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Hitachi announces 4TB external hard drive unit, includes Thunderbolt port

Following up on Seagate’s announcement of a 4TB external hard drive, Hitachi has introduced its own 4TB disk and is packing two of them inside a whopping 8TB G-RAID external case complete with Thunderbolt. Per Mac|Life, the company has placed two such drives inside a G-RAID casing and Thunderbolt I/O port on the outside. The […]

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Data Rescue updated to 3.2.1, adds Lion compatibility, other features

On Tuesday, Data Rescue 3, Prosoft Engineering’s data rescue and recovery program, was updated to version 3.2.1. The new version, a 13.6 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: – Added support for recovering Address Book’s database. – Added suggested locations when selecting a recovery destination folder. – Improved compatibility with Mac OS X […]

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Russian police raid points to MacDefender scam

If you wanted to know who was responsible for all that MacDefender malware nonsense a few months ago, they might have something. After a raid on Russian payment giant Chronopay’s offices, authorities have found evidence linking the company to the MacDefender fake anti-virus scam that targeted Mac users. Per security expert Brian Krebs’ blog post, […]

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Apple premieres Mac mini without optical drive

It’s not the end times, but it is a change. For the first time ever, Apple’s new Mac mini models, released on Wednesday, lack an optical drive for CDs or DVDs, as the Mac maker continues to move away from physical formats like discs. Per AppleInsider, Apple boasted in unveiling the new Mac mini hardware […]

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OWC launches Data Doubler DIY Kit for Unibody MacBook, MacBook Pro systems

On Tuesday Other World Computing announced the immediate availability of its OWC Data Doubler 1.0 DIY Kit for adding up to 2.0TB of internal storage capacity to Apple’s “Unibody” MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The US$174.99 MSRP OWC Data Doubler 1.0TB DIY Kit is now available and features a Data Doubler optical bay converter bracket, […]