DiskWarrior 4
Review

Does the latest version of the award winning, and one of our favorite, disk utility programs live up to its rich history? This is one of the applications that have been on any serious Mac users "must have" list over the last half-decade. Read Russ’s review to find out.

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Roxio Toast 8 Titanium
Review

The last time I used Toast was version 4.2 and I was pleased with it then. Checking out Toast 8 is like going back home after being away for a long time. It’s nice to settle back down with something that’s familiar and doesn’t cause problems. While changes have been made, they’re good changes and one will readily adapt to them rather quickly.

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Verizon FIOS
How I’ve added fiber to my system and how much I enjoy it!

Now Comcast Internet was good at first but overall, Comcast service for TV and their customer service (I was a customer since 1990) just was the absolute worst. So when Verizon contractor crews showed up last year and began digging up the front yards in the neighborhood to lay the fiber optic cables and put in the junction boxes, I was really interested in finding out what the story was about the system.

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OWC Mercury On-the-Go Pro FW800 Hard Drive
Review

I am constantly amazed at how small things are becoming in the world of computing. I remember BIG cpu’s, BIG floppy’s and BIG headaches when dealing with all of it. Now we have Mac mini’s and in keeping with “down sizing,” OWC is offering the Mercury On-the-Go Pro FW800 Hard Drive. Worth the money? Read the review to find out.

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miniStack v2
Review


Have a Mac mini sitting on your computer desk but you’ve gotten somewhat tired of the small hard drive and, at times, frustratingly slow laptop hard drive speed? Wish there was a better way? Never fear, Newer Tech is here. This time they’ve brought us miniStack V2 to solve our mini problems.

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Intego VirusBarrier X4
Review


The question of viruses, worms, trojans and malware items for the Mac is an important point to consider. In the midst of the turmoil of the past several weeks, here I sat with VirusBarrier X4 running on my system, an upgrade to Intego’s previous version.

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Photoshop Elements 4
Review


I have been using Photoshop Elements since it first appeared in version 1.0. Photoshop Elements continues to provide us with amazing capability at a very reasonable price. For those of us who can’t afford to run out and buy Photoshop CS, PSE 4 provides a lot of the same assets at a price that we can live with. Read the full review here.

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