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iCloud beta web site points out web-based Notes, Reminders

This could be nifty. Per MacRumors, Apple’s iCloud Beta site on Monday was updated with web versions of the iOS apps Notes and Reminders and joins the two other beta-labeled additions to iCloud.com, Calendar and Find My iPhone. The web-based Notes is much like the iOS app seen in landscape mode on the iPad complete […]

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Apple to shut down iWork.com on July 31st, advises users to be ready

With MobileMe now shuttered, it’s time to move on to the other technologies due for retirement. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s next online service set to go dark is iWork.com, and the company sent out an e-mail on Monday reminding customers to download their documents by July 31. Come August, users will no longer be able to […]

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Google Chrome updated to 20.0.1132.47

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 20.0.1132.47 for the Mac. The new version, a 40.7 megabyte download, offers the following changes: – Disables some of Chrome’s GPU acceleration features on Mac hardware containing the Intel HD 4000 graphics chip (e.g. the new Macbook Air notebooks), in order to prevent a resource leak […]

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VLC updated to 2.0.2

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to a release candidate version of 2.0.2. The new version, a 25.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Video Output: – XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, […]