Year: 2006

Fastmac announces PowerBook Pismo upgrade

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

Fastmac today announced an extended life battery upgrade for Apple’s PowerBook Pismo. The new 84 Whr battery uses Lithium-Ion cells (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) that are manufactured to the “highest quality standards” and utilizes TruePower technology to provide up to 68% more capacity than the original Apple battery, notes the company. Fastmac’s TruePower battery for the PowerBook Pismo is scheduled to ship within 10 days and is available for pre-order from their Web site for a special introductory price of US$139.95.

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U.S. Army standardizes on Thursby’s ADmitMac for CAC

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

Thursby Software Systems today announced that their newest Mac product offering, ADmitMac for CAC (AFC), has been formally accepted as part of the U.S. Army’s enterprise desktop standards. “The U.S. Army’s Technical Authority (TA) Implementation Memorandum establishes minimum baseline computer system configurations within the Army. The latest TA adds the Apple Macintosh as a peer OS and as an alternative to Microsoft Windows XP.

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Winners announced for the ‘My Dream App’ contest

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

My Dream App, the Mac competition searching for the next killer app, announced its three winners today. After a close race to the finish, three ideas emerged on top garnering the most support from the public: Atmosphere, a dynamic desktop representing the weather by Cameron Westland; Portal, a file synchronization utility with wormhole visualizations by Farzad Sadjadi; and Cookbook, a full featured recipe and meal management application by Michael Yuan.

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SubRosaSoft announces MacForensicsLab 1.6

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

SubRosaSoft today announced the availability of MacForensicsLab 1.6. MacForensicsLab is a complete suite of forensics and analysis tools in one cohesive package. Designed to work on Macintosh, Windows, and Linux storage devices, MacForensicsLab is an all-in-one, easy-to-use forensics software suite for Mac OS X. The new version sports better performance, a much-requested user audit feature, and a dual-bootable CD which supports the latest machines. MacForensicsLab is priced at US$995.

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