen MacBook Air may see an additional performance boost next year with Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors, which, according to a new report, will add support for the OpenCL technology. Apple is currently billing its […]