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Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor

Today, Davaid Wantanabe announced that Yahoo has acquired the rights to his popular Inquisitor for Safari.

Congrats to David, and a big “what the heck?” to Yahoo. I honestly can’t imagine what Yahoo would want with a plugin for Safari.

It has long been a Safari-only plugin so with the acquisition of it on Yahoo’s end, I’m curious how it will expand. David has said he will not be joining Yahoo as an employee, but he will continue to be the lead developer of the Safari version.

Along with the acquisition announcement, version 3.1 of the plugin was released that “improves performance, simplifies the process for switching search providers, and removes affiliate links from the program”. In lieu of the acquisition, it’s obviously not a surprise that Yahoo is now the default search provider (though you can easily change that in the preferences).

Anyone care to venture as to what Yahoo might do with Inquisitor or how it will benefit them?

[Via Daring Fireball]

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Refunds for Those Firebomb Power Adapters
Remember those old Powerbook adapters? Do you also remember how they used to catch on fire? I didn’t experience it, personally. I did have a friend that swore his PowerBook adapter was out to get him — almost burning his house, car and office to the ground (on separate occasions).

A lot of people definitely did though, because in 2001 Apple recalled about 570,000 of those suckers. I remember when Apple first gave the announcement about the faulty adapters and I picked a replacement up for free just in case (and because, well, it was free).

If you’re one of those lucky few to experience some extra heat on your lap, you may be entitled to a refund. If your adapter “dangerously frays, sparks and prematurely fails to work” Apple has agreed to throw you $25 to $79 for your troubles.

This class-action suit was actually way back in 2006 and alleged that Apple misrepresented problems with the power adapters. I can’t help but think most people have moved on from their old PowerBook immolation issues by now.

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TAB Writer Positions Available
Here at TAB we’re hard at work to try to bring you more quality articles and news, more often.

We’re looking to bring on a few new writers to write on a regular (multiple times a week) basis. If you genuinely have the availability to write frequently, we’d really like to hear from you.

These positions are paid positions and previous writing experience is required.

To apply for a spot, please email info at theappleblog dot com with examples of technology writing (preferably blog-type posts). Previous examples of technology related articles are a requirement.

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Colorado Springs Apple Store on its Way
If you go job hunting on Apple.com/jobs, and you live in Colorado, you’ll be greeted by a bit of a surprise - There’s a new store on the horizon!

Colorado Springs, CO is on the board for an Apple Retail Store. This should be a welcome addition to the retail outlets, as I recall while waiting in line for the Park Meadows store opening, that several people drove the 50 miles from Colorado Springs to be there. So congrats guys, there are shiny things headed your way.

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iScrapbook Just in Time for Mother's Day
I know, you (or, if you are a mom, someone) have procrastinated another Mother’s Day and you only have time to run to the store, or buy some software online. Well, here it is: the people at Chronos know your pain, and they just updated their iScrapbook software, ready for you to purchase (or at least download and try for 30 days to make sure she likes it) for only $50.

I gave this software a try, and while I am not a scrapbooker, most women I know are. The interface is very clean and intuitive. Contextual tools and tips pop up when you need them.

Obviously, you can edit all the different parts of your scrapbook pages and album, including photos, as you can see in the picture above. You can export the album to PDF or an iScrapbook file. You can export the pages to PDF, iScrapbook, JPG, TIFF, and PNG. It is too bad that it doesn’t integrate into iWeb or iPhoto. That would make it much more appealing.

To print the scrapbook pages, you can print them from your printer, or send them off. Chronos offers printing options from Costco, Pure Designs (in Idaho), and Scrapbooks to Share (located in Florida). They don’t have a deal with any of these online printers, though, so you would have to pay whatever additional fees would be required.

If making scrapbooks isn’t all you want to do, you can also submit your designs to Chronos and have other people download them and use them as templates for their scrapbooks. Very Web 2.0 of them.

All in all, I think this is a good program for a scrapbooker that wants to do things digitally. Besides, you’ve only got a couple days until Mother’s Day, so you better hurry up. You can see the scrapbook page that I made below.

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