Archive for May 6th, 2008

06 May

Quick Tip of the Week: Using iChat to transfer files

A great way to text, set up video conferences with multiple parties, or host remote Keynote presentations, iChat also offers a fast and simple way to exchange large files with clients or colleagues. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

06 May

Xserve “carries pervasive big iron design to the mainstream”

In his glowing review of the new 8-core Xserve, Tom Yager (infoworld.com) asserts that it “breaks the PC server mold with big iron-class reliability, availability, and serviceability features, but with neither the big iron price tag nor management complexity.” A great option for small business, “Xserve is built and supported to run not for one or two years, but three years, five years, and beyond.”

06 May

Discovering the cure for computer headaches

At Intezyne Technologies, viruses, spyware, and endless restarts kept researchers at the biotechnology startup from job one: finding better treatments for catastrophic illnesses. But the company put their computer ills behind them once they switched to the Mac. “Working on a Mac allows me to spend more time calculating and analyzing my data, and less time trying to figure out what’s wrong with my computer,” says co-founder Kurt Breitenkamp.

06 May

Enjoy Tribeca 2008 Filmmaker Talks

To celebrate the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, such talented artists as Tony Gilroy, Amy Poehler, Clive Owen. Errol Morris, Jeremiah Zagar, and Wong Kar Wai came to the Apple Retail Store, SoHo, to speak about their latest projects. Now you can enjoy their talks, too, by downloading the latest podcasts.

06 May

TabMeister 2.0.5

A great little desktop utility that helps you quickly get to applications, files, and folders without having to always search for them on your hard drive.

06 May

iCombiner 1.2

Merges multiple PDF, TIFF, PNG and JPEG files into a single PDF document.

06 May

SMART Utility 1.2

An application to scan the internal diagnostics of hard drives