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Apple 27-inch iMacs now shipping again?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 9th 2010 No Comments

Looks like Apple have sorted their 27-inch iMac production issues. Having apparently frozen production of the largest iMac desktop at the beginning of this month, shortly after new orders faced long delays, those waiting for their computers have reportedly begun receiving notification that they're preparing to ship out.

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Apple Aperture 3 gets official

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 9th 2010 No Comments

The first signs of life from Apple are emerging this morning, and there’s a new version of Aperture to kick things off. Aperture 3 adds in improved photo organization – based on the same Faces and places features found in iPhoto ‘09 – as well as Adjustment Presets and Brushes. Meanwhile Apple have also extended their GPS and geotagging support, including the ability to drag non-tagged photos to their respective location, together with automatic slideshows with preset themes and music.

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Apple Store is down: MacBook Pro refresh expected

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 9th 2010 1 Comment

Could a MacBook Pro refresh be in the offing? We’ve just checked the Apple Store and it’s currently offline for updating, while rumors are circulating that an anonymous source has fingered the reworked flagship notebooks for a launch today. Elsewhere leaked screenshots from Best Buy’s inventory system have seemingly confirmed that the current MacBook Pro SKUs have been deleted and the laptops are no longer available to order.

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Next generation iPhone 4G front panel leaked

By Paul Fang on Monday, Feb 8th 2010 No Comments

iPhone repair site iResQ has allegedly received a front panel component of the next generation iPhone 4G, which is expected for a release this summer. The several photos they’ve snapped for us to see indicate a few ways that new iPhone from Apple may just differ from its predecessors. More photos can be found after the break.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 6 2010

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Feb 7th 2010 No Comments

It’s Super Bowl Sunday so the sports fans out there looking for something to do to kill some time until the game comes on can check out this week’s week in review. We saw some cool gear last week so let’s get right into it. You might think after Apple unveiled its iPad tablet the rumors would go away, but alas, that isn’t correct. Apple is rumored to be working on a new larger screen tablet that runs Mac OS X.

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Core i7 MacBook Pro benchmark tips incoming Apple refresh?

By Chris Davies on Saturday, Feb 6th 2010 3 Comments

Benchmarking results for unannounced MacBook Pro models apparently running Intel Core i7 processors have reignited rumors that Apple intend to imminently update their flagship notebook range. The Geekbench results were apparently recorded on February 4th 2010, and clearly indicate that the MacBook Pro (listed as a MacBookPro6,1) has a 2.66GHz Core i7-620M processor paired with 4GB of DDR3 memory.

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iPhone to get location based social networking and video calling

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Feb 5th 2010 No Comments

Locations awareness has given us all sorts of cool technology for smartphones. We can use a location aware search to find places to eat, sleep, and play in cities we are not familiar with. We can also use location aware applications to find reviews of the same places before we ever step foot inside their doors.

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Apple shelling out 15% refund on broken 27-inch iMacs

By Paul Fang on Thursday, Feb 4th 2010 No Comments

27-inch iMac owners have been plagued with problematic displays for the last several weeks, and Apple seems to be trying to make it up to them, with a 15 percent cash refund on all 27-inchers.

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Sling Player for iPhone getting AT&T 3G streaming

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 4th 2010 No Comments

AT&T’s decision to deny iPhone users the ability to stream their Sling content over 3G soured the launch of the app last year, but it seems the carrier has now relented. According to the press release, AT&T have been testing a freshly “optimized” version of the Sling Player for iPhone software, which it obviously believes won’t drag its 3G network to its knees.

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Sony hints at iPad competitor

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Feb 4th 2010 No Comments

The Apple iPad may have disappointed some that expected the device to do and offer more. Most gadget fans can find something that they like about the iPad. The device will be shipping soon and we will see how well the buying public responds to the price and features of the iPad.