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In a move that surprised many, Apple has seeded developers with a
preview of Mac OS X 10.8, dubbed "Mountain Lion," and said it would
offer the upgrade to customers this summer.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:51 pm
Apple may have surprised the Mac community with its announcement of
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on Thursday, but you’ll have to wait until
this summer to upgrade. Until then, you can emulate one of Mountain
Lion’s upcoming new features thanks to an application called
AirParrot.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:48 pm
Among the least-popular changes in Lion (OS X 10.7) were those
performed on iCal and Address Book. From their unnecessarily
skeuomorphic interfaces to their omission of features available in
Snow Leopard, these two apps have, in many a user's mind, earned
the criticism they've received.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:43 pm
With smartphones and tablets quickly gaining widespread adoption,
even IBM is calling this a “post-PC era”. It’s a world of
portability, apps, and touch-enabled devices. This is clear not
only in the dominance of mobile devices and laptops on the hardware
side, but in the way that Apple and Microsoft are merging their
mobile and desktop operating systems.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:39 pm
Messages retains all of iChat's old functionality, but it adds in
several new abilities: an option to exchange iMessages, a direct
hook into FaceTime, and an updated chatting interface.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:39 pm
Apple announced OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion this week, and something
was immediately noticeable: it looks just like the latest version
of iOS. From the notification system to iChat, it's clear that
mobile is taking the lead in Apple's headquarters.

Date Published: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:35 pm