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We'll show you how to use Apple's recently released Recovery Assistant, which lets you create a recovery disk for Mac OS X Lion on a thumbdrive.

Apple releases a tool to automatically create recovery disks for Mac OS X Lion, researchers at the Black Hat hackers conference says that you should change all of your passwords if your laptop gets stolen, and the BlackBerry Colt will be the first QNX-powered smartphone from Research in Motion in early 2012.

Only for Mac users who can afford it, the Thunderbolt-based Pegasus R6 is by far the fastest storage device for consumer, to date. And it's really cool, too.

This week on the CNET Tech Review: HP's Envy 14 makes a worthy MacBook alternative; download our top 10 (or 11) back to school apps and programs; and a rechargeable keyboard that works indoors.

Skype for Android expands two-way video calling to more phones, Apple's Find My Mac makes its debut on the developer testing version of iCloud.com, and Sony delays the launch of the PlayStation Vita handheld console in the U.S. and Europe.

This week we go comparison shopping, comparing game prices on Apple's Mac App Store to other retailers; then we discuss the new price cuts for the Logitech Revue and Nintendo 3DS, and play tech trivia with MTV's games blogger Russ Frushtick.

Apple's not done revamping its notebook line. The iPhone 5 may only be a month and a half away, and we're already seeing cases for it. Plus, an iPhone 4 case giveaway!


Backing up and retrieving past versions of your documents on your Mac has never been easier.

This week, we dive headfirst into the latest Apple news, with hands-on analysis of the new MacBook Air laptops and Mac Mini desktop, as well as a tour of OSX Lion gestures (and how to tweak them).