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Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in early June, where it will unveil details about the future of iOS and OS X.

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Wave bye bye to Google Docs and say hello to Google Drive, as the much rumoured and leaked service has gone live, more or less at least. Google seems to be rolling out the service step by step and if you haven't gotten it yet do not fret as it should arrive shortly.

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With rumours of Apple discontinuing its Mac Pro and potentially even more of its desktop Mac products in the future, building a DYI Hackintosh might very well be the only way to get a high-performance desktop Mac in the not too distant future. Details have emerged in the Hackingtosh community that it's easier than ever to create your own Hackintosh these days with a bit of help from Gigabyte's new 7-series motherboards with 3D BIOS UEFI.

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In helping pave way for a smooth shift to its iCloud service, Apple has a new deal on offer for its long-staying MobileMe subscribers who haven't yet gotten with the times in upgrading to Snow Leopard. Apple is now providing a free Snow Leopard upgrade for all MobileMe users running an older OS, saving them US $29.

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Over half a million Apple Mac computers have been infected with a computer trojan that connects them to an extensive botnet largely based in North America.

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Despite there being over a month until Intel is expected to launch its Ivy Bridge processors, benchmarks are popping up left right and centre on the internet and now the first Hackintosh with an Ivy Bridge CPU has been spotted. The system in question is running a Core i7-3770K CPU at stock clock and is putting in some decent benchmark results.

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There is dual operating system setups available but you'll be hard pressed to find a setup that allows for the simultaneous operation and co-existing in a single platform. Parallel's Desktop 7 for Mac allows a co-existance of Apple's OS/X and Microsoft's Windows in the same box. So no longer do you need to worry about having the "right" operating system available. Why not just have both and better yet have them running at the same time. Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac empowers you to have the best of both worlds.

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This morning, Parallels announced their new Desktop 7 for Mac which claim to provide Mac OS X Lion user experience even on Windows platform which is running on Mac machines. The upgrade is available today for current Parallels Desktop users (you can purchase at Nubox booth at the COMEX Show 2011), while the retail package and downloadable version are going to be available next week.

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What processors do Apple's Mac computers run on? Which specific gesture activates a certain feature in OS X? If you know the answers to such questions, perhaps the time has come for you to walk the talk and show off your in-depth knowledge about Apple's line of consumer electronics devices in exchange for prizes. This is because Nubox has just announced the launch of its “The Ultimate Mac Challenge” quiz, which will be held from August 15 to September 24 this year. More details about the quiz inside.

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A Mac just works as soon as you flick the power switch right? Apparently, this does not apply if you happen to be a user of a 2010-model Macbook Pro which features an NVIDIA graphics card and have recently made the switch to OS X Lion on such a machine. This is because we have gotten word that users are reporting issues with blank screens and kernel panics on their new OS shortly after making the upgrade, with broken graphics drivers being said to be the main cause of such problems.

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Has your shiny Mac that was only recently upgraded to OS X Lion suffered from a hard disk failure, thus making it impossible for the machine to access the recovery partition in the hard disk for use in restoring Lion to its factory state? If so, we got some good news for you. Apparently, the Cupertino giant is all ready to issue USB sticks that have been preloaded with a rescue image for OS X Lion to such users at no cost, as long as they meet certain requirements set out by the company.

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Wouldn't it be nice if there was an app which allows your car to send alerts directly to your smartphone as soon as some up-to-no-good carjackers attempt to get a little too close to your precious automobile for comfort while you are busy working in an office cubicle some 100 meters away? Well, the good news is that something like that might soon exist, for word has it that Intel is currently in the midst of developing such an app that helps users know if their car is in trouble or not.

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Apple's notebooks are well known in the market for both their design and aesthetic appeal. However, it is also common knowledge that the Cupertino giant is never content with staying still and potentially letting the competition catch up, especially where the aforementioned aspects are concerned. And apparently, Apple is already taking steps to ensure that will never happen, especially if the rumours of the company having plans to release a new 15-inch ultra-thin notebook are of any indication.

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Does the idea of a hacker being able to gain access to your Macbook's battery and cause it to spontaneously combust at the flick of a button sound frightening? Well, the bad news is that such a hack actually does exist, and it is none other than security researcher Charlie Miller who discovered the existence of such a vulnerability which could potentially allow hackers to exploit and completely destroy a Macbook's battery on a hardware level by exploiting the aforementioned vulnerability.

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