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Apple buys fingerprint recognition company AuthenTec for $356 million

This could turn into something interesting. Per Reuters, Apple has signed a deal to buy a Florida-based company, AuthenTec, at a price of US$8 per share or about US$356 million. That’s a premium of 58 percent over AuthenTec’s Thursday closing value. While largely unknown to the public, the firm makes fingerprint sensor chips used in […]

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Best Buy now offering iPhone 4 for $50 with 2-year contract

You can’t argue with a cheap price. Per AppleInsider, Best Buy is now selling Apple’s 8-gigabyte iPhone 4 for US$49.99 with a new two-year contract. The new price is half that of the regular US$99 price for the iPhone 4 with a new service contract. Reseller Best Buy is offering the US$49.99 upgrade price on […]

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Adobe releases Flash Player 11.3.300.268 update

Late Wednesday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.3.300.268 for Mac OS X, a 10.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new beta version includes the following fixes and changes: – Various general stability issues. Flash Player 11.3.300.268 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or later to install and run. If you’ve tried the new […]

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Dropbox updated to 1.4.12

You can’t knock a useful update. On Friday, Dropbox released version 1.4.12 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 21.5 megabyte download, which adds OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion support. Dropbox 1.4.12 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to install and run. If you’ve tried the new version […]

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Data Rescue updated to 3.2.2, adds Mountain Lion compatibility, other features

On Thursday, Data Rescue 3, Prosoft Engineering’s data rescue and recovery program, was updated to version 3.2.2. The new version, a 13.6 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: – Added OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatibility. – Added a newly designed application icon. – Added support for recovering MIDI audio files. – Added […]