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Apple releases MacBook Air display fix

...of the first buyers of the redesigned MacBook Air. The MacBook Air firmware update aims to fix display problems. Screenshot: Josh Lowensohn/CNET News The... Read more

9 December, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Sony: Half-a-million Vaios at risk of overheating

...serial numbers are affected and to get instructions on installing the updated firmware. The update is also available using the Vaio Update button on the... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Ben Woods

Microsoft explains Windows 8 boot to quell Linux fears

...vendors. – Matthew Garrett Unlike Windows 7, Windows 8 uses the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) secure boot protocol. This allows manufacturers to set up a... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Open Kernel Labs bets big on mobile security

...according to Open Kernel Labs. SecureIT Mobile Enterprise is installed as a firmware update on top of Open Kernel Labs's own phone-specific hypervisor... Read more

15 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Debian GNU/Linux - Repositories and WiFi Firmware

...when I loaded Debian on my Samsung NF310 I found that the firmware for the Broadcom bcm80211 driver was not included. Not a big deal... Read more

11 May, 2011
Apple iMac Hard Drive <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> Update 1.0

Apple iMac Hard Drive Firmware Update 1.0

New firmware on the SuperDrive which addresses an incompatibility with 4x DVD-R and... Read more

26 April, 2011
Apple MacBook Pro SMC <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> 1.5

Apple MacBook Pro SMC Firmware 1.5

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11 November, 2011
VIPER: Verifying the Integrity of PERipherals' <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term>

VIPER: Verifying the Integrity of PERipherals' Firmware

Recent research demonstrates that malware can infect peripherals' firmware in a typical x86 computer system, e.g., by exploiting vulnerabilities in... Read more

21 October, 2011
DIRECTV <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> Monitor 1.0.3

DIRECTV Firmware Monitor 1.0.3

This application provides up-to-date firmware version information for 20 million DIRECTV customers. You can selectively choose whether... Read more

14 April, 2012
Apple iMac Graphics <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> 3.0

Apple iMac Graphics Firmware 3.0

This firmware update fixes a graphics issue that may cause an iMac to hang... Read more

24 August, 2011
<endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> Manager for AR.Drone 1.1

Firmware Manager for AR.Drone 1.1

Firmware Manager for upgrading and downgrading your AR.Drones firmware to any version... Read more

22 July, 2011
A Model-Driven Approach to Develop Adaptive <endeca_term>Firmwares</endeca_term>

A Model-Driven Approach to Develop Adaptive Firmwares

...contexts. In this paper, the authors present an approach to develop adaptive firmwares for devices which do not have the resources to rely on advanced... Read more

24 May, 2011
Firm <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> and Apps for the Internet of Things

Firm Firmware and Apps for the Internet of Things

...programming model. The authors propose to strip all application logic from the firmware and only provide a RESTful interface to the hardware functionality. Critical parts... Read more

22 May, 2011
Apple LED Cinema Display <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> 1.0

Apple LED Cinema Display Firmware 1.0

This Firmware Update addresses intermittent audio issues some users have experienced while using the... Read more

15 December, 2010
Apple <endeca_term>Firmware</endeca_term> Restoration CD 1.9

Apple Firmware Restoration CD 1.9

The Firmware Restoration CD can restore the firmware of an Intel-based Macintosh computer... Read more

28 October, 2010

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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