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How did the new MacBook Pros get Gold-level green ratings?

They may not stick. A recycling coalition says the notebooks flunk two key tests FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) may have thought it put the EPEAT kerfuffle behind it with the release of Bob Mansfield’s mea culpa letter Friday. (See Stop … Continue reading

Launch of New Network Funding Website Simplifies the Loan Process

  Network Funding (AppleNews247.Com, July 14, 2012 ) Annapolis, Maryland— Now is one of the best times in recent history to think about purchasing a home, with interest rates lower than they’ve been in many years, and Network Funding has … Continue reading

Report: Steve Jobs’ widow has bought a house in Sun Valley

Meanwhile, the Jobs’ family home in Palo Alto is undergoing major renovations FORTUNE — Laurene Powell Jobs has been busy. According to Thurday’s New York Post, the richest woman in Silicon Valley (estimate wealth: $9 billion) purchased a house within … Continue reading

Mac set to outgrow the Windows market for 25th quarter in a row

PC sales have stalled, but most analysts believe Mac unit sales grew 12% to 14% last quarter FORTUNE — According to Gartner and IDC, the worldwide personal computer market — including both Microsoft (MSFT) Windows PCs and Apple (AAPL) Macs … Continue reading

Stop the presses! Apple admits it made a mistake.

Retiring hardware chief signs the mea culpa. Puts 39 products back on EPEAT green registry FORTUNE — “We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating … Continue reading

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SVP Bob Mansfield Says Apple Products Back On EPEAT Certification: ‘This Was A Mistake’

Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield just published a letter on the company’s website announcing that Apple has reversed its decision to remove EPEAT environmental certification from its products. “We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who … Continue reading

Apple Configurator: Backing up and restoring data

You can use Time Machine or any other backup strategy to back up and restore Apple Configurator data including device configurations, users, apps, documents, iOS versions, and VPP redemption codes.

Charlie Wolf has second thoughts about Apple’s iPad

He’s raising his estimate for the June quarter from 13.5 million units to a Street-high 20 million FORTUNE — In an note to clients Thursday that was unusually long and detailed for a simple revised estimate, Needham’s Charlie Wolf rattled off a long … Continue reading

Apple is a winner — for now — in the Aereo online TV ruling

A court’s decision not to block live local streaming to iPads could affect Apple TV negotiations FORTUNE — The victory Aereo won in a New York federal court Wednesday is only temporary, but it threatens to undermine the delicate contractual … Continue reading

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012): Cursor issue when playing full-screen games on Windows 7 via Boot Camp

When using Windows 7 with Boot Camp on your MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), mouse or trackpad clicks may not seem to respond correctly when you play full-screen games.