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Apple discontinues $999 white MacBook

It’s kind of turning into a day of days, news-wise. In the midst of news, updates and product releases, Apple has officially axed the US$999 white plastic MacBook, which has held down the low-cost end of Appleā€™s laptop line for years. Per Macworld, the notebook was bumped off by the brand new US$999 MacBook Air, […]

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Apple releases Safari 5.1 update

Amidst all the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion/brand-new-MacBook Air-with-Thunderbolt-and-Sandy-Bridge hubbub, Apple also released Safari 5.1, an update to its web browser. The new version, a 47.5 megabyte download, includes the following fixes and new features: – Reading List: Easily add webpages and links to your Reading List to browse when you have time. – New […]

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Apple releases Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, backlit keyboard-equipped MacBook Air notebooks

You might have been waiting for this. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday the long-anticipated new version of its MacBook Air notebook, equipping the ultraportables with Thunderbolt ports, backlit keyboards and Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge processors offering up to twice the performance of their predecessors. Like the previous generation models, the new MacBook Airs start at […]

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Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 9 via Mac App Store

Amid all the hubbub about the arrival of Mac OS X Lion, Adobe has released a version of Photoshop Elements 9 for the Mac App Store. Per MacCentral, the offering is Adobe’s first foray onto the Mac App Store, which many of Apple’s competitors have chosen to avoid. The US$79.99 consumer-focused photo editor lacks the […]

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Apple confirms Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Migration Assistant update for Mac OS X 10.6 systems

Things to do today: Upgrade your operating system to Mac OS X 10.7. Per AppleInsider, Apple confirmed that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will launch on the Mac App Store on Wednesday. The company also released Migration Assistant Update, allowing users to prepare their Mac for the update to Lion through the Mac App Store. […]