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- Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros
- Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook ProsWill Apple be contacting everyone to inform them of this patch?I'm just wondering how the average Joe is supposed to know about this patch? Heck, even the technically proficient would be hard pressed to tie sluggish system performance to buggy Apple firmware...
- Tags: Patches, Apple Mac OS, storage, Apple Inc., firmware, firmware update, patch, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros (maybe)
- Apple this week released an EFI Firmware update for the just-shipped MacBook Pro models that enable 3Gbps transfer rates with some third-party hard disks. by David Morgenstern
- Tags: Firmware Update, Storage, Apple MacBook, Firmware, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Panasonic releases firmware updates on batteries
- Panasonic releases firmware updates on batteriesI can't read minds, alas.I can't quite figure out how I might know their intentions but I can understand why they're worried. In the past few years, their have been several scares about exploding batteries or phones. Some firms have spent a lot...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, Panasonic, Panasonic releases firmware update, firmware update
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Panasonic releases firmware updates on batteries
- A digital camera is nothing without a sturdy battery. Thus, Panasonic has released firmware updates on its batteries to prevent possible injuries resulting from overheating and short-circuiting. Firmware updates are being released for battery pack models DMW-BCF10, DMW-BCG10 and DMW-BLB13. Moreover, Panasonic is also issuing the updates to encourage consumers...
- Tags: Panasonic, Firmware Update, Battery, Firmware, Engineering, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Apple addresses MBP17 vertical lines with firmware update
- Apple addresses MBP17 vertical lines with firmware updateMacs: They just work. Eventually.{NT}RE: Apple addresses MBP17 vertical lines with firmware updateIf I remember right various manufacturers [Dell] had a similar problem with the same GPU last year. So why did Apple decide to use it?In the Apple forums for 3+...
- Tags: MBP17, Apple Inc., vertical line, firmware update, firmware
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Apple addresses MBP17 vertical lines with firmware update
- Apple today posted MacBook Pro Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 (770kb) which addresses the appearance of vertical lines or distorted graphics on the notebook display. According to the about page there are two parts to this process: Installing the firmware update application onto your...
- Tags: Firmware Update, Apple Inc., Firmware, Graphics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Android chips away at iPhone with G1 firmware update
- T-Mobile G1 users are receiving notices that a new firmware update (version R33) is available to be pushed to their devices over-the-air. This is in contrast to Apple's approach which requires firmware updates be applied while physically cabled to a computer. As a point of reference, most...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, T-Mobile G1, Firmware Update, Firmware, Chip, T-Mobile G1 User, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- EMC CLARiiON Best Practices for Performance and Availability: Release 28.5 Firmware Update - Applied Best Practices
- This paper presents best practices for achieving high performance and availability with EMC R CLARiiON CX4 series storage systems. It outlines factors affecting the performance and availability of CLARiiON CX4 series block-level storage. The components in the system that affect performance and availability are addressed in succession - from the...
- Tags: Availability, Performance, Firmware Update, EMC Clariion, Best Practice, Firmware, EMC Corp., Storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Seagate offers drive firmware fix for Macs
- Discovered in the late fall, a firmware problem in Seagate's Barracuda 7200.11 platform can result in your drive "becoming inaccessible after a power-off/on operation," or in other words, becoming an expensive brick. The company offered a fix but it required a Windows machine. Now, there's a process for Mac users....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Firmware Update, Firmware, Seagate Technology LLC, Seagate Knowledge Base Document, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Firmware updates released for all new MacBooks
- Firmware updates released for all new MacBooksWell.....Sounds like those reports about power/sleep issues on the Mac where not lies and mistruths. People were trying to make all kinds of excuses, saying it was just a bad batch or whatever. I will say though that firmware updates on my...
- Tags: Patches, firmware update, firmware, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- Firmware updates released for all new MacBooks
- Apple tonight released a rash of SMC and EFI firmware updates for all the new "unibody" notebooks: including the (Late 2008) MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs. The updates are only for the new Late 2008 MacBooks though â€" not for all MacBooks. If you need the updates, they will...
- Tags: Firmware Update, Apple MacBook, Firmware, System Management Controller, TUAW, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Verizon officially rolls out BlackBerry Storm firmware update
- Verizon officially rolls out BlackBerry Storm firmware updateiPhone 1.0 was buggy tooHow quickly we all forget... :
- Tags: BlackBerry Storm firmware update, BlackBerry Storm, firmware update, RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-05
- Verizon officially rolls out BlackBerry Storm firmware update
- CNET's Bonnie Cha has the scoop that Verizon Wireless has begun rolling out a firmware update for the BlackBerry Storm. The software upgrade is available via its Desktop Software Manager and Web-based software first, while the over-the-air update will be pushed out at 9:30 p.m. PST today...
- Tags: Firmware Update, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Software Upgrade, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Sony releases PlayStation 3 firmware update v2.41
- Following problems with v2.40 firmware update which Sony had released last week and had to pull after being available for an hour, Sony has today released v2.41. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Firmware Update, Sony Playstation, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Nokia rolls out over-the-air firmware updates with the N78 release
- As regular readers know, I spend more time on my mobile phones than I do on a PC or notebook computer so being able to use my devices without connecting them to a computer is important to me. In the past, I have always had to make sure I had...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Firmware Update, Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Nokia N95-3 (North American model) firmware update version 20.2.011 is now available
- Nokia N95-3 North American model firmware update version 20.2.011 is now availableGood Lord. Get help! kiddingYou are as bad as I am when it comes to the N95.Bet you haven't done this:Set up Asterisk and your N95 as a remote SIP phone extension.OK, so you have T-Mobile@Home. ;)
- Tags: Nokia N95-3, N95, firmware update, firmware, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Nokia N95-3 (North American model) firmware update version 20.2.011 is now available
- I know that Ricky Cadden from the Symbian-Guru.com site has been waiting very anxiously for the Nokia N95-3 North American version to be upgraded to version 20.2.xxx and Nokia stated that the update would be coming in June. According to users on Howard Forums Nokia was able to release...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Firmware Update, Firmware, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Software Update may balk at recent firmware updates
- Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesDavid, you've got your chocolate in your peanut butter...Or rather your text in your graphics or your graphics in your text.RE: Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesYeah, mine balked, too. But after downloading the update and running it, it told...
- Tags: recent firmware update, Software Update, firmware, firmware update, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Software Update may balk at recent firmware updates
- According to an Apple technical note posted on Wednesday, the automatic Software Update software that pushes updates to the masses may not display the EFI and SMC firmware updates released earlier this week. Users should check their version numbers and download the software manually, the document...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Firmware Update, Firmware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- MacBook EFI Firmware Updates released
- MacBook EFI Firmware Updates releasedThis had better work!I've been dealing with Airport issues since installing Leopard. I hope they got it right this time.Thanks for the blog Jason, as this is the first place that I've heard about the update!
- Tags: Notebooks, MacBook EFI Firmware Updates, firmware update, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
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