This could prove spiffy. Per Engadget and its CES coverage, Intel executive Mooly Eden has just confirmed that the company’s forthcoming Ivy Bridge chips will support Near-Field Communications (NFC), as demoed in a transaction involving a laptop and PayPass-enabled MasterCard. NFC technology has yet to be truly demoed as incorporated into notebooks and it’ll be […]
Day: January 9, 2012
Give it time and the spiffy peripherals eventually show up on the market. Per AppleInsider, Belkin on Monday introduced its new Thunderbolt Express Dock, which will allow users to connect multiple devices to their Mac with one Thunderbolt cable when it arrives in September for US$299. Though it won’t be available until later this year, […]
This could be nifty. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, accessory outfitter Liquipel claims to make your smartphone water resistant by bonding it inside and out with a “nano” coating which repels water. The downside (for now) is that you’ll have to send your device off to Liquipel for a few days for them to coat […]
CrossOver Games, the popular gaming emulation program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 10.3. The new version, which is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixes for Skyrim on Linux. – Patch fixes for World of Warcraft. CrossOver Games 10.3 retails for US$39.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.5 […]
On Thursday, Parallels released version 7.0.15054.722853 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 304 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Linux 3.2 kernel (used in Ubuntu 12 and others). – Fedora 15 kernel. Parallels Desktop 7 retails for US$79.99 and requires a 64-bit Intel-based processor, Mac OS X 10.5.8 […]