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Rumor: AT&T blocks vacation days in mid-October, hinting towards iPhone 5 release

It’s when companies stop employee vacation time that things get interesting. Per the cool cats at Boy Genius Report, AT&T has reportedly blocked its employees from taking vacation days in mid-October as the carrier gears up for the launch of Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone. Employees at AT&T retail locations have allegedly been blocked from taking vacations […]

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iPhone News

AT&T to throttle data for top five percent of user base

There’s a price to pay for using a ton of data on your iPhone plan… Per Macworld, AT&T announced late on Friday that it will begin throttling data throughput for heavy users of its unlimited smartphone data plans beginning on October 1. According to the wireless provider, data throttling will affect only those smartphone customers […]

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iMac News

Apple initiates replacement program of 1TB Seagate hard drives for iMacs sold between May and July of 2011

If you bought an iMac between May and July of this year, you might have a replacement hard drive coming your way. Per AppleInsider, Apple is recalling some Seagate 1TB hard drives used in iMac systems sold between May 2011 and July 2011 because of an unspecified failure issue. The program was initiated on Friday […]

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Hardware News

Intel exec cites Light Peak as ready for implementation

It was on the horizon and now it’s here. Per Macworld, an Intel executive on Friday said that its Light Peak interconnect technology, designed to link computers to devices like displays and external storage, is ready for implementation. Light Peak, announced in 2009, was originally designed to use fiber optics to transmit data among systems […]

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iPhone News retail

AT&T now selling iPhone 3GS for $49 to qualified customers

Sometimes you have to do interesting things to stay in the game. Per the cool cats at the Mac Observer, wireless carrier AT&T announced on Thursday that on Friday, January 7, it will start selling the 8GB iPhone 3GS for US$49 to new and upgrade-eligible customers. Last month, retailers including Best Buy and Radio Shack […]