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IPhone Case Won’t Cure Cancer, Might Avert It: Rich Jaroslovsky My iPhone works pretty hard. My iPhone case should, too.

IYogi Karma Needs Work on PC Fix-It Service: Rich Jaroslovsky It’s late at night, and technology is tormenting you. Something’s wrong with your computer. Blood pressure climbing, you try your PC maker’s tech support, or maybe Microsoft’s. They say the glitch has nothing to do with their stuff -- it’s somebody else’s problem. Yours. What to do?

Mint Manages Money for the Attention-Impaired: Rich Jaroslovsky In Mint.com’s creation story, as recounted on its Web site, founder Aaron Patzer started the free online personal-finance service after a tedious 2005 session with Intuit Corp.’s Quicken budgeting software. These days, any complaints about Quicken should be directed at Patzer himself.

Sex Trumps Jobs, as in Steve, in App Flap: Rich Jaroslovsky Is the iPhone bigger than sex? Not likely, but we may be about to find out.

Google’s Microsoft Takedown Helped by Rivals: Rich Jaroslovsky The browser wars are back in full flower, for which we have Google Inc. and the European Union to thank.

Palm’s Pre Plus Makes Your Pocket a Hot Spot: Rich Jaroslovsky No two ways about it: I am one hot guy.

Sony Catches Kindle, Trails iPad With Reader: Rich Jaroslovsky The annals of consumer technology are full of woulda, coulda, shoulda: companies that were ahead of their time, then missed the wave they themselves helped spawn.

Apple IPad Will Need Content as Cool as It Is: Rich Jaroslovsky With all due respect to Steve Jobs, he chose the wrong name for Apple Inc.’s new iPad.

Self-Absorbed? Don’t Blame Me, Blame My Genes: Rich Jaroslovsky I have fascinating genes. At least, they fascinate me.

Prime View, Supplier to Kindle, to Triple Capacity This Year Prime View International Co., supplier of the E Ink technology used in Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle and Sony Corp.’s Reader, plans to triple capacity as clients release new color, touch-screen and flexible electronic book readers.