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Rumor: Apple to hold iPhone media event on September 10th

The next-gen Apple iPhone may have a media event date. Per All Things Digital and AppleInsider, unnamed sources have indicated that Apple is looking to hold a media event for the long-anticipated iPhone model on September 10th. That date would occur on the second to the last day of the IFA consumer electronics trade show […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.6.1

On Monday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.6.1 of CocktailCocktail (Mountain Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 5.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Improvements on the “Clear user caches” procedure. – Added ability to change Launchpad background […]

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Apple releases Epson printer drivers 2.15 for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 operating systems

Never knock updated printer drivers, as they are your friend. On Friday, Apple released its Epson Printers Drivers 2.15 package. The update, a 1.2 gigabyte download, adds updated drivers for assorted Epson printers, scanners and multifunction devices. The update requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or later and can also be located, […]

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President Obama, Tim Cook, others meet to discuss PRISM surveillance

It’s not the happiest topic, but they’re meeting to discuss it. On Thursday, President Obama met with Tim Cook and other tech executives from companies like Google and AT&T to discuss government surveillance according to Politico. Civil liberties leaders were also at the closed-door meeting. The White House declined to comment about the details of […]

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Google Play Books for iOS updated to 1.6.0, adds textbook rental support

This is kind of nifty. Per AppleInsider, Google on Thursday updated its iBooks-like Google Play Books port, bringing in-app rentals, highlighting and note taking for scanned books, as well as other features to the iOS title. Now at version 1.6.0, Google Play Books for iOS now supports in-app rentals, which allows users to access select […]