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Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day

Apple announced today that on its first day, over one million users bought and downloaded Mac OS X Lion. Available through the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US), users are buying Lion “faster than any other OS release in Apple’s history.”

“Lion is off to a great start, user reviews and industry reaction have been fantastic,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion is a huge step forward, it’s not only packed with innovative features but it’s incredibly easy for users to update their Macs to the best OS we’ve ever made.”

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Centrify’s Active Directory-Based Security for Lion

Centrify Corporation today announced that its DirectControl for Mac offering supports the just-released Mac OS X Lion operating system with Active Directory-based authentication, access control and Group Policy for users of Apple’s latest OS X Lion release. IT administrators can easily manage authentication, authorization and configuration of Mac OS X systems, as well as lock down the user’s desktop environment, enabling the Mac to be easily integrated to the most complex Windows environments.

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Data Rescue 3 Released on the Mac App Store

Posted by Chris Schafer

Prosoft’s Data Rescue line is targeted toward the careless deleter. With their new version, Data Rescue 3 LE, they have simplified the process by modifying their application to meet the requirements of the Mac App Store. By making this product available on the App Store users can download and install the application in the security of the App Store, and without the otherwise necessary web browsing.

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