Sunday, January 25, 2009

Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs

Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs: "These are the startup key combinations you can use on Intel-based Macs:"

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Data Robotics, Inc. DROBO

Data Robotics, Inc.: "What does it mean to go BeyondRAID? Going beyond traditional RAID means leaving behind choices between striping and mirroring, limitations on expandability, drive sizing, and drive ordering, among others. BeyondRAID™ technology is the next generation of storage that brings together safety, reliability, expandability, efficiency, and of course ease-of-use. It fits in the same place in the stack as traditional RAID between the file system and the driver. BeyondRAID can be adopted without any change in infrastructure, allowing you to maintain your current file system and operating system and eliminating the friction costs typically associated with moving to a new technology platform. It is RAID in the sense that the technology utilizes a redundant array of independent disks but not in the usual meaning of the acronym."

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Photosynth: About

Photosynth: About: "Imagine being able to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world. With nothing more than a bunch of photos, Photosynth creates an amazing new experience."

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Virtual Appliances

Parallels Virtual Appliances Directory:

Parallels Technology Network (PTN): "a dedicated community portal designed to provide assistance to users and developers who want to integrate own software with Parallels products. Through PTN, we are building a strong user community around Parallels technologies such as Parallels Open Platform."

Mac Virtual Machines and Virtual PC. Automation and Virtualization Software for Desktops, Servers, Hosting, SaaS - Parallels: "Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating system, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 800 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia."

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Technovia: Switching

Technovia: Switching: "ou might have gathered from some of my more recent posts that I've switched platform. My main machine is now a Dell laptop, running Ubuntu 8.10.

I've been using Macs since 1986, and have owned one more or less continuously since 1989. Machines that have been through the mill of my day-to-day keyboard bashing include the Mac Plus, LC 475, PowerBook Duo, iBook and MacBook Pro. I've earned a living writing about Macs and attended more Macworld Expos than I can count.

But unless Apple has a change of direction and creates some very different machines, I think that I've probably bought my last one.

The reasons behind moving from Mac OS X to Linux are varied."

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Parallels Desktop and Parallels Server Support

Thankyou monoclast! - Parallels Desktop and Parallels Server Support: "Thankyou monoclast! In 2006 you posted a detailed but simple set of instructions to enable virtualization in those macs that had them switched off:

http://forum.parallels.com/thread3273.html

Well, it's 2009 now but those instructions still work! They may seem a little intimidating at first to non technical users like me, but they're actually pretty simple and clear."

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Turning Gate / Lightroom

The Turning Gate / Lightroom: "TTG Lightroom Galleries

This area of The Turning Gate is dedicated to Adobe Lightroom, primarily focusing on Lightroom’s Web module.

Lightroom’s Web module allows users to create web photo galleries of their images “with little effort and no programming, and preview the results in Lightroom before [publishing] them to [a] site” (Lightroom product page).

I have produced a number of web photo gallery templates, tutorials and articles for Lightroom‘s Web module, all freely available here. The list of available contents is located in the right-hand column of this page.

Because the volume of content may be at first overwhelming to new visitors, I’ll here try to provide some context to get you started."

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

FirmTek SeriTek/SpyderHUB

FirmTek SeriTek/SpyderHUB: "The SeriTek/SpyderHUB changes everything!
This ultra small, 4-ounce/110-gram device is a great travel mate for computer users that want to have the ability to connect to external eSATA hard drives. Imagine MacBook 'Air' on the road with the capability to attach up to two eSATA hard drives at a remote location. Computer labs wanting access to eSATA enclosures on any computer in the lab will love the SpyderHUB. Computer repair facilities that want to use eSATA hard drive enclosures for computer repair and backup will find the SpyderHUB is indispensable. Professional users looking for a way to expand their eSATA enclosure use to include computers that do not support a SATA host adapter will find the SpyderHUB provides an amazing solution. Apple users that want their external eSATA hard drive to be bootable will find the SpyderHUB can also provide this feature."

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

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