GitHub for Mac 1.2 drops and with it comes a cute mascot and horrible name

GitHub, the ever popular hosted source management service, dropped version 1.2 of its client for Mac. Dubbed Snow Octocat, which for the most part makes...
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Firefox releases Collusion, online tracking paranoia enabler

Data visualization and privacy paranoia come together in a new add-on released by Mozilla, named Collusion. Neat little graphs of what sites use what cookies await you...
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Handbrake 0.9.6 released

Handbrake, the ever-popular transcoding app for the Mac (and other platforms), has reached a new milestone: 0.9.6. Considering it has been over a year since...
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Rumor: Apple considering a 14-inch MacBook Air for China

It’s long been assumed that Apple is getting ready to refresh the MacBook Air lineup again, with reports ranging from faster machines to the introduction...
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Apple fixes iMac Wi-Fi sleep bug in Lion, issues driver update

If you’ve been noticing that your iMac won’t connect to your Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep, you’re not going crazy. It’s actually a bug...
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Apple working on adaptive audio streaming for iTunes

Like Netflix before it, Apple is currently investigating adaptive streaming technologies that will let the company deliver a range of audio qualities to their iCloud...
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Read your Path stream on the Mac with Journey

I’m a Path creeper. It’s true. I enjoy checking in on the app from time to time, checking out what people are doing, leaving comments,...
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Intel delays next generation CPU, could affect Apple’s next machines

Uh-oh! Kathrin Hille over at Financial Times is reporting that Ivy Bridge, Intel’s next CPU platform, will likely be delayed. This delay means uncertainty for...
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Apps of the Week: Sleep Cycle, Frequency, and Messages (beta)

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time to take a look at some awesome apps for each platform: iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS. Today, we’re...
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EFI Firmware Update for 2011 Macs

If you own a 2011 Mac (iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro or Mac Mini), you most likely have an EFI Firmware Update waiting for you...
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Mountain Lion screen sharing brings drag and drop file transfers

When Mac OS X Lion was announced, one of its new features was the ability to share files with nearby Macs through AirDrop. The cool part...
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Microsoft attempts to compete with iCloud with SkyDrive on OS X

Apple is doubling down on making iCloud the conceptual core of the next decade at Apple by tightly integrating it into Mac OS X 10.8...
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Mountain Lion Mail.app gets the VIP treatment

Admit it, email is probably the bane of your existence, especially if you get a substantial amount of mail on a day-to-day basis. Things tend...
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Patent reveals Apple is working on better keyboards

Today, a patent filing was published showing Apple’s considerable work on developing keyboards that are thinner and more efficient for future products. Obviously patents aren’t...
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Gapless listening makes its way towards Spotify

Gapless playback is a vital part of the listening experience for some albums. For example, the second half of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album is...
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Apple considered using an AMD CPU in the MacBook Air

Brian Caulfield over at Forbes is reporting that Apple was considering using an AMD CPU/GPU hybrid in last year’s MacBook Air refresh, but AMD just...
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Microsoft, Google, and Netflix want DRM decryption tools in HTML5

Of course the powers that be want a way to ensure that HTML 5 has appropriate controls to decrypt licenses for online video. Microsoft, Google,...
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Mozilla announces its own app store

Mozilla has announced that it will be launching a web app store next week, once the Mobile World Congress exhibition kicks off. Mozilla’s app store...
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