• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North coming to Mac
• Apple Recently Acquired Low-Energy Chipmaker Passif
• Cocktail 6.6 (OS X Mountain Lion Edition)
• US Apple store Refurbished Apple TV's $75 (sale may expire)
  (I wondered about a new model after they archived doc on current Apple TV Remotes last week. These price cuts may also signal a new model, or just clearing out overstock.)

• iCloud: Complimentary storage plans expire on September 30, 2013
• iTunes for Mac won't open automatically when connecting device
• iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases

• Nvidia Shield Review (anandtech)
• Nvidia Shield benchmarked and torn down
• USB speed upped to 10Gbps with new 3.1 standard
• Hulu, HBO, others express interest in app for Google Chromecast
• Vince Gilligan Reveals the Exact Moment Walter White "Broke Bad" Forever
• Review: (Powered) PSB Alpha PS1 Bookshelf Speakers ($299)
• This Guy is 3-D Printing a Classic Aston Martin... That Runs
• Report: 95% of Top Free Apps Leak Your Data

Wednesday July 31st, 2013 News Archive
• MacBook Air with DIY External Thunderbolt GPU Mod
• VLC Media Player v2.0.8 [reissue w/fix for broken binary]
• Apple (iOS 7) fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones
  (or use a USB cable with a charge-only switch to avoid fake charger hack)
• Ex-workers sue Apple, seek overtime for daily bag searches
• Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates:
  - OS X: About kernel panics
  - Mac computers: Progress bar appears after waking from sleep
  - Mac Basics: The Dock
  - Mac Basics: Applications, files, and folders
  - iOS: Understanding Restrictions (Parental Controls)
  
• Other News/Tech/Reviews/OT:
  - LenovoEMC px12-450r NAS Review
  - Review: $70 Netgear NeoTV Max Media Streamer with WiDi
  - Google Chromecast offers more questions than answers
  - Adapting Old-Style Phone Wires for Superfast Internet
  - Mobile firms moved fast to fix cellphone SIM card bug
  - What Amazon's Hiring Announcement Doesn't Mean
  - Blu-Ray Reviews of Trance & Banshee (First Season)

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