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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 […]