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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, […]

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Apple releases extensive batch of printer driver updates for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 operating systems

It’s not the sexiest set of updates in the world, but it’s useful. Per AppleInsider, Apple released the following printer driver updates as listed below. The updates provide additional support for a wide range of devices from assorted providers and vary in size: – NRG Printer Drivers v2.3 – InfoPrint Printer Drivers v2.3 – Lanier […]

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Adobe to discontinue new Flash Player installs on August 15th

Sometimes a Web technology just has to ride off into the sunset. According to The Verge, Adobe’s mobile Flash days are now numbered, as the company has announced that it will no longer accept new Flash Player installations through the Google Play application store after August 15 and will not support the upcoming 4.1 Jelly […]