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Apple Legal Department Asks Microsoft to Stop Airing “Laptop Hunter” Ads

In what may be considered a triumph depending on which side you’re on, Apple has apparently responded to Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunter” series of television commercials. Per Ars Technica, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner was quoted as stating at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference on Wednesday that “two weeks ago we got a call from […]

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Apple Releases iTunes 8.2.1, Cripples Palm Pre iTunes Syncing with Update

Late Wednesday, Apple released iTunes 8.2.1, the latest version of its multimedia/jukebox application for Mac OS X. The new version, a 77.3 megabyte download, offers support for the iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. The update offers a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple […]

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Apple Posts iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 2, New Mac OS X 10.6 Seed

Last night, Apple distributed iPhone developers with a second beta of its upcoming iPhone OS 3.1 firmware as well as offered Mac developers a new incremental build of its forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) operating system. According to ArsTechnica, iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 is only accessible to those with an existing developer […]

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Other World Computing Releases Free Online Library of DIY Videos for Apple Notebook Owners Looking to Upgrade Components

Accessory manufacturer Other World Computing announced the completion of its series of Do It Yourself videos for Apple’s entire MacBook and MacBook Pro product line on Tuesday. The videos cover all of the DIY options for these laptops, including memory, hard drive and/or optical drive components for all of Apple’s laptop line from the Titanium […]

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MacBook Air

MacBook Air Overheating Issue Noted, Fixes Suggested

Over on the mighty MacFixIt, reader “Martin V.” wrote in to desribe an ongoing issue wherein his new MacBook Air notebook began to experience a “kernel_task” process that caused his system to run abnormally hot. “A few months ago I bought a MacBookAir1,1 (standard hard disk, no solid state) which was then hugely reduced in […]