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Airport Security Destroys Woman’s MacBook, Offers to Make Amends

If I ever thought the TSA people were knuckleheads, they’ve just been put to shame. Engadget has the story of overzealous Israeli airport security officers stopping American attorney Lily Sussman, asking her a volley of questions, taking issue with her answers and placing six bullets into her MacBook before allowing her into the country. The […]

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iPhone security

Intego Warns Against Ikee Worm for iPhone

It’s not Rick Astley you have to worry about, it’s the Ikee worm. According to Macworld UK, Intego, which develops and sells desktop Internet security and privacy software for the Mac, claims to have spotted a hacker tool, which potentially copies personal info from users iPhones. The news comes after the first iPhone worm, known […]

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TechRestore Now Offering 500GB, 7200 RPM Overnight Drive Upgrade

Concord-based TechRestore announced on Tuesday that the company has begun offering the first 500 gigabyte, 7200 RPM overnight drive upgrade. The offer includes data transfer and free shipping wherein MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook users can have a new hard drive installed with cloned data and returned via free shipping. Clients also have the option […]

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iPhone OS 3.0 Beta Bricking Pirated iPhones

This was sort of to be expected, but it’s interesting. According to the Los Angeles Times, users installing a pirated version of Apple’s upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 firmware are finding their iPhone handsets effectively bricked, wherein the handset loads to the activation screen. At this point, they’re in trouble. Per the story, the version of […]

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iPhone

AT&T to Begin Selling Contract-Free iPhones in U.S. Next Week

Recently, wireless carrier AT&T announced that it would begin selling contract-free iPhones in the United States beginning next week. According to Boy Genius Report, the price works out to be more expensive than that of buying a subsidized iPhone with a two-year contract, paying the subscription for a month, canceling the plan and paying the […]