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Intel releases 14 low-voltage Ivy Bridge CPUs

It’s just a question of when Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors arrive within an updated MacBook Air notebook. Per Engadget, Intel on Thursday announced 14 new Ivy Bridge processors, four of which are ultra-low voltage chips that could find their way into Apple’s updated MacBook Air lineup. All of the ultra-low voltage lineup has two cores […]

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Google Chrome updated to 19.0.1084.53

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 19.0.1084.53 for the Mac. The new version, a 38.6 megabyte download, offers the following changes: – Supports the Mac transition to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Google Chrome 19.0.1084.53 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run. If you’ve […]

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Rumor: Microsoft Office for iPad to arrive on November 10th

It’s a rumor…but it’s a more specific rumor. And that can’t be a bad thing. Per The Daily, the development team at Microsoft finished work on the project last month. The design team responsible for Office on iPad was also said to have wrapped their work soon after. “The app is now in the hands […]

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iPhone News

Cricket Wireless to offer contract-free iPhone 4S, will sell units for $500

It’s not the highest end wireless carrier in the world, but if it carries contract-free iPhones, who’s to criticize? Per AppleInsider, on June 22, Cricket Wireless will become America’s first fully prepaid wireless carrier to offer Apple’s iPhone, with an “unlimited” US$55-per-month plan. Cricket Wireless is a prepaid subsidiary of Leap Wireless, which offers “unlimited” […]

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MacBook Pro Rumor

Analyst states that next-gen MacBook Pro could use NAND storage system

The components found on the next generation of MacBook Pro notebooks could be that much more interesting. Per AppleInsider, analyst Ben Reitzes of Barclays Equity Research said that the adoption rate of Apple devices using SSDs, along with a continuing move to cloud computing, will push consumer notebook demand toward flash-based storage. Perhaps the single […]