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Apple today released MacBook Air (Late 2010) Software Update 2.0, a minor software update designed to address sleep issues on the company's new 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch MacBook Air models released last October. This update resolves an issue with some MacBook Air (Late 2010) systems that prevents the system from sleeping.The update weighs in at 342 KB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.5. Apple has...

Apple today released iDVD 7.1.1, bringing a minor update to the component of Apple's iLife suite dedicated to burning DVDs. This update improves overall stability and ensures compatibility when sending slideshows from iPhoto '11 to iDVD. This update is recommended for all users of iDVD 7.The update weighs in at 34.53 MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. iDVD has not seen a substantial...

The Loop reports that despite a slowing from the initial surge, The Beatles continue to sell well on Apple's iTunes Store, with over 5 million songs and 1 million albums purchased in the two months since the group's music appeared in the store. Apple has informed The Loop that the iTunes Store recently exceeded 5 millions Beatles songs and 1 million Beatles albums sold worldwide. "Abbey Road" is ...

As part of the $1.5 billion dollar settlement between Intel and NVIDIA, Ars Technica reports that Intel is likely to integrate NVIDIA GPUs into their future chips. "The cross-licensing agreement allows Intel to integrate NVIDIA technologies and those that are covered by our patents into their CPUs, such as Sandy Bridge, for example," said Jen-Hsuan. "And a cross-license allows us to build...

Apple today released a pair of updates for its iLife '11 suite, addressing issues with the iMovie and GarageBand components of the popular software. iMovie 9.0.1 weighs in at 27.52 MB and improves overall stability and addresses several other issues. This update improves stability and fixes other minor issues, including: - Fixes an issue where stabilization would not be applied correctly to...

An enticing headline over the weekend at PocketNow claims that Verizon is buying up iPhone-related domains, presumably as a prelude to the launch of an actual Verizon iPhone. The report notes that both iPhoneOnVerizon.com and iPhoneForVerizon.com are under the control of Verizon Trademark Services LLC. The same company controls Verizon's main domain at Verizon.com. Screenshot of ...

As noted by MacNN, Apple has added the revamped MacBook Air to the section of its online store devoted to refurbished products, offering significant savings for those willing to go the slightly-used-but-thoroughly-tested route. Prices start at $849 for the entry-level 11.6-inch model, a savings of $150 off of the price of a brand-new machine. Bumping up from 64 GB of storage to 128 GB...

Apple yesterday announced that it has upgraded its MobileMe Calendar web application to support alerts reminding users of upcoming events. The new MobileMe Calendar web application now includes the ability to set and edit alerts to remind you of upcoming events. Like the calendar alerts you can already set on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC (with Outlook), they will be displayed on...

While AT&T began offering all three iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models for sale in late October, availability was initially limited to the company's retail store locations. As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, however, AT&T has now expanded iPad availability to its online store, offering free shipping at the same prices charged by Apple for the 3G-capable models. The three 3G-capable models are priced at $629 (16...

Earlier this year, we reported on Verizon's plans to launch an App Store application that would allow customers of the company's FiOS television subscription service to view live TV on the iPad. While the feature would at least initially be limited to streaming over the customer's own home Wi-Fi network, it marked an interesting method of deploying portable television capabilities around the...

The interesting story of how Half Life 1 for Mac was nearly ready to ship but canceled at the last minute. (via MacStories)...

A pair of Apple's competitors in the smartphone market haven't forgotten that not all Mac users use the iPhone as their mobile phone, as both Research in Motion and Microsoft this week pushed out updates to their Mac OS X software that allows users of the companies' smartphones to sync to their Macs. Research in Motion on Wednesday announced the release of BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for ...

Apple yesterday released a number of software updates targeting users of its AirPort and Time Capsule wireless network products, RAW-capable cameras, and MobileMe for Windows. The AirPort and Time Capsule updates begin with AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.5.2 for the devices themselves, offering a number of bug fixes and other changes. Some of the fixes include the...

Users of Apple's MobileMe service should be aware that the service will be undergoing maintenance later today, with MobileMe account maintenance scheduled to take place from 10:00-11:00 PM Pacific time tonight, while maintenance on MobileMe syncing services is set for 10:00 PM until midnight. Due to scheduled maintenance, some MobileMe members may be unable to sync between their computers,...

Microsoft today released Office for Mac 2011 14.0.2 Update, bringing several stability improvements to the latest version of the company's flagship productivity suite. According to a support document, the update includes the following improvements: Improvements for all Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications - Reliability is improved when you open Office for Mac documents by using...

MacDailyNews reports that it has received information from a "source that we believe to be credible" regarding management training for the Verizon iPhone offered by the company last week. According to the report, the Verizon iPhone will launch immediately after Christmas and is in fact an LTE 4G device. - The new iPhone is an LTE device and that fact - the only "LTE iPhone," exclusive to Verizon...

Apple today released Aperture 3.1.1, bringing several improvements to the company's professional-level photo management and manipulation software. This update addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that: - address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser - improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries - address issues with...

Microsoft today released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.8 Update (332.8 MB), bringing fixes for Entourage crashing issues and security vulnerabilities. This update improves stability. In addition, it includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.Specifically, the following Entourage crashing issue is...