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Free PC tune-up

Magix PC Check & Tuning Free promises to optimize your PC in a few easy steps. It quickly analyzes your computer's performance, identifies any roadblocks, and removes them automatically, based on your settings. Its PC Check Live feature continuously monitors your PC in the background, even when the main application is closed. It has privacy and security features, such as cleaning browser traces, and can also optimize your computer's Internet access. Just as important is what it didn't do, which was any harm to our system.

This tool is free, but you must register online to receive … Read more

MacFixIt Answers

MacFixIt Answers is a feature in which we answer questions e-mailed to us by our readers. This week, we have questions about multiple files being deleted when using Secure Empty Trash, application integration between OS X and virtual machines, using Spotlight to search system files, and using Web mail (Gmail specifically) as a default e-mail client.… Read more

Analyst says Apple has a hardware fix for iPhone 4

Is an iPhone 4 antenna fix beyond the bumper in the works? One analyst says there is.

In a note sent out Thursday morning, Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, said the long-term fix is mechanical. "Our supply chain checks reveal that Apple has instituted a design fix for the iPhone 4 that more adequately insulates the transceiver module," he wrote in the note.

How, or when, Apple would implement a fix for existing iPhone 4 owners, however, is unclear.

Ever since the iPhone 4 was released on June 24, some iPhone owners have complained that … Read more

MacFixIt site news: Changed contacts section

To all our MacFixIt readers, we have made a slight alteration to the site. There has been a contact link to the side of the main article list for a while now, and many people have been using it to send us emails, feedback, and questions. We have recently changed this slightly, so people can ask us questions and send us comments, as well as submit any fixes they have found.… Read more

Boy fixes cracked iPhone screen for $21.95

It used to be that parents would encourage their kids to do arts and crafts projects. Now they're making them fix their cracked iPhone screens.

Just ask Brett, who you last saw building his own iPad stand for $12.40. He's my 10-year-old nephew, and his father put him to work recently to fix his cracked iPhone 3GS screen, which was apparently caused by an encounter with a set of keys. To be clear, the cracked portion you're looking at--see photos below--is only the protective layer of glass that sits on top of the LCD, not the … Read more

24-hour Mother's Day exclusive

Hi, I'm Catherine Hwang, a partner manager at CNET Downloads, where I manage software publisher relationships for Upload.com. Last month, we teamed up with Lavasoft to bring you an exclusive offer on one of the most popular security suites on CNET Downloads. This month, we partnered with Roxio, Novastor and ChicaLogic to bring you exclusive deals your mom might find useful.

Today only, you can help your mom easily create and share life's favorite events through Roxio PhotoShow for just $19.99 (originally $39.99). With those precious memories created with Roxio PhotoShow, you can help back … Read more

Microsoft adds repair shop to Windows

Microsoft is testing a new "Fix it Center"--an online and PC-based tool for helping users solve their Windows technical problems.

While a fair amount of diagnostics are built into Windows 7, the free Fix it Center aims to expand on these and also bring similar capabilities to Windows XP and Windows Vista.

The service, which went into beta on Thursday, consists of both a Windows download and an online service.

"Fix it Center finds and fixes many common PC and device problems automatically," Microsoft said on its Web site. "It also helps prevent new … Read more

Google upgrades Chrome across the board

Google has updated the Chrome browser for most of its multiple versions on all platforms in the past few days, although most of the updates have been minor. However, high-priority security fixes have been made to the stable version of Chrome.

Five security fixes labeled "high" have been applied to the stable Windows version of Chrome, including a fix for a bug that was discovered by Sergey Glazunov. He has received the first $1,337 Chromium Security Reward for the discovery. The security fixes include plugging holes in tab sandboxing, memory errors occurring with malformed SVG images, integer … Read more

PS3 console errors fixed, leap year bug to blame

Reports are still scattered, but after testing our own PS3, it appears the global 8001050F error that left most non-Slim PS3 consoles essentially unplayable seems to be fixed. We're guessing this issue was corrected on the server side of things, as there was no update or download required; our console just worked.

Even better, all trophy and game save data remains intact, so worries about corrupted information can be put to rest.

We still don't have an official word from Sony, but it looks like the worst is behind us. That said, we'd still recommend waiting for … Read more