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Apple requests developers focus on graphics for recent Mac OS X 10.7.5 beta

The Retina Display is king for Apple, so graphics have to be pretty high up there these days. Per AppleInsider, Apple supplied its development community with the first beta of OS X 10.7.5, its forthcoming maintenance update to the Lion operating system. Sources familiar with the beta issued on Tuesday indicated that it is identified […]

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Microsoft targets iPad, unveils Surface tablet

A little competition never hurt anyone. Per Engadget, Microsoft debuted its Surface Windows 8 tablet on Monday at a last-minute special event in Los Angeles, marking the tech monolith’s entrance into the iPad-dominated tablet market. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, showed off the tablet computer based on the company’s new Windows 8 operating system he called […]

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Apple releases external Mac OS X 10.7.5 beta to developer community

You can’t knock a good operating system beta. Per AppleInsider, work on OS X 10.7.5, the next performance and maintenance update for Lion, is far enough along that Apple is preparing to issue a preview of the software to its developers for testing. A pre-release build of OS X 10.7.5 is set to be released […]

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Apple releases Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 firmware upgrade

On Tuesday, Apple released its Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 firmware upgrade for its Thunderbolt-equipped Macs running Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”). The update, a 506 kilobyte

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Retina Display MacBook Pro battery more expensive than previous iterations

Apple’s new Retina Display MacBook Pro may be snazzy, but it isn’t cheap to fix if the battery fails. Per Macworld, the battery on the current model has been priced at 54 percent more expensive than the previous iteration. Apple updated the pricing list for MacBook battery replacements, showing that servicing the new model’s battery […]