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Apple receives patent for offline purchasing system

Ok, this is interesting. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office and AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday was awarded a patent for an offline purchasing system that would allow iTunes users to buy music, movies and other media when not connected to the internet. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple U.S. Patent No. […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.0.1

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.0.1 of CocktailCocktail (Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to clear DNS cache. – Fixed compatibility […]

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iMac News

Hard drive replacement in Thunderbolt-equipped iMac restricted by unique connector, temperature control system

If you want to upgrade the hard drive on your new Thunderbolt-equipped iMac, you may be in for some additional challenges. Per Other World Computing, Apple iMac desktop line features a new custom 7-pin serial ATA connector and proprietary temperature control system that will make hard drive upgrades difficult for end users. The article’s authors […]

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MacBook Pro News

Best Buy sales system listing 5 new MacBook Pro SKUs, additional data

The new MacBook Pro you’re hankering for might be just around the corner. Best Buy, one of Apple’s largest authorized resellers authorized, is currently listing this weekend five new stock keeping units for Mac notebooks at price points ranging from US$1,199 to US$2,499. Per Engadget, the SKUs turned up in the specialty electronics reseller’s online […]

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Accessory iPad News

E3 2010: Strange find in the halls

On the second to last day of E3 this year, I was walking from the south hall to the west hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center only to find a man named Howie repeatedly dropping his iPad to the ground in public. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words… There it is, the accurately-titled […]