Apple has announced the dates for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The event takes place in San Francisco from August 7-11. “WWDC 2006 is a perfect opportunity to take your work to the next level,” notes Apple. “Discover tools and techniques for optimizing your code on Intel-based Macs, explore best practices for choosing and using the latest APIs, and learn how to make the most of the technologies and services built into Mac OS X.”
Read MoreThe Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) today announced an enter-to-win sweepstakes in which qualified entrants can register online for one of four US$10,000 home or work office makeovers. The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Spring Cleaning Sweepstakes runs through June 30, 2006, with cash and prizes totaling $100,000. More than 200 prizes valued at $60,000 will be given away in addition to the four $10,000 grand-prize makeovers.
Read MoreMicroNet Technology today announced the immediate availability of the PlatinumNAS, the company’s latest member of the Platinum family. PlatinumNAS features Dual gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 2.0TB (4x500GB HDD) of high performance SATA disk drive to Network Attached RAID Storage with the speed and fault tolerance of a hardware RAID controller, capable of RAID levels 0,1,10, and 5. As with all MicroNet Platinum devices, the PlatinumNAS features lightweight aluminum design, making it ideal for small workgroups in every environment.
Read MoreThird Street Software today released Sente 3.0, a major update to its academic literature research and bibliography program. Sente is now a Universal Binary for Intel-based Mac support, and includes Spotlight support. Sente references can now be found using Spotlight — double-clicking on a reference in Spotlight search results will bring up Sente and the selected reference. Sente 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later and is priced at US$99.
Read MoreWiebeTech today announced that it has expanded its popular DriveDock series to include a new mini USBDock that allows users to attach SATA drives to a computer via a single USB cable. The dock includes the new Power Status LED indicators: power attached, power on and access. The mini USBDock is in stock and shipping now with a retail price of US$99.95.
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