iFixit has released over 200 repair guides, covering every Mac mini
and most iMacs produced by Apple since 2004. All iMac and Mac mini
repair manuals are immediately available for free on
http://www.iFixit.com.
The repair manuals include in-depth disassembly guides, model
identification tips, troubleshooting techniques, and upgrade
information. The 241 new repair guides use 1,452 photos to
communicate each step of the repair.
Quark has launched QuarkPromote.com (http://www.quarkpromote.com), a
new online service that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses in
the U.S. create their own professional marketing materials that can
be picked up at a nearby neighborhood printer or received by mail in
just a few days.
The service allows people with no previous design or printing
experience to customize professionally designed templates for
business cards, postcards, flyers, brochures, appointment cards,
coupons, letterhead and envelopes.
Autodesk, Inc., will host its annual 3December
event to celebrate 3D computer graphics, and the
artists who create them. Running from Dec. 1-10,
the event will include live and virtual
activities that connect thousands of 3D artists
from around the world. Attendees will be able to
share their work, learn from top digital
entertainment professionals, and network with
other artists.
This year’s 3December is cosponsored by Dell
Precision, the exclusive technology partner for
the event, as well as Wacom and Intel.
Christmas is almost here, and Santa’s Workshop — holiday-themed
puzzle and logic game — ha been released by Getperplexed
(http://www.getperplexed.com) for the Mac and PC. It contains 96
puzzles of increasing difficulty.
Here’s how the game is described: “Suitable for adults and children,
the logic required to solve these puzzles will get your mind working
like nothing before. You play one of Santa’s elves who’s job it is to
wrap the many gifts and place them in the correct location in the
workshop.
Nexsan (http://www.nexsan.com), a storage system provider, says it’s
doubled the capacity of the SATABeast storage system from 42TB to
84TB in only four units (4U) of rack space. It’s designed for data
intensive storage applications that require 24×7 online data access.
The system’s chassis design reduces hard drive stress with
anti-accumulative rotational vibration and horizontal midplane
cooling technology supporting what is purportedly one of the lowest
storage system maintenance rates in the industry.