Belkin today announced new surge protectors that provide cable management, sliding outlet covers, and an inconspicuous design. “Recognizing people’s needs for more thoughtfully designed surge protectors, the Concealed Surge Protector, for example, features an unobtrusive design that blends into the wall, while keeping plugs and cables hidden under its lid, making it cleaner and safer for kids and pets,” says Belkin.
Read MoreFollowing rumors of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ “deteriorating” health, the company has issued a statement saying he is fine, notes Macworld UK. “Many Mac watchers noted that Jobs appeared thinner and somewhat less energised than before. Their observation led many to speculate that Jobs may be unwell. Some pundits voiced concerns based on Jobs’ pancreatic cancer operation of 2004,” notes the story.
Read MoreSmall Tree Communications today announced that it is ready to ship and support its multi-port copper Gigabit Ethernet and optical Gigabit Ethernet cards on the newly announced Apple Mac Pro. Designed for small workgroup, data center and enterprise installations, Small Tree’s Ethernet cards and drivers provide the I/O performance required by the Intel Xeon 5100 based systems. Small Tree offers PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet cards today with one or two ports and either copper or optical connections. Four port cards are in development.
Read MoreWiebeTech has now enhanced its proprietary write-block technology to allow investigators to image suspect 2.5″ IDE notebook drives through FireWire 800 (400 compatible) as well as USB. The new Forensic Notebook DriveDock v4 also has more LED indicators to monitor data transfer, including an indicator that assures users that write-block technology is active and protecting the data. The Forensic Notebook DriveDock v4 is priced at US$399.95, and is available now.
Read MoreSmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 1.4, the customizable typing timesaver tool. The utility, which lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, has been updated to expand the choice of delimiter characters that trigger snippet expansion. The options for import file formats has also been expanded and includes comma- and tab-delimited text files. The update also provides a choice of logos that appear in the menubar, as well as options for sorting snippets by date created or modified.
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