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Adium updated to 1.5.4

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.5.4. The new version, a 22.7 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes: – Updated the included Growl SDK to 2.0, adding support for […]

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Google Chrome updated to 23.0.1271.64

It’s the bug fixes that make a difference. Late Tuesday, Google released a beta of version 23.0.1271.64 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 56.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Medium CVE-2012-5127: Integer overflow leading to out-of-bounds read in WebP handling. Credit to Phil Turnbull. – High CVE-2012-5116: Use-after-free in […]

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Analyst: ARM-based Macs “inevitable”, though still a ways off

Apple’s future may be in the hands of ARM some day. Per AppleInsider, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu has gone on record as saying it’s “inevitable” that Apple will merge its Mac and iOS devices at some point, but such a change is not expected to happen for years. Wu said in a note to […]

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Election Day: Remember to vote for your Space Overlord

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s now November 6th. Which, of course, means that it’s up to you to vote for the best possible Space Overlord for your country. Personally, I have chosen Zorgoth the Mighty, who has all the qualifications to make both a terrific AND cruel Space Overlord (unlike his opponents, many of whom lay […]

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Hardware News Patents

Apple receives patent for “ionic wind generator”, may look to replace conventional fans in upcoming devices

This could turn into something interesting. And, hey, if it works…there might be fewer dust bunnies in your computing devices. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday a patent for a cooling system that blows ionized air through an electronic device, controlling its path by creating electromagnetic fields that can be […]