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iPhone 3GS

First iPhone 3G S Teardown Goes Live, Shows 720p-Capable CPU

A recently-released teardown of Apple’s iPhone 3G S by RapidRepair has revealed the presence of a 720p HD-capable processor as well as a 600MHz ARM processor, Samsung’s S5PC100, based on the much more advanced Cortex A8 platform. However, official specifications (PDF) show that the chip could run at 833MHz and that, while Apple officially limits […]

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iMac Software

iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4 Released for iMacs with ATI Radeon HD 4850 Card

Over the weekend, Apple released its iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4 patch for iMac desktops equipped with ATI’s Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. The update, a 1.7 megabyte download (also available via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature) fixes intermittent system freeze issues and fixes wake-from-sleep issues in Boot Camp. To run the firmware update […]

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Software

Apple Releases iTunes 8.1.1 Update

Late Monday, Apple released iTunes 8.1.1, the latest version of its multimedia/jukebox application for Mac OS X. The new version, a 68 megabyte download, offers the following fixes, changes and new features: Adds support for renting HD movies. Provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod […]

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Accessory

Elgato Releases Turbo.264 HD Video Converter

Accessory provider Elgato announced the release of its new Turbo.264 HD video converter on Thursday. The USB hardware converter can convert HD and AVCHD content into a wide range of standard and HD video formats. Users can then edit movies before copying them from a camera, splice movies together, and download movies to your Mac […]