Year: 2003

BookEndz debuts docking station for 12″ PowerBook

Photo Control Corp. today announced the BookEndz Docking Station for Apple’s 12-inch PowerBook. “The dock allows for all of the peripheral devices normally connected to the side of the PowerBook — Power, Ethernet, Modem, FireWire, USB, Audio In, Audio Out — to be plugged into the back of the dock, and remain plugged in, independent of the computer. The dock also converts RGB to VGA.

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ShredIt X gains shred “free space” option

Mireth Technology has released ShredIt X 5.2, the latest version of its Mac OS X utility that securely deletes files, folders and disk free space. “Throwing a file in the trash does not remove the file contents from the hard disk — it just removes the file name from the directory, leaving the data intact and vulnerable. What you threw away can be recovered by anyone with access to your computer.” Version 5.2 brings a shred “free space” feature that allows you to shred files which have been previously deleted.

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“CREATE” takes the place of Macworld Expo New York

IDG World Expo, producers of Macworld Conference & Expo, and Apple today announced CREATE, a new event that will focus on technology and professional solutions for the creative arts, including design and publishing, video and music. Replacing the east coast Macworld Expo, the new event will be held July 14-18, 2003 at New York’s Javits Center — without a keynote from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

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Apple updates Hot Deals section

Apple has updated its Hot Deals section with the latest offerings from MacMall, B&H, and the Inside Mac Games store. MacMall has great prices on Roxio Toast 5 Titanium, Photoshop 7 upgrade, LaCie D2 External 120GB FireWire hard drive, QuickBooks Pro 5, Pioneer 4×2 DVD-R/RW, and Canon XL1S.

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ShredIt X 5.2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mireth Technology has released version 5.2 of ShredIt X. A privacy utility,
ShredIt X is the electronic document shredder for Macintosh OS X computers
that securely deletes files, folders and disk free space. Throwing a file
in the trash does not remove the file contents from the hard disk – it just
removes the file name from the directory, leaving the data intact and
vulnerable. What you threw away can be recovered by anyone with access to
your computer – your roommate, a business associate, the thief who just
emptied out your office.

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