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Confirmation of the excellent performance of Core i5 and Core i7 iMacs
Macworld  has published a comprehensive test of the  Core i5 and Core i7 iMacs . They confirms the results we have first shown, namely that these new Macs are very close in performance to the Mac Pro. The Core i7 can even be faster than the Quad and Octo-core Nehalem Mac Pro. ...
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Intel loses another round against Europe
After being condemned to a record fine of 1.06 billion euros (£950M, $1.57B) by Europe, Intel announced two procedures. The first is a traditional call in which all business will be re-examined. The second aims to invalidate the first (and thus to make net result of the procedures zero). ...
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Refurb Store on Hardmac Website
Most of our readers might have already spotted the new space reserved on HardMac website for the Apple Refurb Store:  If it currently only display the US Apple Refurb Store, it will give you ideas about the good deals immediately available. We are working on a solution to localize the ...
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Flash Player 10.1 beta supports H.264 acceleration... for Windows
The novelty of the next version of Flash Player - scheduled for the first half of 2010 - is the hardware-accelerated decoding of H.264. For now (temporarily, we hope) this feature is only available for Windows XP, Vista and 7. While this seems like a blow for Mac OS X and its Open CL  ...
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"TomTom for iPhone" version 1.2 Released
TomTom released a major update of its application "TomTom for iPhone" app, available directly from the  AppStore . However, be careful, as so users seem to report freezing issues and bugs with this new version.
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The Radeon HD 5970 does not realise that there is a crisis
Even though some imagine that the economic crisis affects all the sectors of industry, they are mistaken. Yesterday, AMD officially started to market the Radeon HD 5970, the Bi GPU graphics cards winning the title of the fastest product of the world. In a few hours, all stocks of the first ...
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Tempted by 10 Gbits/s Ethernet?
If for some users, gigabit Ethernet with its potential data transfer speed of 100 MB/s is not enough, especially if you are using large RAID volume or SSD, it becomes quickly a bottleneck. You can of course use optical fiber, but another solution might be available soon. In Japan, one can now ...
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Mac Tablet: Only for H2 2010!?
The rumor was indicating that Apple would release a famous Mac Tablet early 2010. According to Digitimes , it could well be postponed till H2 2010 (meaning its availability, not necessarily its announcement). The reason seems to be linked to recent decision from Apple to change some components. ...
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The Freebox TV becomes a games console
For our readers located in France: From this morning, an update of the Freebox TV and Alicebox has transformed these boxes into game consoles. It is possible to play in two forms, either by using in-house developed basic games, or by buying games such as Duke Nukem 3D that will be released by ...
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OCZ Colossus Available
OCZ officially launched its SSD Colossus. This is a 3.5" SSD, dedicated to desktop computers, a market where SSD manufacturers have not really started to offer specific models.  On a practical point of view, this drive is composed of 2 SSD controller assemble in a RAID setting. ...
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Apple Already Actively Working on Mac OS X 10.7
A new line added to the Open Source instruction "launchd" seems to indicate that Apple is already actively working on Mac OS X 10.7. rdar://problem/7386864> 11A47: SecurityAgent no longer visible via Accessibility In the code 11A47, 11 indicates a major revision of Mac OS X, as all ...
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Are Mac Still the Most Reliable Computers?
Results of a recent study  carried out among 30,000 people having a notebook computer from different manufacturers indicates that Mac might not be the most reliable computer anymore. Indeed, Apple ranks 4th, behind ASUS, Toshiba and Sony the the 2 and 3 years reliability factor, with ...
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Snow Leopard Printer Drivers Updated
Apple offer updates for Snow Leopard printer drivers. They will be available from the software update depending on the model already installed on your computer. You can also directly get them from the following links: Canon Drivers 2.2 for Snow Leopard Brother Drivers 2.2 for Snow ...
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AMD Keeps Working on Reducing Power Consumption of its GPU
During years, GPU designers never looked at power consumption and over years, GPU becomes the most power draining component of a computer. AMD seems to have finally understood the lesson, initiated with the Radeon HD 4770, the founder is now working on reducing power draining for 2D rendering. ...
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Stolen iPhones: Worth 2 Millions Euro
One of the most important case of stolen iPhone has been recorded in Willebrouck, Flemish part of Belgium. Thieves were particularly well informed to enter the storage place and to steal 4,000 iPhones units dedicated to the Belgium carrier Mobistar. If this is the proof that such device is very ...
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iMac Core i5: Already Out of Stock
We have received several reports from users  and other sources, indicating that Apple can not face the higher than expected demand for iMac powered by Core i5 (and i7) CPU. If one can understand the interest for such models from the first benchmarking and tests performed on such ...
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The first 2.5" 512 GB SSD is here
The first 2.5" 512 GB SSD is here
hardmac.com — The first  2,5" 512 GB SSD has arrived on the Japanese stalls. It is a Supertalent ultradrive DX with a quoted data flow of 230 MB/s for reading and 180 MB/s for writing. One of the arguments against the SSD, their low capacity, has thus ... (more) The first 2.5" 512 GB SSD is here
Another about face in the submission system of the App Store
Last week, the system of validation by the AppStore again was in the press after they rejected a software called   Bobble-Rep . The purpose of this software is to indicate to the American citizens the name of their representative at the Congress and the means of contacting him or ...
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256 GB SSD Dedicated to First Generation MacBook Air
Ce n'est pas la première fois que nous avons à nous plaindre des premiers MacBook Air dans lesquels Apple a installé des disques dotés de connecteurs ZIF Pata, norme rapidement tombée dans l'oubli. Elle trouve un second souffle grâce à la ...
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Boy Genius Reveals Apparent Apple US Black Friday Deals
The notice appears to be indicating that Apple Retail stores will be ready to go at 6am for Friday, November 27th 2009.  It does not extend into the weekend so be prepared for a bit of squeeze as it indicates a 1-day only offer.  Apple Online Store may offer a similar deal. ...
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