It's pretty much accepted now that we'll be treated to a MacBook Pro refresh in the next week or two, but unusually there hasn't been the level of leaks we tend to see before a major line-refresh. BGR however does have some interesting tidbits to share, with one in particular surprising all of us.
According to MacRumors, Apple is all set to launch MacBook Pro refresh on Thursday, February 24th. Apple’s MacBook Pro line is due for an upgrade this year and it would only be wise for Apple to ship these with Intel Sandy Bridge processors as they are now the flagship chipsets of Intel.
The very-recently launched Mac App Store has been cracked open for piracy already, reports Gizmodo. The cracked App Store though, dubbed kickback, wont be available before February 2011, according to the Hackulous member Dissident.
Apple today has opened the Mac App Store for business, with over a thousand apps for launch. Mac App Store requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 software update for Snow Leopard which can be downloaded from here.
After releasing a jailbreak app which enables AirPlay functionality via third-party apps, and then AirPlayer which allows you to AirPlay videos on your Mac from your iPhone as if it was an Apple TV, Erica Sadun has now released AirFlick which basically allows you to stream just about anything on the Apple TV from your computer running Mac OS X.
The developers behind the popular Air Hockey for iPhone game are working to bring the same title and experience to Mac OS X. Air Hockey on the Mac will be available on the Mac App Store at launch and is almost identical to the iOS version.
So you thought iPad 2 was the only real deal for the first half of 2011? Think again as new rumors are just in for more Apple devices getting a revision next year.
After releasing a jailbreak app which enables AirPlay functionality via third-party apps, Erica Sadun has now released AirPlayer for Mac OS X which mimics as Apple TV (2nd-gen) to playback videos from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to your Mac. Perfect for those of you who use 27-inch iMac or Cinema Display as your TV.
Apple Black Friday 2010 Deals: $101 Off iMac, MacBook Air & Pro, $41 off iPad, $21 Off iPod touch 4G
Black Friday has already started in some parts of the world which marks the beginning of the 2010 holiday shopping season. To celebrate this special day, Apple has launched its only sale of the year on almost all the popular product items.
It was only a few days back when the Kinect hardware for the Xbox 360 got hacked to run on a Windows 7 PC. The fun doesn’t stop there, thanks to the recently released open source drivers for Kinect, it has now been hacked to run on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X ! Check out the video after the break.
