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AT&T quietly raises upgrade prices, non-iPhone handset purchase prices

Ok, you’re not going to be happy about this one. According to AndroidCentral, wireless carrier AT&T has quietly raised early and exception upgrade pricing for iPhones and other smartphones. A notice to store staff has warned that, as of Sunday, users are paying US$50 more. The move would change the premature upgrade price from US$249 […]

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Parallels Desktop for Mac 6.0 out the door, boasts speed improvements, new features

On Monday, virtualization software maker Parallels released Parallels Desktop 6.0 for Mac OS X. The software allows Mac users to run Windows within Mac OS X. The company says that Parallels Desktop 6 has over 80 new features and improvements, the most prominent being an increased speed in addition to faster performance when handling files […]

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Amazon leaks Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 release date

This may not have been the way Microsoft would have chosen to announce its Office for Mac 2011 launch date, but it worked. Per Macworld, Microsoft will launch the next version of Office for the Mac in just under six weeks, according to Amazon.com. The Seattle-based online retailer listed Office for Mac 2011’s availability date […]

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Microsoft announces October release date, pricing for Office 2011 suite

Microsoft Office 2011, which is expected to hit retail shelves in 2010, will sell for 20 to 50 percent less than Office 2008 per an announcement released by Microsoft on Monday. According to Macworld, Microsoft Office 2011 will ship in two editions (a Mac Home and Student version and a Mac Home and Business offering) […]

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iOS 4 upgrade offers some battery life improvements over iOS 3 for iPhone 3G, 3GS handsets

With the recent release of iOS 4.0 and iOS 4.0.1, one question has needed to be answered: does the update boost your iPhone’s battery life. Per Macworld, it does, the lab downgrading an iPhone 3G that was running iOS 4 to iOS 3.1.3 and running a series of tasks. The staff then upgraded the iPhone […]