Year: 2003

Haddad: Apple’s big advantage is being small

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | |

In his latest column for BusinessWeek, Charles Haddad says Apple does have at least one advantage with its small marketshare: being immune to viruses such as this month’s Blaster and SoBig worms that wreaked havoc on PCs. “In bemoaning the Mac’s puny market share, the Wintel crowd misses the growing advantage of being small,” writes Haddad. “Neither the disgruntled nor the crusader wants to bother attacking a computer that represents only 3% of worldwide PC sales.

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Xserve ‘puts Linux to shame’

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | |

In his review of the Xserve for TechNewsWorld, Tom Henderson concludes: “While decidedly Apple, Xserve puts to shame many of the Linux distributions available by tying together the diverse number of applications that are needed to administer an equivalent Linux server into a simple, GUI-driven interface. Xserve plays well in a Windows network, but also accommodates a variety of network constructions — all from a tight 1U package.”

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Iconfactory Releases “One-bit” stock icon collection

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | , |

Thursday August 28th, 2003
The Iconfactory Releases “One-bit” stock icon collection

Announcing the immediate availability of “One-bit”, the latest addition to
the growing collection of ready-to-use icons at Stockicons.com.

One-bit is a simple, but flexible collection. These aliased, 1-bit icons are
perfect for cell phone or PDA-based applications, yet with a bit of
creativity they can bring a unique look to your other projects as well.
Because of its simple nature, the One-bit collection is easy to customize,
allowing seamless blending with your application or website.

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eShox 3: PHP eCommerce Solution

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | , |

Secure.cc is proud to release a monumental upgrade to it’s flagship
product, eShox.

Shaped by customer input, eShox 3 delivers the power of solutions costing
thousands of dollars in a package priced for small business. Primarily
designed for Mac OS X, eShox 3 enables Mac users to access functionality
previously unavailable on their favorite platform. Without the hassles of
running non-server applications such as FileMaker Pro (while still enabling
the use of such applications), eShox 3 allows administrators to focus on
their core business.

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