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[18 May 2011 | One Comment | 1,301 views]

The code chimps at Norway’s Opera Software aren’t about to give the competition any room to breath and have created a pair of new releases — a bug fix and an alpha that brings new features, as well as …

Apple luv »

[18 May 2011 | No Comment | 939 views]

Everyone knows that Apple’s planning a big makeover for Apple Stores overnight Saturday into Sunday. Further, retail management meetings are scheduled for Sunday morning and fans, pundits and bloggers have guessed themselves blue over what they think’s coming.
Boy Genius Report …

Mac, Software »

[18 May 2011 | One Comment | 1,015 views]

The world is beautiful, but it loses some its sparkle if your camera can’t capture and preserve it. Thereupon, Apple releases a regular stream digital camera RAW updates to bring new devices into fold and this time around they’ve delivered …

Deals, Mac »

[17 May 2011 | 2 Comments | 1,220 views]

The latest data out of NPD suggests that April Mac sales were soft, rising just 9 percent. Perhaps an indication that’s true comes from third-party resellers MacConnection and MacMall, which have slashed prices on the MacBook and MacBook Air — …

Mac, Software »

[17 May 2011 | No Comment | 2,394 views]

If you’ve downloaded more than a couple files via BitTorrent, it’s happened to you — the thing you want is all but done and has been all but finished for hours maybe even days. This new version of the popular …

Mac, Software »

[16 May 2011 | No Comment | 1,462 views]

Feel that cold clammy shiver running down your internet connection? Well, spank me and call me Winston Smith because Mozilla plans to force recalcitrant Firefox 3.5 users to upgrade to v3.6.18 on or about June 21. The real question is …

Deals, Games, Mac »

[16 May 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,010 views]

Angry Birds is everywhere you wanna be! You can get a 70-level version for free that will run on anything running Chrome, because it’s been ported to HTML5. Yes, it’s true and as addictive as ever. Personally, the Angry Birds …

Deals, Games, Mac »

[14 May 2011 | No Comment | 866 views]

You can get Civilization V for $29.99, which is 40 percent off the suggested retail price, at MacUpdate. Additionally, this weekend only, they’re also offering the Cradle of Civilization 4 Map Bundle for $6.99, which is similarly 30 percent off, …

Mac, Software »

[14 May 2011 | One Comment | 2,301 views]

What does scareware look like on the Macintosh? A Fairer Platform tipster provided the above screencap of a webpage (click through for a larger, unedited image) that he saw pop up on his trusty Mac. Looks pretty convincing, doesn’t it?
Here …

Mac, Software »

[13 May 2011 | 14 Comments | 7,633 views]

Competition is a good thing. Yes, it’s true that Apple’s plane jane Safari 5.0.5 now ranks among the laggards, though Summer’s Mac OS X 10.7 Lion release will bring with it a thoroughly updated browser that offers much better HTML5 …