Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Will Lion’s Server features tempt enterprise users?

Posted by | May 6, 2011 | , |

When the next version of Lion prowls, it will certainly be an interesting critter. In some ways, it’s designed to be the ultimate consumer-oriented operating system as it melds iOS and traditional Mac OS elements. In other ways — or at least one — it may well appeal to the enterprise.

Lion will include Lion Server at no extra charge. In other words, there’ll no longer be separate Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server versions — there’ll just be one Mac OS X. You’ll be able to provision any Mac with Lion as a server through a simple setup process.

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Rumors of the day: iOS updates, iPad 3, more

Rumors of the day: iOS updates, iPad 3, more

Posted by | May 5, 2011 | , |

Apple will provide over-the-air updates for iOS 5, while the upcoming version of Mac OSX Lion will be delivered via the Mac App Store, according to two separate reports (http://macte.ch/RkI8A). Instead of having users chained to iTunes for their iOS updates, Apple may introduce wireless OS updates, removing the need for a computer in the process.

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Greg’s Bite: Microsoft buys RIM? LOL

Greg’s Bite: Microsoft buys RIM? LOL

Posted by | May 5, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

Sometimes the synergy of two companies are so symmetrically fitting a merger or takeover is like a marriage made in heaven. Everything just fits like a glove.

Sometimes, such a business marriage is conceived in a far darker and hotter place. PC Magazine’s Peter Pachal appears to be having hallucinations or the blue screen of death happened on his PC, once too often. The URL for the story is: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384918,00.asp (this article is best read while eating corn flakes).

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Whatever happened to iWork.com?

Posted by | May 5, 2011 | , |

In 2009, Apple launched its iWork.com site in beta — and it’s been there ever since. That seems likely plenty of time for Apple to work out the kinks, so perhaps a finished version will be part of “iCloud” or “Castle” or whatever Apple’s rumored, upcoming cloud service will be dubbed.

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