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MacHeist Raises Over $190,000 for Charities

MacHeist, creators of the MacHeist Bundle (a bundled combination of software from 10 different developers) has announced that their MacHeist event is over and that the firm was able to raise over $190,000 for charity. The effort, which sold the bundle (worth over $356 if the items were bought individually at full price) for $49, […]

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Sighting

Comcast Tech Mistakes Power Cable, Destroys PowerBook

An article over at MacWork.com describes the full story of a PowerBook being destroyed back in November when a Comcast cable technician arrived to install a broadband connection, mated a rooftop power cable with a similar-appearing coaxial cable. The resulting explosion, which the user described as a “bright flash of light accompanied by a very […]

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Software

Updated Parallels Build Adds USB 2.0 Support, More

A new beta build of Parallels Desktop for Mac has been released featuring full USB 2.0 device support as well as other improvements according to an article over on Macworld News. The new beta, a 33.6 megabyte download (thanks to Versiontracker.com), is available for registered users of the $79 program who’d like to give the […]

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Opinion

iPod, iPhone, iTV: Why Apple’s New Platform Works

Apple’s strategy for a new set of consumer electronics devices seems to be beyond the grasp of most industry analysts. That should really come as no surprise, because they don’t seem to understand what made the iPod a success over the last five years either. Since its release, analysts have been falling all over themselves […]