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Adobe releases Lightroom 5.0 beta

Never knock a good public beta of a useful application. On Monday, Adobe released a beta of version 5.0 of its Lightroom image editing program. The new version, a 437 megabyte download via MacUpdate, offers the following fixes and changes: – Advanced Healing Brush: Easily remove objects and fix defects — even those with irregular […]

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iPhone News

Foxconn ends hiring freeze, hires additional workers to build next-gen iPhone handset

Not to worry, Foxconn will have enough people on board to construct the next-gen iPhone. Per Bloomberg, after a brief freeze on hiring, Foxconn has allegedly begun adding employees again at one of its Chinese factories — a move said to be made in anticipation of Apple’s next iPhone. Foxconn is in the process of […]

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Hack Hardware News

Hack: How to use your old ADB keyboard with your current USB-equipped Mac

Ok, this could prove to be awesome. And it’s one of the many reasons I believe the mighty Topher Kessler doth rock on a regular and efficient basis. Over on CNET, Kessler’s penned a cool hack to use your old Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) keyboard with your current USB-equipped Mac. The hack centers around tech […]

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Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Microsoft working on “iWatch” device of its own

You know that rumor about Apple working on an iWatch of sorts? Microsoft may be working on its own. Per the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is apparently working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products. Earlier […]

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VirtualBox updated to 4.2.12

A good set of bug fixes never hurt anyone. VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.2.10. The new version, a 150 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: – VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation on putting Linux guest CPU online if nested paging is disabled – […]