Apple said today that it will miss the deadline for shipping its Xsan storage management software. Xsan, which will sell for US$999, was scheduled to be released before today. “Xsan will not ship this year; it will ship early next year,” Apple said in a statement. The company did not provide the reason for the delay. Xsan is “designed to further Apple’s position in the clustering market,” according to CNET News.com.
Read MoreThe December 18th broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio Show is now available as an MP3 download. The show featured Danika Cleary, Apple’s iPod product manager; Jeannie Novak, CEO of Indiespace; actor/blogger Wil Wheaton; and Sam Levin’s Cool Holiday Mac Picks: Part 3.
Read MoreAmbrosia Software today announced WireTap Pro, a new edition of its utility that allows you to record any audio on your Mac. It can save audio from any running applications, as well as from any microphone, line-in, headset, or Griffin radioSHARK. WireTap Pro can save your digital recordings in .mp3, AAC, QuickTime, and AIFF file formats, saving them to your hard drive for later processing/listening. WireTap Pro can also save your recordings directly into iTunes or onto your iPod.
Read MoreApple today released AirPort Express Firmware 6.1.1 and AirPort Extreme Firmware 5.1.1.
Read MoreThe Globe and Mail reports that getting your hands on an iPod mini in Canada before Christmas is virtually impossible. “Apple’s iPod mini has become the must-have toy of this Christmas season–it is so popular that the diminutive, colourful digital-music player has joined Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo on the short list of gifts that have made marketing history by triggering a consumer frenzy and widespread shortages.
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