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Microsoft Webmail Change May Inadvertently Miss Desired Email

Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled Outlook.com, its revamped Webmail interface, replacing its former MSN and Hotmail offerings. While Outlook.com will work with Hotmail and MSN addresses, Microsoft is offering an option to change your address over to outlook.com, an option several million users have apparently taken. This can be a metaphorical double-edged sword. On one hand, when you switch to...

OWC Strives for Level 90

It's time to dust off my armor and weapons; Mists of Pandaria is coming! An entire new continent of lush environments and brutal bosses awaits you and your friends in this new expansion to World of Warcraft! New adventures are...

Cloning 10.7 or Later May Get You More Than You Bargained For.

Cloning... it’s a time-honored way of transferring all your system files from one drive to another and ending up with a bootable copy identical to the original. It’s great for performing backups and makes transferring your system to a new...

Random Mac Pro Memory Slot Utility Popup Returns in 10.8

A little over a month ago, OWC Andy told us about a phenomenon occurring with some Mac Pros, wherein the Memory Slot Utility window would appear at startup, even if a user hadn’t upgraded their memory recently. In the same...

Gatekeeper Keeping Older Applications From Launching

If you’ve installed OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion already, you may have run into one of the new additions to the OS by the name of Gatekeeper. Like other famous gatekeepers, this one only lets certain elements through. In this...

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