Samsung announces 2TB EcoGreen hard drive
Samsung (http://www.samsung.com) has announced the F4EG, which it describes as the world’s highest-density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive (HDD) for the desktop market.
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Key findings of the 8th Annual 2010 BSI Computer Theft Survey
Here are some of the findings of the 8th Annual 2010 BSI Computer Theft Survey:
° There were over 5,500,000 computers stolen in the USA in the last three years. Worldwide statistics are proportionally similar.
° According to the FBI, only 3% of unprotected (those that do not use a software tracking and recovery software) stolen computers are ever recovered.
° More than half (58.7%) of the survey respondents have been the victim of computer theft in the last 12 months.
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Review: Kanex iAdapt HDMI V2 a streamlined, efficient HD video solution
In my home office, I have a 32-inch Vizio display attached to my iMac. I can use it as a secondary monitor and/or watch Blu-ray movies (since I can’t do that natively on my Mac — thanks, Apple) due to the Kanex iAdapt HDMI V2 (http://kanexlive.com/products/iAdaptV2.html).
Read MoreDoes Apple plan on replacing iDVD with cloud storage?
Recently I lamented that Apple seems about to drop iDVD from the iLife suite. I think that’s a mistake, but “Macsimum” reader John Konopka points out that Apple often gives us a replacement if they drop something.
Could it be that the giant server site that Apple is building in Maiden, North Carolina, will be the replacement for iDVD? Rather than burning DVDs Apple may want us to send movies to the cloud from which they can be accessed almost anywhere.
Read MoreVueScan for Mac OS X gets maintenance update
Hamrick Software has released Vuescan 8.6.48, a new version of the VueScan software for Mac OS X that’s designed to let users produce better digital images from color snapshots, negatives, slides and documents. It’s a maintenance update with some bug fixes.
The Standard Edition of VueScan costs US$39.95 and the Professional Edition is $79.95 for a single user license. Multi-user licenses are available. A fully functional, trial copy of VueScan is available for download from the Hamrick web site (http://www.hamrick.com).
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