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Update Your Life With LH’s List Of The Top Software Update Tools
5:30AM Jack Loftus | Automate your software update process with one of these specialised software tools, won’t you? The complete list is available for your consumption over at Lifehacker. Enjoy. [Lifehacker]
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Your Freezing, Clicking MacBook Pro Hard Drive Just Got Better
7:50AM Matt Buchanan | Have one of those 500GB 7200rpm hard drives in your MacBook Pro that’s pissing you off ’cause you bought for speed, but it’s like freezing and clicking and stuff? Apple’s just dropped the fix—well, they’ve released the firmware update for the drive, hopefully it’s the fix. [Apple via MacRumors]
Software
Upcoming Software Update Fixes The HTC Hero’s Only Real Problem
3:55AM John Herrman | Well, this changes things. Right after it came out, Matt called the HTC Hero “tragically flawed.” Why? Because the otherwise fantastic Sense UI was slooooow. HTC, presumably run by competent, rational human beings, has fixed this. More »
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10:48AM Nick Broughall | Reader Daniel loves his HTC Dream, but was a little unimpressed by the company’s reticence to actually upgrade the Android software to version 1.5 (Cupcake). So he asked Optus about it on Twitter and actually got a response: they’ll be rolling out the update in “late July”. More »
Optus Rolling Out Cupcake To HTC Dream Owners ‘Late July’
10:48AM Nick Broughall | Reader Daniel loves his HTC Dream, but was a little unimpressed by the company’s reticence to actually upgrade the Android software to version 1.5 (Cupcake). So he asked Optus about it on Twitter and actually got a response: they’ll be rolling out the update in “late July”. More »
Computers
Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life
12:40AM John Herrman | Some folks on the MSI Wind forums are reporting a huge increase in battery life for hacktintosh netbooks after upgrading to 10.5.7. Why would Apple care about power management on Atom-based hardware? Dunno! More »
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Apple’s Time Capsule, Airport Extreme Update Adds Drive Sharing For Older Units
9:24AM Jason Chen | The latest 7.4.1 update for Time Capsule and Airport Extreme adds Back to My Mac drive sharing, which lets you grab files off of attached USB drives over the internet. More »
Software
BlackBerry Storm 4.7.0.86 Update Leaked
2:25AM Sean Fallon | The latest Storm OS has arrived through unofficial channels and is now available for anyone who simply can’t wait to upgrade their software. More »
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T-Mobile G1 Getting Android’s Cupcake OS Update
11:44AM Jason Chen | HTC’s confirmed to Engadget that the “cupcake” OS Update will be available to the T-Mobile G1 some time in the future. No specification on when the over-the-air update will hit, though. [Engadget] More »
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OS X Update 10.5.6 Available Now
3:37AM John Mahoney | The latest OS X update just popped. See the complete list of improvements and fixes after the jump and at Apple. More »
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