Month: October 2013

Adobe has worked with Apple to sandbox Flash Player under Safari in Mac OS X, restricting the ability of attackers to exploit any vulnerabilities they might find in the browser plug-in. “With this week’s release of Safari in OS X Mavericks, Flash Player will now be protected by an OS X […] Read the original…

Amazon offers the Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera with the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens, model no. 5169B003, AmazonBasics Large Gadget Bag, Transcend 16GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card, and Dolica 67″ Lightweight Monopod, for $456.75 with free shipping. (You’ll need to add all the […] Read the original post…

Sure, Safari is its own app, but new OS X versions tend to bring new versions of Safari, and Mavericks is no exception. Safari 7 offers a new sidebar, plug-in management, a redesigned Top Sites page, performance improvements, and a new feature designed to remember your passwords without compromising security. Sidebar […] Read the original…

As one of its daily deals, newegg offers the Tek Republic 12-in-1 USB 3.0 Card Reader, model no. TUC-300, for $11.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $13. It features up to 5Gbps transfer speeds for 12 formats, including SD, SDHC, microSD, microSDHC, Mini […] Read the original post…

The last time Apple released an OS X update for free, it was playing defense. OS X 10.0 was slow and buggy and adoption was slow; version 10.1, rolled out in September 2001, was an apology release for the pioneers on Apple’s then-new Mac operating system. Twelve years later, Apple’s playing […] Read the original…

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg offers the RAVPower Dynamo-On-the-Go 10,000mAh External Battery Pack, model no. RP-PB04, for $37.99. Coupon code “EMCWXVV32″ drops it to $28.99. With free shipping, that’s $6 under our July mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen. (It’s also $9 less than the best we […] Read the original post…

Samsung’s F5500 LED HDTVs deliver a picture with excellent colors and strong contrast along with plenty of online features, all for a very reasonable price. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Samsung’s F5500 LED HDTVs deliver a picture with excellent colors and strong contrast along with plenty of online features, all for a very reasonable price. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The VTech Video Doorbell is a cordless phone system that doubles as a front door video surveillance system. It’s a cool concept that’s fairly easy to install but its usefulness is limited by its low-res camera and lack of pan or tilt controls. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Goophone, a Chinese phone company, is well-known for making iPhone clones, complete with identical software interfaces, and the company doesn’t disappoint with the Goophone i5S. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

Going in to yesterday’s Apple Mac and iPad event, the expectation was that we would get new iPads. The good money was also that these new iPads would get new processors. The previous two generations of iPads had followed the introduction of new iPhones and had incorporated an upgraded version […] Read the original post…

XtremeMaca , a leading designer and manufacturer of audio solutions and accessories for AppleA products, today launched new cases designed specifically for the recently released iPadA Air and iPadA mini with Retina display devices. Read the original post by Sys-Con Media

If OS X 10.7 Lion brought a major overhaul to Apple’s Mail email client, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion was more of a minor Mail tune-up, then Mavericks (OS X 10.9) gives Mail—now at version 7.0—little more than an email oil change. Still, the changes in Mavericks offer ways […] Read the original post…