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CrossOver 23.0.0 released, offers improved DirectX 12 support, other new features

If you’re hankering for more Windows games on your Mac, you might like this. CrossOver 23.0.0 has just been released for the Mac. As always, the software allows Mac and Linux users to play Windows games, the new version offers improved support for DirectX 12, while its new geometry shader support allows games to play […]

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Apple updates Game Porting Toolkit beta, offers improvements in new version

With the introduction of its upcoming macOS Sonoma operating system at this year’s WWDC, Apple also debuted its new Game Porting Tool that allows developers to easily port their Windows games to the Mac with little or no effort. The tool, which is still a beta, received a significant update this week, and could potentially […]

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Previously unheard Steve Jobs speech from 1988 unearthed with Jobs describing the future of NeXT and the “fourth wave” of computing

This is inarguably cool. A series of audio recordings of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been unearthed and is now available online for streaming. The tapes, which were recorded in 1988, centered around Jobs’ first product reveal since being dismissed from Apple in 1985. At the time, Jobs unveiled a new project called NeXT […]

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Researcher draws attention to long-standing security vulnerability in OS X operating systems

After five months, it might be time to fix this sucker… Per mitre.org and Ars Technica, a unaddressed bug in Apple’s Mac OS X discovered five months ago allows hackers to bypass the usual authentication measures by tweaking specific clock and user timestamp settings, granting near unlimited access to a computer’s files. While the security […]

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Apple job postings, logs hint towards Siri integration in upcoming OS X 10.9 operating system, iLife, iWork suites

Sometimes it’s the job postings that give the future away. Per MacRumors, builds of Apple’s upcoming OS X 10.9 have been appearing in site logs since November, the logs hinting at possible Siri integration into the operating system. A recent Apple job posting reinforces the rumor that Siri might be bundled with the next version […]