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“The most useful part of MacUpdate Desktop, beyond simply finding a lot of items you never realized were out of date, is the ability to update them all so easily — forget having to visit a Web site, download a dmg, mount it, run an installer, exit the installer, unmount the disk image… in most…

Kindle is Amazon’s eBook platform. The company’s main vehicle for Kindle eBooks is its own Kindle device, a standalone E Ink-based device that can download books via a 3G connection, and display them. Amazon also has Kindle for iPhone, a free iPhone app that can sync with your Kindle account, browse books, and display them…

The company is being a bit shy on the specifics of their improvements, but the AirPort Extreme Web page said, “improvements in antenna design give you up to 50 percent better WiFi performance and up to 25 percent better range than with the previous-generation AirPort Extreme Base Station.” The price for AirPort Extreme base stations…

“Apple is the Multi-Touch leader, pioneering the use of this innovative technology in iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads,” Philip Schiller, Apple senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in a statement. “Apple’s Multi-Touch technology allows us to offer an easy to use mouse in a simple and elegant design.” The device is…

Mac mini with Apple Cinema DisplayThe Mac mini includes five USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 800, a slot loading 8x SuperDrive, and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, Mini-DVI and Mini DisplayPort video out, a Mini DVI to DVI adapter, Gigabit Ethernet, and built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth. The 2.26GHz Mac mini ships with 2GB RAM, and…

The unit houses a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. The unit weighs 4.7 lbs. and has a non-skid bottom surface. “The new MacBook includes many of the great features found on the innovative MacBook Pro, such as an LED-backlit display,…

Overall, IDC said that unit sales increased in the U.S. by 2.5%, propelled in part by increased sales of cheap portable computers and back-to-school purchases. The firm also said that companies with a strong retail presence were the “main beneficiaries” of the increased sales. Apple, for instance, has a very strong retail presence in the…

As players undertake missions and build wealth, they can become economic powerhouses dominating intergalactic trading lanes while amassing enough military might to engage in massive battles between fleets of ships. They can take the role of a member of any of the X Universe’s human, alien, and machine races, experiencing the story and the game…

Bullet Candy Perfect also features a skill-tracking system, rankings, 20 achievements to earn, three difficulty settings, and a global online high score board. The game is donationware, meaning players can decide how much they want to pay for it, starting at a minimum of US$1.It’s a Universal Binary that requires Mac OS X version 10.4,…

 A genetically-modified bad guy known as a splicerPlayers assume the role of a character who survives a plane crash at the beginning of the game and has no choice but to descend into the ruined city, where the victims of genetic engineering gone wrong wait for him. They collect and modify weapons as they explore…

The MyService 750GB hard drive upgrade is priced at US$375.

For reference, here are the system requirements for Snow Leopard. The first thing to remember is that a Mac has to have a 64-bit CPU to run 64-bit apps. The Core 2 Duo, (Merom and Penryn) and the Xeons are 64-bit CPUs. However, the original MacBook Pro and Mac Minis with a Core Duo had…

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The update requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or newer, and is available as a free download at the Apple Support Web site.

Hoyle Slots 2010 also includes three styles of animated bonus rounds and uses denominations between a penny and US$500. Its 20 video slots games pay on up to 20 paylines. Pricing is US$19.99 and system requirements call for Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or 10.5.4, a 1.5GHz Intel processor, 512MB RAM, 64MB video RAM, and…

When you run smcFanControl, it will place a small indicator in your menu bar showing you the current processor temperature and fan speed. This is is a great way to understand the correlation between temperature and fan speed. There is a fan RPM that you can’t set below a certain minimum, but you can use…

This isn’t the first delay for the Quicken update. Intuit originally promised an new version would ship in 2008, but then pushed the release out to summer 2009. Now that summer is here, Intuit has pushed the release out to February 2010, leaving users with Quicken 2007 for several more months.Mr. Gulbransen said the company…

Apple maintains a regularly updated list of keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X at the Apple Support Web site. Along with key combinations for opening and closing windows, jumping to your Home directory and adding items to the Sidebar, the Web page also deciphers the symbols that represent the Control, Option, Command and Shift keys.As…

The company wrote in that note, “Our MacBook Family has been updated and all current stock of MacBook and MacBook Pros need to be sold. All current in store computers are on a first come first serve basis.” Pricing for the 13″ White MacBook was reduced from $999 to $899, while the 2.66 GHz MacBook…

The documents were donated to the museum by Dan Kottke and Mike Markkula. Both were active participants in Apple’s early years, Mr. Kottke as part of the Apple I design team, and Mr. Markkula as an investor.The early version of the Mac business plan was released in 1982 and underestimates how long it will take…

Players can also customize everything as well as have their characters interact with others in a seamless neighborhood. In previous Sims games, players had to wait through a loading screen to visit another house go to a specific location, such as a downtown shopping area. Through the game’s launcher, players can maintain profile pages where…

Step #3: Multiple Drives My old Power Mac G5 had two internal SATA drives. One was the factory original and one was an add-on. Because the new Mac is an Intel Mac with, for now, just one internal drive, I selected an external drive to receive all the files from the PMG5’s second internal drive.…