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Intel to further combine CPU, GPU components, support Blu-Ray 3D playback in future notebook chips

It’s hard to say when this might find its way into an Apple notebook, but it could be amazing when it does. Processor giant Intel announced that its next-generation laptop chips will have a dozen new features to improve graphics performance and will be able to play Blu-ray 3D movies, the company said on Thursday. […]

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Rumor: Apple planning CDMA iPhone, smaller iPad tablets, AMD-powered Apple TV devices

It’s the rumor mill that keeps things interesting. Per DigiTimes, overseas component suppliers have started rumors of a number of new products coming from Apple in the next year, including a new Apple TV running iOS and powered by an AMD Fusion processor, a 7″ iPad, a CDMA iPhone, and a new 9.7″ iPad with […]

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News Software

CrossOver updated to 9.1

CrossOver, the popular emulation program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 9.1. The new version, which is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: Application Fixes: – Improved installation of Office 2007 service packs. – Fixed product registration of Office 2007 and Office 2003. – Fixed some unimportant errors during installation […]

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VLC 1.1.1 update released

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.1. The new version, a 39.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Multiple libVLC improvements and fixes. – Windows video output fixes. – DxVA2 decoding on ATI […]

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Nvidia releases Mac OS X 10.6.4-compatible driver for GTX-285 graphics card

This is sort of interesting. With the recent release of the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, assorted users have complained of conflicts with some of Nvidia’s graphics cards. Responding to this, Nvidia has released a new suite of graphics drivers for the GTX-285 graphics card. The driver, a 20.87 megabyte download, is listed for OS […]