We asked for your opinions on Apple’s major iPhone OS 3.0 announcement on Tuesday and we got them. So, here are your opinions in their pure, raw, unedited form brought to you by the PowerPage Server Hamster: After having moved to the IPhone from the Blackberry, I’ve been astounded at the short battery life I […]
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.7 Update
On Wednesday, Mozilla.org released version 3.0.7 of its Firefox web browser. The new browser, a 17.3 megabyte download, boasts the following fixes and changes: Fixed several security issues. Fixed several stability issues. Official releases for the Estonian, Kannada, and Telugu languages are now available. Items in the “File” menu show as inactive after using the […]
Adobe’s Flash Lite multimedia player, while still lacking iPhone compatibility, may reach one billion mobile phones by the end of March according to market researcher Strategy Analytics. In a recent report, the company said that Adobe could reach its desired target mark one year ahead of schedule given its recent support for HD video as […]
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REVIEW: Micromat TechTool Protege
Like many of you, I’ve done Macintosh support for years. In fact, I used to support several newspapers in Philadelphia and was the guy that arrived on site with two bags. One bag contained a bootable SCSI hard drive with the latest version of the Mac OS installed and every conceivable recovery, repair and diagnostic tool under the sun installed. The other bag contained my PowerBook and a selection of tools.
With this setup I could diagnose and fix most Mac problems on the spot, the problem was that it was heavy and, well, SCSI. Enough said. Today, I don’t do as much field support, but still carry a bootable Firewire hard drive and the original silk-screened Mac OS DVDs that came with my machine.
There’s a new tool that I’ve been using that has the potential to save me the hassle of carrying around that external hard drive: The TechTool Protege from Micromat.
One of the most exciting announcements I’ve seen in the run up to Macworld Expo and CES (who’s the genius that scheduled these over each other anyway?) is the Solid State Disk or “SSD.”