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Parallels Desktop for Mac Update Beta 3 Released

Parallels has released beta three of its Windows emulation software, Parallels Desktop for Mac. The beta, a 34.5 megabyte download available through its beta page, provides several fixes to the previously released betas, a more polished interface (even with unusually shaped windows) and better USB device support. Click the “Read More” link for the full […]

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CrossOver for Mac 6.0 Final Candidate 2 Released

CodeWeavers’ Windows emulation software, CrossOver for Mac 6.0 has reached a second final candidate stage with several new improvements and fixes. The software, like the popular Parallels Desktop, allows Intel-based Macs to simultaneously run a Windows operating system alongside Mac OS X. Fixes in the update, a 28.6 megabyte update via VersionTracker.com, include the following: […]

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Apple Restates Past Earnings, Clears Actions of Current Executive Team

In a released financial statement on its web site, Apple Computer, following an independent investigation into the backdating of awarded stock options which began back in June, restated past earnings and cleared currently employed executives of corporate misconduct. Following the independent investigation, Apple has stated that it will record a non-cash charge of $84 million […]

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Troubleshooting Guide for Photoshop CS3 Beta Published

The folks over at MacFixIt have assembled a full guide, complete with workarounds and fixes, for the recently-released Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta. The guide covers error messages, a cropping tool/rotation bug, a brush size indicator bug workaround, images opening in the wrong application, installation bugs, how to restore auto-correction, interaction with Lightroom and CS2, PowerPC […]

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Apple Files Patent for Notebook “Drive Guard”

According to an article on MacNN, the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office published a patent on December 28th that had initially been filed in mid-2005 by Apple Computer. The patent relates to a device that can be included within portable notebook computers and establishes a guard system for their optical disk drives. Within the […]