Notable software releases this week include Safari 8.0.4, 7.1.4, and 6.2.4, Skype 7.6, Voila 3.8.3, Security Update 2015-003 (Yosemite), Typinator 6.5, Audio Hijack 3.0.3, and Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.

 

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In our latest roundup of links, Tim Cook opens up about Steve Jobs and the Apple Watch, modern Photoshop experts try to use Photoshop 1.0, and Managing Editor Josh Centers makes an appearance on the Subjective podcast.

 

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In our latest roundup of links, Tim Cook opens up about Steve Jobs and the Apple Watch, modern Photoshop experts try to use Photoshop 1.0, and Managing Editor Josh Centers makes an appearance on the Subjective podcast.

 

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Notable software releases this week include Safari 8.0.4, 7.1.4, and 6.2.4, Skype 7.6, Voila 3.8.3, Security Update 2015-003 (Yosemite), Typinator 6.5, Audio Hijack 3.0.3, and Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.

 

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USA:s justitieminister Eric Holder sitter kvar ännu ett halvår efter att han meddelade att han går i pension. Senaten lyckas inte rösta igenom hans efterträdare, Loretta Lynch – trots att hon ser ut att få tillräckligt stöd.

USA:s justitieminister Eric Holder sitter kvar ännu ett halvår efter att han meddelade att han går i pension. Senaten lyckas inte rösta igenom hans efterträdare, Loretta Lynch – trots att hon ser ut att få tillräckligt stöd.

Israels premiärminister Benjamin Netanyahu ber israeliska araber om ursäkt för ett uttalande som kritiserats för att vara rasistiskt vid valet i förra veckan.

Israels premiärminister Benjamin Netanyahu ber israeliska araber om ursäkt för ett uttalande som kritiserats för att vara rasistiskt vid valet i förra veckan.

Lucas123 writes Benchmark tests performed on the 2015 MacBook Pro revealed it does have twice the read/write performance as the mid-2014 model. Tests performed with the Blackmagic benchmark tool revealed read/write speeds of more than 1,300MBps/1,400MBps, respectively. So what's changed? The new MacBook Pro does have a faster Intel dual-core i7 2.9GHz processor and 1866MHz LPDDR3) RAM, but the real performance gain is in the latest PCIe M.2 flash module. The 2014 model used a PCIe 2.0 x2 card and the 2015 model uses a PCIe 3.0 x4 (four I/O lanes) card. Twice the lanes, twice the speed. While Apple uses a proprietary flash card made by Samsung, Intel, Micron and SanDisk are all working on similar technology, so it's likely to soon wind up in high-end PCs.

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David Shukman looks at work being done at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, as the government pushes for more investment and co-operation in the field.