Year: 2009

Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com)
will observe Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, by
announcing new earth-friendly programs to augment
the company’s ongoing commitment to green
practices.

Company reps say that OWC has already made a
significant commitment to green practices in
designing and building its corporate facility,
opened April, 2008, to meet the LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) “Platinum
Level”, the highest level of LEED certification
available.

Seagate Technology has begun shipping the Barracuda LP (Low Power), a
power-thrifty desktop hard drive family that purportedly uses as much
as 50 percent less electricity than standard desktop hard drives.

The Barracuda LP hard drives
(http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_lp)
deliver on the promise of sustainability, energy efficiency and a
more eco-friendly footprint by helping organizations cut computer
power costs and giving money-minded consumers great performance for
their energy dollar, according to Joan Motsinger, Seagate vi

The Retronyms has released Seek ‘n Spell (http://www.seeknspell.com),
a new word game for the iPhone 3G and iPod touch. It’s available for
US$2.99 at the Apple App Store.

Here’s how the game is described: “Seek ‘n Spell transforms iPhone
gaming from a solo, sedentary experience to an active and social
outdoor contest.

Trend Micro has announced the availability of a new product to help
Mac users safely surf the web with any browser, confidently click on
links in emails and IM messages, and stay protected against Internet
crime. Carol Carpenter, vice president of consumer marketing for
Trend Micro, says the goal is to “give consumers powerful,
easy-to-use security so they can confidently surf the Internet, both
on Mac and Windows.”

Trend Micro’s anti-malware and Web threat protection technologies
protect a user’s identity and personal data while they shop, bank,
and surf online.

LuraTech (http://www.luratech.com) has released
the latest version of its document conversion
solution. LuraDocument PDF Compressor 5.3 has
been enhanced with a number of new features, such
as free-form recognition and the ability to
convert born digital documents to PDF/A for
long-term archival.