Year: 2010

‘MacVoices’ looks at taking control of iPhone basics

‘MacVoices’ looks at taking control of iPhone basics

Posted by | Oct 6, 2010 | , |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Karen Anderson, long an editor of Take Control books, talks about authoring her first title, “Take Control of iPhone Basics, iOS 4 Edition.”

She discusses why you can be happy with an iPhone 3GS, especially if you have limited needs, but why the iPhone 4 is still at the top of the heap. No matter which iPhone you select, Anderson helps you get more out of it by reviewing some of the features built in to both the device itself, as well as iTunes that are often overlooked,

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RAIDON launches new one to four bay, USB 3.0, disk array storage devices

RAIDON launches new one to four bay, USB 3.0, disk array storage devices

Posted by | Oct 6, 2010 | , |

RAIDON (www.raidon.com.tw/ is releasing the new 3.5-inch, USB 3.0 external storage family. The devices support functions including JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.

The USB 3.0 family shares identical HDD tray modules that facilitate HDD installations or replacements. According to the folks at RAIDON, this brings convenience to data exchange from management among storage devices, especially between GT1650 and GT5630 for demands of JBOD function.

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Sony Online bringing Free Realms to the Mac

Posted by | Oct 6, 2010 | , |

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), in collaboration with TransGaming, has announced that Free Realms for the Mac is currently in development. Scheduled to release later this fall, Free Realms Mac users will play together in the family-friendly online world with the over 14 million existing registered players on the PC.

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New Apple TV good, but no cable replacement

New Apple TV good, but no cable replacement

Posted by | Oct 6, 2010 | , |

The new Apple TV is a solid update to Apple’s “hobby,” but it’s not a “cable killer” as I hoped it would be (sorry, Comcast — well, no, I’m not). Of course, that would be expecting a lot from an US$99 device. And as a device that streams content from my Mac AND lets me access Netflix, it’s a good upgrade for folks like myself.

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Don’t count out the Mac as part of Apple’s phenomenal growth

Posted by | Oct 6, 2010 | , |

This week Brian White of Ticonderoga Securities issued an in-depth 85-page note on Apple, saying the company will continue to grow, grow, grow — and don’t count out the Mac as part of that growth.

“We believe Apple is still in the early stages of capitalizing on the trend toward a digital lifestyle, while transforming itself to seize large opportunities in the enterprise market, advertising (i.e. mobile, TV, etc.), “cloud computing and social networking,” White wrote.

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