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Remains of the Day: It’s a dessert topping and a floor wax!

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 6:30pm
What happens when the iPad meets the iMac? Magic happens, friends--at least according to a patent filed by Apple. In other news, the iPad finds adoption among a surprising niche group and Apple’s planning yet another half-hearted assault on the future of television.

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Yahoo moves to Bing in North America

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 5:15pm
Microsoft's Bing is now powering Yahoo search results in the U.S. and Canada.

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Review: Bloomberg for iPad

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 4:50pm
This information-packed app offers an immense amount of global financial news while also letting you track your investments.

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Apple releases Security Update 2010-005

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 4:15pm
Apple on Tuesday afternoon released its fifth security update of 2010, covering both client and server versions of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

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Field test: iPhone translator app travels to Japan

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 3:42pm
CIO's Tom Kaneshige puts the Jibbigo translation app to the test on a recent trip to Japan.

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Kensington announces slew of iPhone 4 accessories

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 2:44pm
The accessory maker is back with new and updated accessories for the iPhone 4, including desk chargers, portable batteries, and car mounts.

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Virgin Mobile announces unlimited mobile broadband plan

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 2:04pm
Virgin Mobile has announced a new contract-free, unlimited mobile broadband plan for $40 per month. When paired with the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200, it could provide wireless broadband for all of your devices for one flat rate.

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Acer chairman predicts drop in iPad market share

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 1:55pm
JT Wang, chairman of computer giant Acer predicts a bleak future for Apple's iPad, once the market for tablet devices matures.

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Protecting yourself from fraudulent iTunes Store activity

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 1:29pm
The biggest security flaw with the iTunes Store turns out to be user behavior. Here are steps you can take to keep yourself and your iTunes account safe.

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Review: Diptic for iPhone and iPad

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 1:13pm
With the help of this universal app for the iPhone and iPad, you can easily mix your photos into a collage that tells a story. A few areas of Diptic could use some fine-tuning, but overall this is an easy -- and fun -- image editor.

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ViewSonic to unveil two Android tablets at IFA

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:22pm
ViewSonic will unveil two tablet PCs running Google Android OS at IFA, which will take place next month in Berlin.

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WD releases Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 11:42am
Need to keep track of how long a Mac's been running (or when accounts have logged in and out)? Terminal can help.

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Canon creates 120-megapixel image sensor

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:25am
Engineers at Canon have created a digital image sensor with a resolution of 120-megapixels, the highest yet managed for a sensor of its size.

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Simplenote for iPhone and iPad gets tags, sharing, more

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:21am
This streamlined note-taking and -sharing app for Apple's mobile devices gained a ton of new features in the latest version update. You can now tag and share notes, pin important notes for quick access, and more.

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Mac Gems: MacKeeper provides robust maintenance tools and support

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:08am
For anyone who needs to use system maintenance tools and needs tech support on a regular basis, MacKeeper offers a compelling set of tools at a very reasonable price.

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Nokia drops features to lower cost of latest smartphone

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:37am
Nokia's Symbian-based 5250 phone is its cheapest touchscreen smartphone but lacks key features of its predecessor. It's part of the phone maker's effort to bring down the cost of entry-level smartphones, analysts say.

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Apple exec stashed $150,000 in shoe boxes

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:00am
Paul Devine, accused of taking kickbacks from Apple suppliers, must pay $600,000 plus additional money from foreign accounts in bail.

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iTunes U tops 300 million downloads

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 8:57am
Apple on Tuesday announced that iTunes U, the educational section of the iTunes Store, has topped 300 million downloads in just over three years.

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NTI Shadow 5 creates better volume and folder backups

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 8:38am
This backup utility can maintain constant backups and versions of your files, and now a redesigned upgrade can create bootable backups of your Mac and merge the files of two specific folders.

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Five awesome Automator tips

MAC Central - Tue, 08/24/2010 - 7:55am
Think Apple’s built-in automation tool, Automator, is more trouble than it's worth? Think again. Not only can Automator perform wondrous feats, but with these tips it's also easy to make it happen.

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