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Apple’s iOS Update Server Appears A Little… Broken

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11:20AM October 13, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Got the iOS 5 update blues? You’re not alone. Looks like Apple’s servers are taking an absolute whomping right now with folks trying to get iOS 5 onto tablets and smartphones. More »

Computing

Mac Pro Quietly Upgraded To 3.33GHz

3:40AM December 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

We talk, Apple listens. The Mac Pro has been quietly upgraded. Nothing incredibly amazing, but quite a good jump in processor speed: Now you can order them with 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors for a mere $US1200. More »

Software

Android 2.0.1 SDK Available, Coming To Droid Before End Of Year

1:19PM December 4, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

It’s a minor update, but the Android 2.0.1 SDK just came out, mostly consisting of little bug fixes (Bluetooth, resource allocation, that kind of thing). It should be released this year, with Verizon including a few welcome Droid-specific fixes. More »

Gadgets

Upgrade Your Current Flashlight To An LED Flashlight

1:00PM November 26, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Why throw your current flashlight away to upgrade to LED when you can keep all the good stuff and just upgrade the light itself? Milwaukee’s LED Module flashlight upgrade does just that. [ToolBarn via Core77] More »

Software

Microsoft Outlines The Rules For Windows 7 RC Upgrading

1:53AM July 15, 2009 | Sean Fallon

The bottom line is this: if you want to upgrade to Windows 7 from RC, you are going to deal with some crap. More »

Software

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

7:21AM May 28, 2008 | Jason Chen

Microsoft’s Windows chief Steven Sinofsky gave an interview to CNet News, throwing out some tidbits of knowledge on what’s to come in Windows 7. Of the few details Steven actually gave out, the most interesting one is that it won’t be using MinWin, a tiny Kernel that was supposed to replace the one in Vista. Instead, they’re going to use an “evolutionary improvement” to Vista’s, and have the exact same driver and software support as before. No XP -> Vista upgrade fiasco repeat.

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