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AT&T to argue need for T-Mobile resources, spectrum, in merger deal

You may not think too highly of wireless carrier AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA, but apparently it’s necessary for the company to move forward. This was the statement from company officials on Thursday, who said the deal would allow AT&T to significantly improve its mobile network capacity and give better service to its customers. Critics […]

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Samsung announces Spinpoint M8 1 TB internal hard drives for notebooks

You might just like this. Per Macworld, Samsung this week announced the Spinpoint M8 internal hard drive with 1TB capacity. The drive features two 500GB platters and is 9.5-millimeter (0.37 inches) high, so the drive can fit easily into laptop storage bays. The 5400-rpm Spinpoint M8 is priced at US$129, and available in the U.S. […]

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Apple patent reveals efforts to create application that combines movie times with calendar scheduling

If you’re looking for a movie ticket application that checks against your calendar and tries to find showings that are convenient for you, Apple may already be working on it. Per AppleInsider, a patent application that went public this week proposes an idea that would link with the calendar data stored on a user’s iPhone, […]

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Apple revises App Store guidelines to reject apps that focus on DUI checkpoint avoidance

Apparently, there are some apps that just won’t fly on the App Store. Per Macworld, Apple has quietly updated its App Store Review Guidelines to effectively ban apps that warn drivers of nearby police checkpoints. The move comes after members of Congress had put pressure on both Apple and Google to remove such offerings from […]

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Apple releases iMac Graphic FW Update 2.0 to resolve sleep issue

Late Wednesday, Apple released an iMac graphic firmware update on Wednesday to resolve a startup and wake from sleep hanging issue. The iMac Graphic FW Update 2.0, a 699KB download, “fixes an issue that in rare cases may cause an iMac to hang during startup or waking from sleep.” The update requires Mac OS X […]