Apple Unveils 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

By Michael Wall | 10/23/2012

Apple unveiled the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display at today's Apple Press event. The notebook will look to offer the same visual experience as its 15-inch counterpart, and will be available for purchase starting now for $1,700.

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WinZip Readies Two Windows 8 Apps for Secure & Easy Online File Sharing

By Jacqueline Emigh | 10/22/2012

With a new Win8-only product now on the way, WinZip's just shipped version 17 adds features for secure file and photo sharing across Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP.

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WD Adds USB 3.0 Interface to its My Passport Portable Hard Drives for Macs

By Michael Wall | 8/30/2012

Today Western Digital announced its new USB 3.0 enabled line of My Passport External Hard Drives for Macs. The latest My Passport offers increased speeds and security along with up to 2 TB of storage.

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Top Five PC Software Applications for School or Office

By Jacqueline Emigh | 8/1/2012

Here are five of the hottest software packages for PCs and Mac for August 2012. Categories include office suites, graphics, storage, videoconferencing and cool tools.

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CEA Line Show: Sneak Peeks at Touchscreen Wi-Fi Routers and Other Cool Upcoming Gadgets

By Jacqueline Emigh | 6/27/2012

At the CEA Line Show, vendors are now giving sneak peeks at touchscreen Wi-Fi routers, a mobile media hub, a folding digital camera stand, and other future gadgets.

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Video Editing Software Lets You Make Family Movies Like the Pros

By Jacqueline Emigh | 4/17/2012

PC video editing software is getting less costly, easier, faster, and more feature-packed. Use the software to make impressive movies, or give it as a gift.

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Tax Return Filing on PCs and the Web: Which Solution Is Best?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 4/11/2012

The tax countdown is on! If you haven't done your returns yet, here are three solutions for PC and Web tax filing that can help take the stress out of the process.

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Corel Bolsters VideoStudio Pro With HTML 5 Authoring, Screen Recording & More

By Jacqueline Emigh | 3/7/2012

Corel has unveiled VideoStudio Pro X5, a $49.99 video editing package aimed at speeding performance while adding HTML 5 authoring and lots of other features.

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What Different Windows 8 Flavors Will We See?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 3/3/2012

Microsoft is playing up Win8 PC/tablet "interoperability," while barely acknowledging differences sure to arise in various versions of the OS. What do analysts say?

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RSA Show To Focus On Security Across PCs, Macs, Clouds & Mobile Devices

By Jacqueline Emigh | 2/27/2012

With new malware and other security hacks always emerging, this week's RSA Conference will focus on new ways to protect Web sites, PCs, Macs, and mobile devices.

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Apple's Mac OS X Mountain Lion To Adopt More Features From iPhones & iPads

By Jacqueline Emigh | 2/16/2012

The next release of Mac OS X might not include Apple's Siri voice assistant, but a preview by Apple reveals that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will adopt lots of new features first introduced in iOS 5, such as Notification Center, Game Center, a new messaging service, and Twitter integration.

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Symantec Launches 'Windows 8 Beta-Ready' Security Software, Adds More For Android & Mac

By Jacqueline Emigh | 2/15/2012

Symantec is adding three new "Windows 8 beta-ready" security suites, including Norton 360 Everywhere -- for PCs, Macs and Android --- and Norton One, for "elite" support.

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