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AT&T to offer $100 off iPad Mini with two year contract

It’s pretty much the reason you get into a contract in the first place. Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Friday that it will be offering what it calls a “promotional discount” of US$100 to customers buying a new tablet, LTE-enabled iPad, attached to a two-year service agreement. Starting today, customers in the market for a […]

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VMWare releases Fusion 5.0.2 update

Late Wednesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 5.0.2 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 […]

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British Airways confirms support for iOS Passbook feature

If you can get the major partners, then a new technology comes closer to being a de-facto standard. Per AppleInsider, British Airways has confirmed that it will be supporting Apple’s Passbook payment system. “I’m pleased to confirm that the ba.com team are already looking into our website being able to work with the new Apple […]

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hard drive Hardware iMac Mac mini News

Initial tests show faster boot, read and write times under Apple’s Fusion Drive

There may be ample reason to go with a Fusion Drive inside your Mac. Per Techfast Lunch&Dinner, a series of tests run by the site found the Fusion Drive Mac mini started in just 15.7 seconds, while the 2012 Mac mini with a traditional hard drive took 34.1 seconds to start. Major improvements were also […]

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Adobe offers Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 as release candidate, includes Retina Display support, other fixes

This could be nifty. On Friday, Adobe sent version 4.3 of its Lightroom image editing software out as a candidate release via its Adobe Labs web site. The new version, a 410 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Full support for HiDPI displays such as Retina Display units. – Unable to upload […]