Microsoft is taking a more active role in developing one of the formats in the heated DVD rewritable debate, reports c|net. “The DVD+RW Alliance announced late Monday that Microsoft had joined its ranks, adding that the software giant will also have a seat on its policy-setting team with representatives from Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi Chemical/Verbatim, Philips, Ricoh, Sony, Thomson and Yamaha.
Read MoreApple today released Mac OS X Server 10.2.4, which “delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: AFP, SMB and NFS file services, DHCP, NetBoot, Open Directory, QuickTime Streaming Server, Sendmail and Workgroup Manager. It prevents Xserve drives from being unmounted while locked, provides Digest authentication for WebDAV, management of Energy Saver settings, and supports NetBoot images greater than 2 GB in size.
Read MoreApple has updated its Hot Deals section with the latest offerings from MacZone, MacWarehouse, B&H, and the Apple Specialists. MacZone has great deals on a wide variety of products for your Mac, including Adobe Design Collection, TurboTax 2002, Connectix Virtual PC, SmartDisk FireLite 30GB FireWire hard drive, and much more.
Read MoreMicroNet Technology today announced the addition of 52x CD-RW and 4x DVD-R/W drives to its Advantage product line, which features rugged enclosures with both FireWire and USB 2.0 ports. The Advantage DVD-R/W drive offers 4x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 16x CD-R and 8x CD-RW capabilities, and is fully compatible with Apple’s DVD Studio Pro. The new CD-R/W drive offers SmartBurn media verification, Buffer Underrun Protection, SMART-X high speed Digital Audio Extraction, and offers 52x CDR burning speed and 24x CD-RW burning.
Read MoreUnsanity today announced the release of FruitMenu 3.0, the latest version of its haxie that gives users the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus under Mac OS X. The update includes the ability to definte different configurations for menus for different applications, a click and hold option in Finder to invoke contextual menu for one button mouse users, and several fixes. FruitMenu sells for US$10. Version 3.0 is a free upgrade to all registered users.
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