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It’s been over a year since the last one, so … Browser wars #10 is now online. Take a second to vote for your web browser of choice. And yes, I know many of us use more than one. But you get only one selection, so vote for your favorite.

The last time I asked about this, Safari got 55% of the votes, Firefox 31%, Camino 6%, and everyone else shared the remaining 8%. It will be interesting to see how things change this time around. Comments are disabled here; please add them to the poll instead.

-rob.

One MacRumors reader has discovered an iTunes page that appears to offer the iPhone OS 3.0 software update for iPod touch for download for $9.95. While iTunes permits the transaction to go through and prompts the user to connect their iPod touch to …

Apple today announced the details of its Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program, which allows U.S. customers who purchased or will purchase a qualifying Mac after June 8th, 2009 with OS X Leopard installed to upgrade to OS X Snow Leopard upon its S…

Azure Talon Software has launched iLaugh 2.0, its popular jokes database for iPhone and iPod touch. With iLaugh on-hand, users no longer have to rely on their memories to come up with hilarious jokes at the office or social events, or even when needing something clever to say to begin a speech or presentation. iLaugh 2.0 puts a database of over 50,000 jokes at anybody’s fingertips and is loaded with social features such as voting, favorites and sharing via Facebook and Twitter.

A new augmented reality app called Layar is making the rounds on the web as an example of what can be done with Augmented Reality. Layer (via 9to5Mac) is described as the world’s first mobile augmented reailty browser.

Layar shows yo…

CNet reports that ARM will be delivering multi-core ARM chips in 2010, making multi-core iPhones and other smart phones possible.

“You’ll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010,” James Bruce, wireless segment man…

iPhone News · MacRumors: ‘Layar’ Shows Augmented Reality Possibilities on iPhone 3G S June 16, 2009. A new augmented reality app called Layar is making the rounds on the web as an example of what can be done with Augmented Reality. … A number of MacRumors readers have reported that Apple and AT&T have begun updating order statuses and providing UPS tracking numbers for their iPhone 3G S orders. In the case of orders placed with Apple, shipments are being dispatched from …

Mac market share drops in May, Apple revenue share up.

CodeWeavers has announced CrossOver 8.0 an update to their Windows to Macintosh compatibility tool.

ActyMac today announced DutyWatch 1.2, an update to their Employee Monitoring Software for Mac OS X. DutyWatch record and log everything your employees do, from recording keystrokes typed and website visits, to chats, employee emails and screenshots. DutyWatch is completely invisible to your employees. It runs silently and unobtrusively while logging everything that happens on their computers. Version 1.2 sports a 10 times speed increased, new database engine, and more.