While we all know by now that Parallels Desktop was upgraded to version 6 today including a plethora of new features, the coolest trick of them all seems to be the fact that you can now access your Parallels desktop on...drum roll please....iOS4. Read More

Our friends over at Macrumors are reporting that they received word today from sources who have gotten their hands on a OS X Build 10.6.5. Supposedly, the new build offers:

• improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
• resolve a delay between print jobs
• address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an Airport Extreme
• resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
• address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
• add SSL support for uploading files to iDisk
• resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
• improve performance of MainStage on certain...
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So we saw it on the shelves the other day, but Parallels has officially announced their next version is being released today. The updated version includes over 80 new and enhanced features, as well as a better Transporter program, which allows you to transport your old PC to Parallels on your mac. Version 6 requires 10.5 and higher, so if you are a Tiger user you are out of luck (seriously who's still using 10.4 on an Intel based machine anyway???) Pricing is as follows:

• $79.99 - normal pricing
• $99.99 - Switch to Mac edition (including easy file migration, and...
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Both Parallels 6 and iLife '11 have showed up out in the wild. Parallels, the software that lets you run Windows on your Mac has been spotted at a local Fry's store.

iLife, the Apple suite including iTunes, iPhoto and iDVD has been spotted on Amazon.com So is it coming soon...who...

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After nearly 20 years of being anti-Mac, Autodesk is finally bringing back AutoCAD, the very popular 2D/3D design software, to the Mac. Autodesk ditched the Mac OS back in the early 90's (as did many other software manufacturers and users) Starting this October, you too can pay $4000 for AutoCAD on your Mac. So nany-nany poo poo to the PC users who say they only use PC because of AutoCAD. Autodesk is also reportedly working an a version of AutoCAD that will work on the iOS. Clearly you aren't going to be building the Sears...

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Well not exactly. The new Starcraft II Gameboard coming in September turns your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad into a control pad for the popular Blizzard game. You can easily issue orders and build new units from the app. It essences, it's just mapping hot keys to graphical buttons and sending those commands to a background app that's running on your....wait what? It's only for PC! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ok, so Blizzard took their time with Starcraft II, and even made an excellent OS X port of it, but now this? Ok listen up Gameboard creator -...

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Dear PPC users....yes you guys still on the G4s and G5s. It's time. I know the computers of now are expensive, and why give up your computer because it "keeps working". What's going to happen is one day it won't work, then what? It's bad enough the latest version of OS X doesn't support your computer, but now other companies are following suit. Firefox's latest browser (version 4 for those who are counting) will not have PPC support. Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's program manager, said the next version, which is beta now, doesn't work on...

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If you are running a new Mid 2010 MacBook Pro and have been noticing random freezing when you hook up an external display, fret no more. Apple released the MacBook EFI Firmware Update yesterday. The new firmware resolves an issue in the 15 and 17-inch models from mid 2010, where the computer might freeze during started up, or stall during day-to-day operations. Whatever....just download and install it - mmmmkay? Read More

Apple released the latest Security Update (2010-005) for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. The security patch fixes for vulnerabilities in PDF embedded font, and in ClamAV anti-virus for Mac OS X server among a plethora of others. Download the whopping 84MB file, do a reboot and you are sailing safe....until the next Security Update. ...

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It's Thursday people and that means two things. We are that much closer to Friday and it is Tech Tip Tool Thursday! Today's topic is about the new Safari Extensions. Safari Extensions are similar to Firefox Add-On's or Internet Explorer toolbars and work pretty much the same way. Read More