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MacBook Pro

TechRestore Announces MacBook Pro Glass Repair Service for US$349

Service outfitter TechRestore announced Tuesday a new glass replacement program for Apple’s Unibody MacBook Pro. For those owners who have broken their glass, but not the LCD display itself, the company can replace the glass for US$349. The repair includes the company’s usual 24-hour turnaround time frame as well as a 1-year warranty on the […]

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MacBook

Apple Quietly Admits Hairline Crack Issue on White MacBook, Offers Repairs

After months of contention, Apple has privately acknowledged an issue within some of its 13″ MacBook notebooks in which hairline cracks have arisen during normal usage patterns. According to AppleInsider, Apple issued a bulletin to its authorized service providers in March that essentially reversed its stance on replacing the bottom casing of notebooks that may […]

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Review

Review: TechRestore

By Robert Kaneko This review is going to be slightly different for me. Instead of reviewing a product, I am looking at a service. I think that’s important to note, since any time you are looking at a service, there is a very human element to the experience. TechRestore is a company that specializes in […]

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Software

EMC Releases Retrospect 8 Beta 4

EMC Corporation on Friday released the fourth public beta of Restrospect 8.0 its long-standing backup and recovery software for the Mac. The new beta consists of the following new features and changes: Stability has been greatly improved, and this build should feel much better. Proactive Backup (old Backup Server) monitoring is now functional, and the […]

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Opinion

Regarding Yesterday

As you may have noticed, there was no news yesterday. Not that there wasn’t news, per se. Things happened, software was updated and announcements were made and covered. From my end, I spent a fair amount of the day at a local glass repair location since someone had decided to put a rock through my […]