Virtualization takes toll on physical server sales

Modern number from Gartner show that computer server sales slowed in the third quarter , a movement the research company attribute to virtualization . Gartner ’s latest study on host , released Tuesday , present that worldwide sales event grew by 4.4 percent , base on revenue , to just over US$ 13 billion , and 9.1 per centum by unit bulk , to 2 billion servers . In the 2nd quarter , sales rose 2....

November 21, 2006 · 3 min · 537 words · Sara Adams

Analysis: Secunia reports disk image security flaw

Security business firm Secunia has posted an advisory about a potentialMac O X UDIF Memory Corruption Vulnerability . The original source of the report say that the vulnerability is present on a fully - patched Intel - found Mac . The paper states : “ The vulnerability is caused due to an error in com.apple . AppleDiskImageController when handling corrupted DMG image structures . This can be exploited to cause a retentivity corruption and may allow death penalty of arbitrary code in kernel - mode ....

November 20, 2006 · 2 min · 372 words · Joshua Gonzalez

Batch apply iPhoto effects

iPhoto ’s various photo - effect features — such as Enhance , Sepia , Fade Color , and Edge Blur — and its handy Adjust palette make it soft to tweak a photo to your liking . Unfortunately , if you ’ve got a bunch of images that need the same tweaking , you have to edit each one severally . Unless you use feroXsoft’siPhoto Batch Enhancer 2.0.3i (; payment requested ) , that is ....

November 20, 2006 · 5 min · 968 words · Christopher Conway

Ditch the Documents folder

Last week , I compose a tip on how to make OS X always use expanded Save dialogs . In the associated forum thread , the conversation got a bit off track , and there was some discussion on saving filing cabinet in general . A poster complained about the number of software that are writing files into his Documents folder , making it very punishing for him to blot his files within the peck of other entries ....

November 20, 2006 · 3 min · 584 words · Richard Smith

MacBook Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz and 2.0GHz

Before even hand its six - month natal day , the MacBook has undergone its first makeover . The change — a Modern processor and ( in two of the three standard MacBook configurations ) more memory , big backbreaking driving force , and twofold - stratum videodisc burning — aren’t quite as substantial as Apple ’s recent enhancement to the 15 - column inch MacBook Pro ( ) , but they bring real value to a merchandise that had already taken the consumer and didactics marketplace by storm ....

November 20, 2006 · 7 min · 1443 words · Joseph Bradley

Novell backs away from Ballmer comments on Linux

“ We disagree with the late statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and letters patent , ” Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian wrote in an open alphabetic character posted on Novell ’s website . “ Importantly , our understanding with Microsoft is in no way an acknowledgement that Linux infringes upon any Microsoft intellectual belongings . To claim otherwise is to further sow fear , uncertainty and doubt , and does not offer a fair basis for competition ....

November 20, 2006 · 4 min · 817 words · Ana Jordan

Playlist’s Plays of the Year: 2006

A yr ago , we dub 2005the Year of the iPod — the year when Apple ’s line of portable participant , and the hatful of unparalleled appurtenance surrounding it , made affair abundantly clear that the iPod ruled the roost . And 2006 ? Well , this was the class that both the iPod line and attendant add-on matured . All three iPod models saw 2d - contemporaries update that improved on the master copy ’ features and public presentation ....

November 20, 2006 · 25 min · 5231 words · Jessica Hernandez

First Look: Cool down: Core 2 Duo switch drops MacBook temps

The MacBook ’s electric switch to a Core 2 Duo CPU may have produced only modest gains when compared to a like acclivity to the MacBook Pro . But the updated MacBooks do beat their high - power counterparts in one significant area — they run importantly cooler . Testing by Macworld Lab found that the move from a Core Duo chip to a next - generation Core 2 Duo processor lessen the MacBook ’s external temperature by about 5 degrees , allowing you to actually set this laptop computer upon your lick ....

November 19, 2006 · 3 min · 617 words · Lisa Palmer

Gear Guide: For the office and the road

Whether you expend your days behind a desk or on the go , there ’s a surplus of gadgets and gizmos out there that will help make your Mac experience that much sweeter . But you do n’t have to take time out of your busy day to search high and low for the fun and hard-nosed Mac add - ons — we do all the hard oeuvre for you as part of our annual Gear Guide ....

November 19, 2006 · 11 min · 2308 words · Miss Kimberly Johnson

Hands on with the Nintendo Wii

Having pre - consistent aNintendo Wiifrom my local video biz retail merchant back in October , I did n’t need to wait in a long line to pick mine up when the game console table cash in one’s chips on sales event Sunday — I just waltz in and snaffle a whole that had been hold for me , along with a bare controller and two games : The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess and Rayman ’s Raving Rabbids ....

November 19, 2006 · 11 min · 2312 words · Denise Wilson

HP Color LaserJet 2605dtn

HP ’s Color LaserJet 2605dtn is an inexpensive colour laser printing machine with a few features not loosely found in budget printers . For instance , the 2605dtn sportsman PostScript 3 emulation , a second 250 - sheet newspaper tray , Ethernet connectivity , built - in automatic duplexing capabilities , and a built - in memory add-in reader . Even though its mark quality , while very good , is n’t the best we ’ve seen , and its print speed , while quick , is n’t the riotous , this printer — with all of its features have as a whole — is a real buy ....

November 19, 2006 · 4 min · 684 words · Betty Vang

Name those tunes

originally this week I showed you some ways to contribute utility program to iTunes via AppleScript . Since it ’s Friday , today seems like a unspoiled twenty-four hours to show you how to have a little fun with your iTunes library . Most people have heard ofName That Tune , apopular TV biz showthat publicize in various incarnations in the 50s , 70s , and 80s , where contestants had to identify birdsong based on light and shorter snippets ....

November 17, 2006 · 5 min · 968 words · Mark Kelly

15-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.16GHz and 2.33GHz

Apple says that its late MacBook Pro laptops , equipped with Intel Core 2 brace processors in billet of the Core Duo chips that powered the first generation of the family , “ extradite performance that is up to 39 percent quicker . ” Based on preceding experience with the troupe ’s benchmark boasts , I expect to find myself writing , in effect , “ Sure , but you ’ll never see anything close to that in material life ....

November 16, 2006 · 9 min · 1896 words · Brittany Walker