Plextor today announced its new PX-712UF DVD+-R/RW drive with support for high-speed 12X DVD+R and 8X DVD-R recording. A dual interface supports both Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and full-speed compliant IEEE-1394 FireWire, enabling Plextor customers to share a single external DVD/CD recorder among multiple computers. The Plextor PX-712UF DVD+-R/RW drive is scheduled to ship in August for US$299.00.
Read MorePeopleSoft today announced plans to certify Apple’s Safari Web browser for PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne solutions. Having previously certified PeopleSoft Enterprise applications on Safari, the addition of PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne certification marks the enterprise applications industry’s largest commitment to the Macintosh platform, according to the press release.
Read MoreCamino 0.8 is the latest version of the alternative, light-weight Mac OS X Web browser based on the Mozilla project. The update offers a new look and icon set, upgraded Gecko HTML rendering engine (v. 1.7), a more-compact download manager UI, a rewritten bookmark system, a “Top Ten” bookmark collection, Google Search field in toolbar, the ability to manage individual cookies, the ability to unblock pop-ups on a per-site basis (pop-up white-listing), and much more.
Read MoreThe Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has released its first specification to “define the design principles necessary to move content (movies, music and other media) from one consumer electronics, personal computer or mobile product to another in a wired or wireless home network.” DLNA is led by 16 founding members including Fujitsu, HP, Intel, IBM, Kenwood, Lenovo, Microsoft, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, S
Read MoreCNET News.com is reporting that Yahoo on Tuesday will begin offering 100MB of extra storage for users of its free e-mail service. “Along with the 100MB boost, Yahoo will upgrade Mail Plus paid users to 2GB of storage and lower its yearly subscription from US$29.99 a year to $19.99. Other a la carte services, such as POP e-mail forwarding, will consolidate under this plan and no longer be sold on a standalone basis. The storage boost comes as no surprise.
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