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Mac News

Friday, 10 February 2012
Jobs' FBI file
Steve Job's FBI file — Apple finally lets the white MacBook go — Mac sales growing in the UK — Business dangers in the cloud — Google Chrome updated — A Foxconn server hacked, vendor details stolen... read more

iOS/iDevice

Friday, 10 February 2012
iPad 3, traffic
iPad 3 in March, perhaps — TomTom to supply driving info to insurers — Waze adds voice — Apple 'politely' accepts signatures — Three kindles for the price of one iPad... read more

Reviews

Friday, 03 February 2012
Corel AfterShot Pro 1.0.0.9
Corel has entered the professional and prosumer photo wrangling market with some new software... read more

Tips

Friday, 10 February 2012
5 Tip Friday 109: Click-right
Macs have had right-clicks for, well, forever. You may need to turn it on – System Preferences, on the mouse or trackpad tab, depending on what you use, as it may be off by default, but even your Trackpad can have a right click (pic). Then what? ... read more