For Mac owners considering an upgrade to an SSD [Solid State Drive], the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSD is a great choice, thanks to its GC abilities. Some day almost all computer drives will be SSDs, but that scenario is a ways off as SSD drives are still VERY pricey compared to hard disk drives (HDDs).
Read MoreJohn Gruber of “Daring Fireball” (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/05/25/chrome-beta) hints that Apple might release a “proper extension API” (application programming interface) for Safari at June’s Worldwide Developer Conference. I hope he’s right. It’s long overdue since both Firefox and Chrome offer extensions.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Read MoreFacebook says it’s responded to user comments and concerns about privacy by announcing it will introduce simpler and more powerful controls for sharing personal information.
New settings will give the more than 400 million people who use Facebook the power to control exactly who can see the information and content they share, all with just a few simple clicks, according to Facebook Founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an online blog (http://blog.facebook.com/). In addition, new settings will be added to make it easier to turn off third-party applications or web sites, he adds.
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Apple zoomed past Microsoft as the world’s biggest tech company as measured by market value on Wednesday. Apple’s shares rose 1% on Nasdaq on Wednesday, pushing its market value up to US$225.1 billion and ahead of Microsoft’s $222.7 billion, according to “Reuters” data (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100526/tc_nm/us_apple_stock_1).
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