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Apple hires chip former AMD engineer John Bruno, looks to be expanding mobile devices

Give the man a chance and he’ll probably invent something truly cool. Per SemiAccurate, former AMD chip architect John Bruno, known for his contribution to the chip maker’s Trinity Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), now lists himself as a “System Architect at Apple” via his LinkedIn profile. While Bruno’s new position has not been officially announced, […]

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iPad News

Apple launches third-generation iPad in China

Mental note: Head to China and pick up a third-generation iPad. Per Reuters, Apple launched its Retina display-sporting iPad in China on Friday to orderly lines, a scene contrasting the company’s most recent product launches in the country which were marred with unruly crowds and scalpers. A pre-sale reservation system instituted by Chinese Apple Stores […]

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News Software

SpamSieve updated to 2.9.3

Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.9.3. The new version, a 10 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and improvements: – Added support for the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.7.5. – Fixed a bug that could prevent SpamSieve from auto-launching on the forthcoming OS X 10.8. – SpamSieve is […]

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VLC updated to 2.0.3

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 2.0.3. The new version, a 25.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – This release mostly targets the Mac OS X platform and adds support for OS X […]

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Microsoft: No plans for Mac version of Office 2013

Sometimes it’s just natural to want to take the ball and run off with it. Per Cult of Mac, when Microsoft recently announced an Office for Mac 2011 update was in the works it also confirmed that OS X users would not be able to take advantage of the newer Office 2013 as the software […]