Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple shares hit all time high

Apple shares rose to a 52-week high of US$283.78 on Monday. That was an all-time high during yesterday’s trading, before Apple closed at $283.23.

As noted by “BusinessWeek” (http://macosg.me/2/vc), Apple’s share price has been climbing steadily since the stock market lows of March 2009. Despite the fall in consumer spending during the recession, Apple has continued to sell more Macs, iPods and iPhones.

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‘MacVoices’ looks at data recovery

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Gordon Bell talks about another level of data recovery, this time at The Data Rescue Center, another aspect of the
Prosoft Engineering empire.

Unlike the kinds of repairs and recoveries you can do at home with their software products, The Data Rescue Center is for those times when the hardware issues or damage is physical. Bell explains how and why they took data recovery to the next level, building clean rooms, hiring expert data recovery technicians and even introducing access to their services.

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Toshiba rolls out Canvio Basics portable hard drives

Toshiba (http://www.toshibastorage.com) has unveiled the newest addition to its Canvio line of portable hard drive solutions: the Canvio Basics portable hard drive family. It’s available in 320GB, 500GB, or 750GB models with prices at US$79.99, $99.99 and $119.99, respectively.

The Canvio Basics sports a glossy black finish and soft, rounded edges. It has an internal shock sensor, ramp loading tchnology, and a three year limited warranty.

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Greg’s bite: Adobe Flashes away privacy

By Greg Mills

I read an article in the “Wall Street Journal” this morning about another problem with Adobe Flash that I had never heard of. It turns out Adobe Flash, in addition to the other known issues related to crashing, memory hog problems etc, also exposes users to being tracked as they surf the web.  

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