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Motion Picture Experts Group releases H.265 draft standard, offers Web-based video at twice the quality, half the data size

If you think Web-based video is impressive now, wait a bit. Per AppleInsider, the Motion Pictures Expert Group has issued a new video standards draft that promises to deliver twice the video quality at the same size, or alternatively, identical video quality at half the data rate as today’s MPEG-4 H.264 standard. The new H.265 […]

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Apple seeds third Mac OS X 10.7.5 beta to developer community

The nice thing about betas, it means they’re a bit closer to getting somewhere. Per MacNN, Apple is seeding a third developer beta of OS X 10.7.5 to developers. The code is listed as build 11G36, and as before, has no known issues. Apple is also holding steady on testing focus, asking developers to look […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.0.2

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.0.2 of CocktailCocktail (Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Addresses an issue in which Cocktail could not force empty the Trash. – Addresses an […]

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Rumor: Apple’s talks with Korean wireless carriers suggest LTE support for next-gen iPhone

You’ve been waiting for the iPhone to support the Long Term Evolution (LTE)/4G protocol for a while. It looks like you might get your wish. Per Korea Times, SK Telecom and KT, two official Korean iPhone wireless carriers, have both been in talks to offer LTE connectivity on Appleā€™s next handed, officials from both companies […]

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QuarkXPress 9.3.1 update released

On Thursday, software developer Quark released version 9.3.1 of its QuarkXPress design application. The 1.1 gigabyte update, which can be downloaded here (thanks to MacUpdate), adds the following change: – Includes an installer/updater that is compatible with the OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Gatekeeper feature. This release is not compatible with QPS 9.2. QuarkXPress 9.3.1 […]