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Skype 5.0 beta for Mac now available

Late Thursday, Skype announced a public beta of its client for the Mac. Per Macworld, the new version brings Skype much more in line with its Windows counterpart in both features and interface. First and foremost, the interface looks absolutely nothing like its predecessor, and entirely like its Windows counterpart, which got the 5.0 treatment […]

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Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 9 for Mac, Windows

Software giant Adobe on Tuesday announced the launch of Photoshop Elements 9, the company’s consumer-level photo editing application, for both Mac and Windows. The new version boasts a number of features that are new to Mac users, most notably the bundled Elements Organizer, which acts as a hub for importing, managing, and viewing photo and […]

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Recently published patent hints at deeper iPhone/Facebook integration

A newly published Apple patent hints at the company’s plans for including improved Facebook integration into the iPhone at the device level. The document, discovered by Patently Apple, was approved until April 1st, 2010 and filed in September 2008 and focuses on creating device-to-device workflows. Apple has essentially patented the ability to sync actions between […]

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Jobs goes bananas on Adobe Flash in open letter

In the wake of several weeks of back and forth between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has posted an open letter explaining Apple’s position on Flash, going back to his company’s long history with Adobe and expounding upon six main points of why he thinks Flash is wrong for mobile devices. […]

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Adium Updated to 1.3.6

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.3.6. The new version, a 21.4 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Updated to libpurple 2.5.9 – Fix a crash via a […]