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iPod touch owners report graphics issues under iOS 4.3

by Chris Ward (Mar 16th, 2011)

Reports are coming in of iPod touch users having graphics glitches after updating to iOS 4.3. As you can see in the picture here and in this video, the problem looks like overlapping icons and "interference" on the screen. There's a growing thread on the Apple message boards of ...

iMac benchmarks and review say it's a beast

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2009)

People have had their chances to put their grubby hands on those "incredible" iMacs that got released a few weeks ago, and the results are in. And they're great, apparently. First up, MacRumors has a collection of a few sets of benchmarks on the new machines, and the Core i7 processor (a $200 ...

Open XML compatiblity issues spring up in Service Pack 2 update for Office 2008

by Sang Tang (Jul 31st, 2009)

A few weeks back, Microsoft released its Service Pack 2 update for Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac. While adding a host of features and refinements (such as Custom Path Animation in PowerPoint and increased speed and load times in Word and Excel), the service pack apparently packed too much of a ...

CubeCheater solves that Rubik's Cube for you

by Mike Schramm (Jan 29th, 2009)

As we know from the iPhone television commercials, if there's something you need to do, there's an app for that. And so apparently, if the thing you want to do is solve a Rubik's Cube, then yes, there is an app for that. CubeCheater will help you quickly solve a Rubik's Cube -- all you do is punch ...

Backup not all it's cracked up to be?

by David Chartier (Oct 24th, 2006)

I don't rely on .Mac's Backup, but I tinker with it from time to time. It's never seemed to be the killer app to fit all my needs, but others in the Mac web who are more passionate and knowledgeable about backup software seem to be quite upset with it. In particular, Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch, ...

High pitched squeal defect on some MacBook Pros

by Fabienne Serriere (Mar 13th, 2006)

While I certainly can't vouch for this problem myself as I don't own a MacBook Pro, there seem to be quite a few owners of the new laptop with complaints over a high pitched noise emanating from their machines. Our own Dan Pourhadi had a whine on his new MacBook Pro, even though it may not be the ...