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Review: Beach Buoy

By Robert Kaneko It’s spring! At least, it’s spring in the northern hemisphere. If, like me, you live in the Pacific Northwest, you may have despaired of spring ever arriving. However, as I type this, it’s sunny and 65°, so there is hope. With spring in mind, it’s time to start thinking about outdoor activities. […]

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Roxio Toast Titanium 10.0.2 Update Released

Late Wednesday night, Roxio released version 10.0.2 of its Toast Titanium authoring software. The new version, available here, adds the following fixes and changes: Resolves crash issue that may occur with some FLAC audio files. Resolves issue when converting QuickTime movies with text tracks. Improved handling of corrupt PCM audio packets. Toast 10 Titanium requires […]

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Skype 2.8.0.438 Released

On Thursday, Skype released version 2.8.0.438 of its popular Voice over Internet Protocol communications program. The new version, a 41.4 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: change: spectator window for screen sharing. change: My Account page embedded in the client. bugfix: Skype didn’t hide on OS X login bugfix: copy/paste from chats was […]

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Recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 Beta Focuses on 100+ Fixes, Second Security Update for 2009

A recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 beta has made its way among Apple developer with Apple apparently also beta testingits second security update of the year for certain Mac OS X distributions. According to AppleInsider, build 9J44 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 was released to developers. The new beta arrives a little more than a […]

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How-To

How-To: Reset Mac OS X’s Software Updater Function

As nigh-indispensable as Mac OS’s Software Update feature can be to locate and install patches for the operating system and supported applications from Apple, there remains the fact that some items might not install or the updater may not seem to work at all. Per MacFixIt, a user identified as “The Dragon” posted this comment […]