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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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Parallels Desktop 5.0.9370 Released

Parallels Desktop, the popular virtualization application that allows users to run the Windows and Linux operating systems simultaneously alongside Mac OS X, reached version 5.0.9370 over the weekend. The new version, available here, sports the following fixes and changes: – Mac folders shared with Windows now work correctly with MS Outlook, Lotus, Quicken and other […]

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VirtualBox 3.2.2 released

VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 3.2.2. The new version, a 70.9 megabyte download, sports a list of fixes and changes that can be found here. VirtualBox 3.2.2 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and […]

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How-To: Maximize RAM Usage on 15″, 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro

Ok, I’ve never heard of this before and it could be interesting. Per CNET, a number of 15″ and 17″ unibody MacBook Pro notebook owners have run into problems when they ran out of available RAM more than expected, especially when running programs that can reserve large amounts of memory. These include graphically intensive applications […]

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VMWare Releases Fusion 3.0.1

On Tuesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 3.0.1 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]