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Drive Genius 2.1.1 Released

Prosoft Engineering has released Drive Genius 2.1.1, an updated version of its drive repair and recovery program for Mac OS X. The new version, a 23.3 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and features: Enhanced Duplicate tool has an option to verify the destination of whole-drive copies. In addition, source bad blocks can be skipped […]

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Man Traded Kidney for PowerBook in 2000

During Apple’s higher-end product releases, we look at the cool new items for sale and wonder what we’d sacrifice for the new Mac Pro or a 17″ MacBook Pro notebook. According to PC World, one person went a step further and, back in 2000, apparently indirectly traded his kidney for a then-brand-new PowerBook G3. Back […]

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iPhone Patents Software

Apple Files Patent for Motion-Adaptive iPhone Software

Apple may be looking into creating a version of its iPhone with a front-facing camera as well as a software interface capable of adjusting itself for more precise interaction when the user carrying the phone is in motion. While the front-facing camera idea hints towards the inevitable adoption of video conference capabilities by the iPhone […]

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iPhone

AT&T Pushing for Exclusive iPhone Rights Through 2011

After three years of holding exclusive rights to the iPhone, AT&T is looking to take one more shot at an exclusive deal for the Apple handset and may keep it away from competitors until 2011. According to the Wall Street Journal, “people familiar with the matter” have stated that AT&T has a deal to keep […]

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Apple Releases iMovie 8.0.2 Update

Tuesday afternoon, Apple released iMovie 8.0.2, the latest version of its consumer-level video editing application. The new version, a 24.5 megabyte download, fixes an issue with projects having a size of 0 KB. Attempting to open these projects would cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly at launch. The update also addresses a problem where full-screen mode […]