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• Mac News Briefs: Squashed Software Releases RAID Monitor 3 Squashed Software (formerly Maza Digital) has released RAID Monitor 3, a new version of its tool for automatically checking the status of RAID storage system.
• Mac News Briefs: CheckUp Adds Compatibility With Latest Macs App4Mac announced an update for CheckUp, improving the interface and adding other enhancements to the system maintenance tool.
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• Mac News: Synology Intros NAS Device for Laptop Drives Synology rolled out a Network Attached Storage Device for 2.5-inch hard drives that the company says offers lower power consumption than devices using larger...

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• How to Tame Vista's User Account Control In this screencast, senior editor Robert Strohmeyer walks through the steps you'll need to take to tame one of Vista's most annoying features: user account control.