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  • Wi-Fi, similar signals don’t cause cancer

    And now for a bit of good news: Apparently Wi-Fi and similar signals don’t cause cancer.

    Per an article over on HowStuffWorks, everyday devices such as Wi-Fi routers, smartphones, tablets, and computers are unable to cause cancer, and would be unable to do so without rewriting the basic laws of physics and biology.

    The piece, which cites credible sources like the American Cancer Society, there have been two types of studies that look at RF radiation: Ones that observe human cancer rates and others involving lab animals. The human studies haven’t found a link between increased cancer rates and people exposed to a significant amount of RF radiation.

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  • CrossOver updated to 12.2

    A helpful update’s a helpful update.

    CrossOver, the popular virtualization program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 12.2. The new version, a 79.8 megabyte download, is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes:

    Application Support:
    Quicken:
    – Fixed a bug which caused Quicken to fail to register on Mac OS X.

    – Fixed graphics distortions in some Quicken windows.

    – Fixed a bug which prevented a double-click on a .QFX file in the Mac OS X Finder from importing the file into Quicken.

    – Fixed a bug which caused Office 2007 applications to crash in some circumstances.

    – Fixed a bug which caused Wizard101 to fail to recover after being re-sized.

    – Fixed a bug which caused mailto: links to be broken in Outlook 2003.

    – Fixed a bug which caused .Net 4.0 applications to fail to run.

    Mac OS X:
    – Drag and drop support in the Mac Driver.

    – Gamma support in the Mac Driver.

    – Reduced window flicker when using the Mac Driver.

    Language Support:
    – Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Traditional Chinese to be used even when a user’s preferences were set to Simplified Chinese.

    CrossOver 12.2 retails for US$59.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.6 and or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run.

    If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.