(Ars Technica)
If you've been experiencing battery life issues since installing Mountain Lion, you may want to consult a physician--or, possibly, install that dropped yesterday. According to Ars, some users say that the latest version of OS X has increased portable battery life, while others just claim that it's revitalized their computers, restoring the MacBook's healthy sheen.
(Red Sweater Blog)
Developer Daniel Jalkut uncovered an OS X capability that allows Apple to code exceptions in OS X for specific applications. Jalkut discovered the ability while trying to launch an older version of VMware Fusion on Mountain Lion--it turned out the two pieces of software no longer played together nicely. In theory, though, this could be abused by Apple for malicious purposes--such as playing a raspberry sound effect every time you launch Google Chrome.
(Facebook)