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SMC update adds the missing PowerNap feature to Apple's Retina MacBook Pro. Apple has issued a firmware update for its latest Retina MacBook Pro systems that adds support for the new PowerNap feature ...

Shell confirmed last week it has taken a final investment decision on its PowerNap development in the US Gulf of Mexico, where it aims to achieve a breakeven price of less than $35 per barrel, writes ...

OS X 10.8 has some new features since we last saw it: PowerNap silent updates, a new mute switch for notifications that lets you work in peace, and dictation, which lets you talk to type anywhere in ...

March 13, 2009 The average utilization for a typical industrial data center is as low as 20 to 30 percent - and the computers are still using 60 percent of peak power even when they're doing nothing.

One of the new features found in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is PowerNap. PowerNap was introduced at WWDC 2012 and allows your Mac to continue to perform tasks such as receiving email and updating ...

The MacBook Air (Mid 2011 and 2012) and MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) running Mountain Lion can use Power Nap. An SMC update is required to gain all the functionality of Power Nap. Here is a list of ...

Just like it did earlier this week for the 2011 and 2012 MacBook Airs, Apple, today, has released a new firmware update for the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display to enable the PowerNap feature.