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Steam for Mac

You can now download Steam for Mac. You can download it from Steam’s site. Launch games include: Portal and Torchlight. More will come soon. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook.

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Apple launches official Saudi Arabia site

Apple launched the official Saudi Arabia site at apple.com/sa, Apple also released a “Where to Buy in Saudi Arabia” page apple.com/sa/buy which includes links to Mobily and Arab Business Machine (ABM). When the iPhone 3G was launched in Saudi Arabia last year the only Saudi page on Apple’s site was the iPhone page apple.com/sa/iphone. The UAE where to buy page ...

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A bundle of 6 Mac Apps for $9.99

Bundleecious #1 is a $9.99 bundle of 6 Mac OS X apps that cost $88. The bundle includes the following Applications: • Ecoute ($10) – music player. • Overflow ($14.95) – improves the Dock. • DaisyDisk ($15.90) – view your disk space. • Sofa Control ($15.00) – control your Mac using the Apple Remote. • Img2IcnsPro ($12.00) – to create ...

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iPad Available in Nine More Countries on May 28

Apple has announced last Friday the release date for the iPad for the rest of the world. Initially it will be 9 countries on May 28th and 9 more countries (non-Middle East) for July. From the Apple press release: CUPERTINO, California—May 7, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and ...

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STC selling the iPad, or are they?

SALE is a “closed Joint Stock Company founded to lead distribution services for Saudi Telecom Company (STC). Aiming to refine distribution of Al Jawal Services (Recharge, Electronic Recharge and SIM Cards) and gain from economies of scale, the consortium of Interkey, Zajoul, ATC (Salam), Vodatel, i2, Horizon Orbit, Nasco, Al Shaikh and Network Lines officially came to exist as a ...

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Posts of April 2010

April 2010 is the month of the Apple iPad. I have been using mine for 4 weeks now and am very happy with it. Let’s start with iPad only links first, shall we? iPad posts iPad review from USA Today Andy Ihnatko from Chicago Sun Times reviews the iPad iPad review by Walt Mossberg from The Wall Street Journal iPad ...

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A guide for iPad cases

iPad Case Finder is useful reference for iPad owners shopping for a case or cover for their iPads. iPad Cases [iPad Case Finder]. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac.net. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook.

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Apple releases iPhone OS 4 beta 3 and SDK

Apple has released the third beta of iPhone OS 4 and Xcode SDK. iPhone OS 4 beta 3 is available for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, 3rd and 2nd generation iPod touch. To download you need to be a member of the iPhone Developer Program. According to Mac Rumors this version of the beta include an iPod music control interface ...

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Possible Arabic Handwriting Recognition for the iPad – Update: Not true

As I suspected, this is only an interface translation and iPhoneIslam said that the file and value existed in older devices. Ahmed Essam has told Swalif about the following file that he found in the Apple iPad: /System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/Keyboard-ar.plist plist files are XML files used to hold data in sets. This particular one holds translations for the Arabic keyboard, a feature ...

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New iPhone 3.1.3 jailbreak released: Spirit

A jailbreak for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been released. It supports the following firmwares 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2. The jailbreak is named Spirit and is available for Mac OS X and Windows. We highly recommend not jailbreaking your device unless you are certain. We take no responsibility. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac.net.

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