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Apple Releases MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Firmware Updates
BLIPPEX - "The First Interesting Search Engine Since Google"
Simplenote: Simple, Free Way To Keep Notes Cross-Platform
500 Million PCs Still Running Windows XP With Just Six Months Of Support Left
Apple Releases MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Firmware Updates
MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update v1.2
MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update v1.2 is recommended for 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (late 2012) models, and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (mid 2012) models.
This update addresses rare issues where the battery unexpectedly stops functioning or the system hangs when the battery charge reaches less than one percent.
File Size:
712 KB
System Requirements
OS X 10.7.5 or later
OS X 10.8.2 or later
For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1559
MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9
MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012 and mid 2013) models.
This update addresses rare issues where the battery unexpectedly stops functioning, the system does not recognize the battery, or the system hangs when the battery charge reaches less than one percent.
File Size:
1.09 MB
System Requirements
OS X 10.6.8
OS X 10.7.5
OS X 10.8.2 or later
For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1627
MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7
MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7 addresses a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1000 charge cycles may unexpectedly shut down or stop functioning.
File Size:
1 MB
System Requirements
OS X 10.6.8
OS X 10.7.5
OS X 10.8.2
MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Mid 2010)
For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1633
BLIPPEX - "The First Interesting Search Engine Since Google"
Quartz's Christopher Mims notes thet Microsoft has spent enormous resources trying to convince people that Bings search results are just as good as Googles, and has has won some market share, but not at Googles expense.
However, the new BLIPPEX search engine (https://www.blippex.org/) by Berlin-based Austrians Max Kossatz. and Gerald Baeck, two Austrians living in Berlin, takes an innovative approach: Blippex is being built by its own users.
For the full report visit here:
http://goo.gl/flHz1G
For more information, visit:
https://www.blippex.org/
The BLIPPEX Blog is here:
http://blippex.github.io/
Simplenote: Simple, Free Way To Keep Notes Cross-Platform
Simplenote by Codality is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas and more. Your notes stay in sync with all your devices for free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Kindle, and the web.
The Simplenote experience is all about speed and efficiency. Open it, write some thoughts, and you're done. As your collection of notes grows, you can search them instantly and keep them organized with tags and pins. You can also share notes and publish them for other people.
What Makes Simplenote Great?
• Use it everywhere
• Your notes stay updated across all your devices. No buttons to press. It just works.
Stay Organized
• Find notes quickly with instant searching and simple tags.
Work together
• Share a list, post some instructions, or publish your thoughts.
• Go back in time
• Your notes are backed up when you change them. Just drag the version slider to go back in time.
Instantly Search
Type what you’re looking for, and your list updates instantly. You’ll never misplace an important thought again.
It’s free
Backups, syncing, sharing - it’s all completely free.
The best way to learn about Simplenote is to try it. You'll be asked to create an account. This allows your notes to be backed up online and synchronized automatically.
After you sign up, try creating some notes. Then go to http://simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices.
New in Version 4.0.1
- Adjusted type sizes to make text easier to see.
- Fixed a cursor selection issue. It should now be far easier to place the cursor where you want.
- Fixed an issue where entering text from certain system keyboards could cause the text to scroll out of view.
- The tag entry field is no longer missing when creating a new note from the note editor.
- Various other bug fixes, including fixes related to syncing.
For more information, visit:
http://simplenote.com
iOS
https://itunes.apple.com/app/simplenote/id289429962
Mac
http://goo.gl/fRt5JV
500 Million PCs Still Running Windows XP With Just Six Months Of Support Left
The Register's Gavin Clarke notes that six months from now, on 8 April 2014, Microsoft will stop pushing out security updates for Windows XP and that's going to be a big deal, beaing as at the time of writing, a whopping one-third of the worlds millions of PCs were still running Microsofts 13-year-old client operating system.
To put that in a Mac context, the OS that Apple was shipping 13 years ago in 2000 was Mac OS 9, and OS X was still in beta.
Clarke cites Gartner metrics that the global installed base of PCs at the end of 2013 will be 1.63 billion units and Windows XP is currently installed on at least 500 million computers and almost certainly used by over a billion users, and that reportedly least 10 major UK and US organisations with more than 5,000 seats that are currently mid-migration will miss next Aprils deadline.
Clarke notes that the reason such large numbers of users are still clinging to XP vaty, but quite a few are simply living in denial, with a stunning one in seven claiming to have no idea of the approaching end-of-support date. Some plan to replace XP with something new such as Windows 7 only when they buy new computers, and others are simply flummoxed by the scale and complexity of a move to a more modern OS. He observes that those who've clung to Windows XP have made larger problems for themselves, since now moving is no longer just a simple software upgrade - the gap in hardware needed for Windows 7 or Windows 8 being so broad that it requires a massive spend on new PCs, and an even bigger problem will be obsolete applications.
For the full report visit here:
http://goo.gl/n4G3K9
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