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Recent patent application shows Apple’s interest in improving brightness controls on OLED screens

It’s the patent applications that show where things might be going. Per Free Patents Online, Apple has apparently proposed a way of improving brightness control on organic light emitting diode displays. One of the key advantages of OLED is that, unlike LCD, it does not employ a backlight to illuminate the screen. While this can […]

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MacBook Pro News Software

2011 MacBook Pro-Specific Boot Camp 3.2 update appears to lead to brightness issues

Here’s the thing with updates: they’re great and generally resolve problems and turn a disaster around. Then there’s the other 10% for whom they make the sky fill with brimstone, the seas boil over and cause your cat to start waltzing across the living room floor with your terrier. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s small Boot Camp […]

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iMac News Software

Apple releases iMac (Mid 2010) Display Brightness Update 1.0

Late Thursday, Apple released the iMac (Mid 2010) Display Brightness Update 1.0 for its current 21.5″ iMac desktops. The update, a 378 kilobyte download, addresses an issue with 21.5-inch iMac (Mid 2010) display brightness. The update requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later to install and run and is also available via Mac OS X’s […]