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WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-family housing, has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0605 per share on the Company's Common Stock payable on October 1, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 17, 2012. About Mac-Gray Corporation Founded in 1927, Mac-Gray derives its revenue principally through the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online 9to5Mac.com is at it again, leading the charge in this year’s iPhone rumor cycle. Already, the site has given us an advanced look at many of the suspected new parts and components of Apple’s next smartphone, including screens, cases, and dock connectors. This morning, they’re showing off even more iPhoney parts from Nowhereelse.fr and a video from Sinocent which seem to further confirm that, yes, the next iPhone will have a...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Many people rely on running virtual machines every day as a part of their workflow. Whether they need to use a Windows application or simply have compatibility concerns, these virtual machine apps allow users to run both Mac OS X and Windows on an Apple machine. For many years, the two most popular options for running these virtual machines on a Mac were (and still are) VMWare and Parallels Desktop. Now, Parallels has just...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Apple’s early computers are a piece of computing history. The very first Apple I computers were each hardwired by Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs’ parent’s garage, and the pair only built 200 of these boards. These units were also famous for their minimalist nature, as any customer only received a computer board for their $666.66 purchase. It was up to the user to build a case and supply a TV screen to act as the monitor for these...

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WD(®), a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced that it has added the USB 3.0 interface to its line of My Passport(®) for Mac portable hard drives and increased capacity for Mac computer users up to an unmatched 2 TB. Popular among students and other Mac users who take their digital content everywhere, the My Passport for Mac with USB 3.0 allows users to quickly and conveniently take advantage of the...

BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 4Videosoft, an innovative software provider of DVD/video converter, iPad/ iPhone/ iPod transfer software, PDF software and system utilities for both Windows and Mac users, announces the release of 4Videosoft Mac DVD Ripper Platinum. This Mac DVD ripping software provides a professional solution for those looking to rip DVD to general 2D video and 3D video on Mac. 4Videosoft Mac DVD Ripper Platinum is an advanced and intelligent DVD ripper...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Preparing to enter the second year of his reign as the chief executive of Apple , Tim Cook found himself in charge of the most valuable company in history -- despite a fourth-quarter that fell short of analyst's expectations, according to various media reports published Friday. According to Patrick May of MercuryNews.com, after Cook's first year on the job as the successor of the late Steve Jobs, the Cupertino, California-based...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online We've already received several “confirmations” of rumored new features in the next iPhone. For instance, it’s now taken as fact that the next Apple smartphone will boast a close-to-4-inch display (3.999, to be exact) and introduce a brand new, 9 pin (or 18 pins, if you count both sides) dock connector. That leaves a few other rumors left to be confirmed either by Apple on stage or Apple through controlled press leaks, you...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online For all the reasons people attribute to Apple’s success — killer, cutting edge products, slick marketing, great customer service — there is one very large, very broad reason for Apple’s success: Their retail stores. Of course, many thought Steve Jobs and his team were daft when they announced they wanted to open the retail stores in May 2001. Jobs, after all, wanted to make extra certain that an Apple employee had control...

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Synaptics recently showed off its ForcePad, the next-generation trackpad for use in laptops, notebooks and even as a peripheral for the desktop computer. The new hardware should be out some time next year, but don't expect to see it on the Mac any time soon. This technology caters to Windows for the time being. The ForcePad looks like a trackpad on a notebook, but it can take commands based on the force you apply with your fingers. It...