An All New Counter-Strike Came Is Coming To Macs In 2012

There’s not much else to know right now, but Valve Software — the AAA game design house behind Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 and Steam for Mac — have just announced an entirely new game in the Counter-Strike series, which will debut on the Mac in early 2012.

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The MacBook Air Could Have Had An ARM Processor After Apple Threatened Intel Over Power-Hungry Chips

One Intel director revealed in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal that Apple threatened to drop the chip maker over its hungry processors if it couldn’t “drastically slash” the amount of power they demanded.

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How to Get Google+ Running in Your Mac’s Menubar

Have you fallen in love with Google+? Do you find yourself checking the social network frequently throughout your day?

There’s a free app in the Mac App Store that let’s you run Google+ from your Mac’s menubar, and it’s called Tab for Google+. With this app, you can easily check and interact with Google+ while doing just about anything on your Mac.

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Here Are Some Awesome Mac Setups. Now Show Us Yours [Gallery]

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Nothing says “geek” like a desk that’s loaded with Apple gear. Some prefer the cockpit-style setup with multiple monitors and tons of peripherals, while others prefer simple, minimal setups.

A desk that’s home to some cool tech can be a very grand thing to behold. And we want you to show us your Apple setups!

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As London Burns, Apple Stores Given “Special Protection” By UK Police

After a hard day’s work, I like to sit in front of the TV and stick my feet up my a hot cup of tea and a copy of the day’s paper. Other Brits feel the need for something a little more exciting, such as looting electrical stores for anything they can sell on the black market and torching whatever’s left.

Thankfully, Apple’s iconic glass-fronted retail stores should come to no harm, as some reports suggest Apple is granted “special treatment” from the U.K. police force.

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Apple Will Now Buy Back Your Old iOS Devices and Macs

Apple has extended its electronics recycling program to introduce a new “reuse” option that provides users with the option of selling their old iOS devices and Macs back to the Cupertino company in return for an Apple gift card.

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Boxee App Released for iPad, Boxee Box Updated With Lion Compatibility and AirPlay

Boxee has launched its official, free iPad app, allowing users to watch streaming content on the tablet device and transfer playback from the iPad to the Boxee Box.

Additionally, the new Boxee Media Manager allows you to stream video to the iPad from a Mac or PC. Alongside the new apps, Boxee has brought AirPlay support and Lion compatibility to its set-top box.

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The iPhone’s Success Could Put Apple Profits at Risk… But Apple’s Stock Is Still Worth Up To $540 A Share

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The downside of the iPhone’s gargantuan success as a money maker for Apple is that it can also have an “outsized impact” on Apple profits. The iPhone contributes 49.2 percent of Apple stock value, one analyst warns. Wall Street also said the iPad has replaced the iPod as the tech giant’s halo product, buoying sales of other Apple products. Even so, at least one analyst thinks that Apple could go as high as $540 a share.

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Apple Releases Xcode 4.1.1 With Fix for Installation Alert Issue

Following the release of OS X Lion last month, some early adopters ran into issues when attempting to install Xcode 4.1 that meant installing the software was rather difficult. Apple has now addressed this in the Xcode 4.1.1 update.

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Apple Will Murder OS X And Replace It With iOS On All Macs Starting in 2012 [Report]

Now that Lion on your Mac looks just like iOS on your mobile device, Apple is now considering dropping its desktop and laptop software in favor of a single OS platform based on apps and the cloud. The idea has so many advantages, an OS merger is likely to begin next year.

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