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iMac Still the Desktop Star
BusinessWeek's
Cliff Edwards reports:
"Zooming around a sharp corner while playing Electronic Arts' Need
for Speed video game on my computer, I spun out of control, hit a
guardrail, and sailed over a cliff to my doom. It's an outcome that's
all too common now, but one that wasn't even possible until Apple began
using zippy Intel processors in its computers, prompting EA to create
versions of its games for the iMac.
"It's been just a year since Apple made the switch, and the iMac has very quickly become the machine
to beat if you want an all-in-one desktop computer. Between its design
makeover, new multimedia software, and the ability to play games once
confined to Windows-based computers and dedicated game consoles, the
iMac remains the undisputed champ even as rivals Gateway,
Hewlett-Packard, and Sony step up their offerings."
Link:
Apple iMac: Still the Desktop Star
Sonnet Announces Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard'
Support
PR:
Sonnet Technologies announces full support for Mac OS X Leopard
(v10.5), the latest operating system software release from Apple Inc.
Sonnet's entire expansion-card family - PCI Express (PCIe) cards for
Mac Pro, Xserve and Power Mac G5; PCI/PCI-X cards for Power Mac G5 and
Power Mac G4; ExpressCard/34 cards for MacBook Pro; CardBus cards for
PowerBook G4 computers; and Encore/ST and Encore/MDX processor upgrade
cards for Power Mac® G4 and Xserve G4 computers - are Leopard
compatible. Sonnet's award-winning Fusion storage systems are also 100%
Leopard compatible.
Sonnet makes the most complete suite of Leopard-compatible upgrade
products on the market, enabling Mac users to add connections and
improve system performance and usability. Sonnet's Macintosh-compatible
expansion cards include eSATA (external Serial ATA), internal SATA,
FireWire, FireWire 800, USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, wireless, and
multimedia card reader/writers. Sonnet's Encore/ST G4, Encore/ST G4
Duet, and Encore/MDX G4 Duet processor upgrade cards improve the
processing performance of numerous Power Mac G4 computers, and
G4-equipped Xserves. In some Power Mac G4 computers, Sonnet 1
GHz-to-1.8 GHz processor upgrade cards may enable the use of Leopard,
which requires at least an 867 MHz G4 processor.
For more information on the complete selection of Sonnet's
Leopard-compatible products, please visit Sonnet's website.
Link: Sonnet
Technologies
A New Source for Old Versions of Free Mac
Software
PR:
OldApps.com is a download site for obsolete Mac software applications,
now Providing 2,770 old versions of 191 programs.
OldApps.com Mission Statement
The idea behind OldApps.com is ingeniously simple. Our mission is to
provide our users with a wide assortment of current versions of
familiar software, and their predecessors, for free. Our database is
maintained up to date with older versions of software as they become
readily available. Our users can be assured that this process involves
our careful and meticulous screening of each individual program and
version listed on OldApps.com. Our pledge is that our users will never
end up with any malware, Trojans, and/or any other variation of
viruses.
While most websites provide downloads of current versions,
OldApps.com caters to a different market of interest by providing older
versions of the same useful programs. Often newer versions are more
complicated to use and we understand that it is hard to find older,
more user-friendly versions of popular software. Many software
providers do not include older versions of their software on their
sites, therefore, OldApps.com has found its market niche and provides a
vital intermediary function for our users' software needs. We are more
than happy to accommodate you with "freedom of choice" by providing
multiple versions for you to choose the optimal software version that
is right for you.
As software updates are being released more frequently, not every
computer is able to keep up with the minimum requirements of new
software; OldApps.com hopes that we can provide a means to circumvent
this problem. Many users with slow Internet connections may want to
attain a leaner program to avoid the common frustrations associated
with the increasingly larger sizes of modern programs. OldApps.com
lists file sizes next to all versions of software to ensure maximum
customization. As we are expanding our library, we will diligently
continue to add features to the site, so be sure to keep in touch with
us.
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Link: OldApps.com
Intel's Advance in Transistor Design Means More
Powerful CPUs with Less Power Consumption
PR: Sixteen
eco-friendly, faster and 'cooler' chips incorporate 45nm Hafnium-based
high-k metal gate transistors
Michele Lambrech
and Sarah Leahey enjoy sunflowers, courtesy of Intel. Intel handed out
sunflowers in New York's Times Square to mark the introduction of its
first lead-free processors. Sunflowers have the ability to pull lead
from soil. (Photo: Business Wire)
Built using an entirely new transistor formula that alleviates the
wasteful electricity leaks that threaten the pace of future computer
innovation, Intel Corporation has unveiled 16 server and high-end PC
processors. In addition to increasing computer performance and saving
energy use, these processors also eliminate eco-unfriendly lead and, in
2008, halogen materials.
Called the biggest transistor advancements in 40 years by Intel
cofounded Gordon Moore, the processors are the first to use Intel's
Hafnium-based high-k metal gate (Hi-k) formula for the hundreds of
millions of transistors inside these processors. These Intel Core 2
Extreme and Xeon processors are also the first to be manufactured on
the company's 45-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process, further boosting
performance and lowering power consumption.
Processors using Intel 45nm Hafnium-based High-k Metal Gate
transistor technology. Using an entirely new transistor formula, the
processor incorporate 420 million transistors for each dual core chip,
and 840 million for each quad core chip. An average human finger nail
is 20 million nm thick - Intel transistors are only 45nm. (Photo:
Business Wire
Combining these two advancements with new processor features enables
Intel to continue delivering faster and more energy-efficient
processors that are better for the environment. The breakthroughs clear
the path for Intel to design products that are 25 percent smaller than
previous versions and, thus, more cost-effective, as well as the
ability next year to pursue new ultra mobile and consumer electronics
"system on chip" opportunities.
Processors on an Intel 45nm Hafnium-based High-k Metal Gate
''Penryn'' Wafer photographed with a pin. 30 Million transistors fit on
the head of a pin. Using an entirely new transistor formula, the
processors incorporate 420 million transistors for each dual core chip,
and 840 million for each quad core chip. (Photo: Business Wire)
"The intellects, physics and designs that went into solving one of
the industry's most daunting challenges are awe-inspiring and I
congratulate the Intel teams for this breakthrough achievement," said
Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "Best yet, this feat, coupled
with our industry-leading architectures, means faster and sleeker
computers, longer battery life and better energy efficiency. Our
objective is to bring consumers a new class of computers delivering a
full Internet experience in ever-smaller, more portable form
factors."
The new 45nm (a nanometer is 1 billionth of a meter) processors
boast nearly twice the transistor density of previous chips built on
the company's 65nm technology - that is up to 820 million transistors
for quad-core processors, each using Intel's new formula.
Processors on an Intel 45nm Hafnium-based High-k Metal Gate
''Penryn'' Wafer photographed with a penny. Using an entirely new
transistor formula, the processors incorporate 420 million transistors
for each dual core chip, and 840 million for each quad core chip.
(Photo: Business Wire)
New High-End Desktop Processor
The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad core processor, the world's
first 45nm Hi-k desktop processor, delivers more of the adrenaline that
hard-core gamers and media enthusiasts demand. Enhancements such as a
larger L2 cache and support for new Intel SSE4 media instructions help
bring desktop performance to "extreme" new levels.
"One of our goals was to optimize Crysis in order to deliver the
ultimate quality, bringing mind-blowing game play to the latest
hardware," said Dr. Douglas Binks, R&D manager, Crytek. "With the
new 45nm Hi-k Intel Core 2 Extreme processors, we use multicore
technology to enable physics, particle effects and audio on separate
cores, helping Crysis to create an astounding gaming experience."
Family of 45nm Server Processors; World-Record Speed
New to the Intel lineup of server processors are 15 server dual-core
and quad-core 45nm Hi-k Intel Xeon processors. The 12 new quad-core
chips boast clock speeds ranging from 2 GHz up to 3.2 GHz, with
front side bus speeds (FSB) up to 1600 MHz, and cache sizes of 12 MB.
The three new dual-core chips feature clock speeds of up to 3.4 GHz, an
FSB of up to 1600 MHz, and cache sizes of 6 MB.
The 45nm Hi-k Intel Xeon processors are compatible with server
platforms using the Intel 5000 chipset family. In addition, Intel is
launching three platform solutions to support 45nm processors,
including:
- The Intel 5400 chipset-based platform (previously code named
"Stoakley") that is optimized for high-bandwidth applications such as
high-performance computing (HPC).
- The Intel 5100 Memory Controller Hub chipset and Intel ICH-9R I/O
controller (previously code named "Cranberry Lake"). These are
cost-optimized solutions that support either one or two processors and
also provide reduced power consumption using native DDR2 memory.
- The Intel 3200 chipset-based platform (previously code named
"Garlow") that is specifically designed for single-processor entry
servers.
The 45nm Hi-k Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series sets a
number of world records(b) on key industry-standard benchmarks. A HP
Proliant DL380 G5 Server sets a new TPC-C(a) mark with a score of
273,666 tpmC and an SAP-SD(a) record with a score of 2449 SD-Users. A
Dell PowerEdge(a) 2950 server running BEA JRockit(a) JVM delivered a
record-breaking SPECjbb(a)2005 result of 303130(b) BOPS. Dell also sets
a new virtualization performance record on VMmark benchmark running
VMWare ESX Server with a score of 8.47 at 6 tiles. Using a PRIMERGY
RX300 S4 Server, Fujitsu-Siemens set a new SPECint(a)_rate2006 record
with a score of 138.
Additionally, the 5400 series chipset-based platform with 1600 MHz
Front Side Bus sets new world records(b) on key high-performance
computing and bandwidth-intensive benchmarks including the
SPECfp(a)_rate2006 benchmark that measures floating point throughput
performance. World records were also achieved in key HPC benchmarks,
including Fluent(a), LS-Dyna(a), SPECOMP2001(a) and Abaqus(a). For
detailed system and testing information on these and other performance
benchmarks, visit:
http://www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/summary.htm
Intel's 45nm Hi-k Xeon processors also extend performance-per-watt
leadership by delivering an improvement of 38 percent1 over its previous-generation Quad-Core Xeon 5300
Series processors.
The move from 65nm to 45nm involves more than just a shrink of
current chip designs. The processors include such additional features
as new Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 (SSE4), which are 47 new
instructions that speed up workloads including video encoding for
high-definition and photo manipulation, as well as key HPC and
enterprise applications. Software vendors supporting the new SSE4
instruction set include Adobe(a), Microsoft(a) and Symantec(a).
Additional processor performance enhancing architectural features
include:
- Enhanced Intel Virtualization Technology - Virtual machine
transition (entry/exit) times are improved by an average of 25 to 75
percent through hardware with no changes to software required.
- Fast Division of Numbers - A fast divider roughly doubles the speed
over previous generations for computations used in nearly all
applications through a technique called Radix 16. The ability to divide
instructions and commands faster increases a computer's
performance.
- Unique Super Shuffle Engine - By implementing a wider 128-bit
shuffle unit, performance significantly improves for SSE-related
instructions that have shuffle-like operations. This feature will
increase performance for content creation, imaging, video and
high-performance computing.
Pricing of the 45nm Hi-k Intel Xeon processors depends on the model,
speeds, features and amount ordered, and ranges from $177 to $1,279 in
quantities of 1,000. The 45nm Hi-k Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad core
processor is priced at $999 in quantities of 1,000. Depending on the
model, these processors are available today or within 45 days.
Intel does not control or audit the design or implementation of
third-party benchmarks or Web sites referenced in this document. Intel
encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced Web sites or
others where similar performance benchmarks are reported and confirm
whether the referenced benchmarks are accurate and reflect performance
of systems available for purchase.
Link: Intel
Products
Sonnet's Carapace Keyboard Cover for Apple Aluminum
Keyboard
PR: Sonnet Technologies has announced the immediate
availability of the Carapace keyboard cover for the new Apple wired
aluminum keyboard. Compatible with US and international keyboards,
Carapace is custom-molded to fit each key, yet allows normal typing.
With Carapace in place, the keyboard's beauty is preserved, and typing
speed and accuracy are unaffected - its thin, flexible construction
provides a clear view of the keys and dampens the sound of
keystrokes.
Like Carapace for MacBook Pro, MacBook, and the previous
generation of Apple desktop keyboards, Carapace for the Apple wired
aluminum keyboard is made of high-quality silicone with a proprietary
coating. Compared to traditional sticky silicone skins, the unique
Sonnet coating provides the dual benefits of being antistatic so as not
to attract dust, and having a more natural feel so as to feel
comfortable even during long typing periods. Carapace for the Apple
wired aluminum keyboard is easy to install and remove, withstands heavy
typing and prolonged use, and is washable with soap and water. Carapace
keeps Apple keyboards looking clean and new.
In a world full of sticky fingers, cookie crumbs, and
knocked-over water bottles, your computer's keyboard is under constant
attack - protect it with one of Sonnet's high-quality Carapace™
keyboard covers! Carapace encloses each key, and covers the spaces
between to safeguard your keyboard from dust, crumbs, spills, and
everyday mishaps.
Compared to traditional sticky silicone skins, Carapace's
unique coating provides the dual benefits of being antistatic so as not
to attract dust, and having a more natural feel so as to feel
comfortable even during long typing periods. With Carapace in place,
typing speed and accuracy are unaffected - its thin and flexible
construction provides a clear view of the keys and dampens the sound of
keystrokes.
Each Carapace keyboard cover is made of durable silicone, and is
custom-designed and perfectly fitted to your keyboard to allow easy
touch-typing in any sort of environment. You'll hardly notice it's
there.
Carapace is easy to use and stands up to heavy use - lay it
across your computer's clean keys and start typing. When it needs
cleaning, just lift it off - stains and dirt wash away with soap and
water.
Key Benefits
- Durable, 100% silicone material; thin and flexible construction
allows normal typing
- Unique coating makes Carapace soft to the touch with no sticky
feeling, also helps to repel dust
- Custom-molded for each keyboard with individual function keys
- Easy to maintain; wash with soap and water
Carapace for the Apple wired aluminum keyboard (part number KP-AL)
is available now for the retail price of $24.95.
For more information on Carapace for the Apple wireless aluminum
keyboard, visit the Sonnet website.
Link: Carapace Keyboard
Cover
Software
OldFolder: Pre-Leopard Dock Folder Hierarchical
Menu
PR: OldFolder revives the pre-Leopard dock's hierarchical
menu interface for folders.
Set by browsing to the folder.
Reset by either browsing or just drag and drop the new folder on the
Dock icon.
To create additional folders, just duplicate the application and
launch, as OldFolder keeps track of which folder to open based on the
launched applications name.
System requirements: Mac OS X 10.5
System Support: PPC/Intel
Free/donationware
Link: OldFolder
Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. for a More Intuitive
Spaces Experience
PR: Spaces like it should have been.
Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces..
Ever since I got Leopard, I've been saying this over and over again
- once every time the new Spaces feature on Leopard fails to do what I
expect (like when it frantically switches spaces whenever I switch
between different applications). Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is a
partial attempt at a remedy. It works by injecting a small piece of
code into the Dock. The code will prevent the Dock from switching to a
different space immediately after switching to a different application
(using Command-Tab, for instance). The result is a (hopefully) more
intuitive Spaces experience.
Due to its low-level nature, Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. is currently
only available for Intel-based Macs. The source code is available,
however, so anyone willing to look into porting it to the PowerPC
should feel free to do so :-)
System requirements: Spaces.. Spaces.. Spaces.. requires Mac OS X
10.5.0/9A581 and an Intel-based Mac. (Sorry PowerPC users, no Leopard
on any PPC-based Macs yet.)
System Support: Intel
Free
Link: Spaces.. Spaces..
Spaces..
CUPS-PDF Saves Documents Directly to PDF
PR: CUPS-PDF is a backend module for CUPS (Mac OS X's
printing system) by Volker C. Behr that, rather than printing to a
device, prints straight to PDF files.
Why use this rather than a simple "Save as PDF" in the print
dialog?
- Pressing return is faster.
- Batch-print through the writer to convert documents to PDF.
- Common save location for all generated PDFs.
Print to the printer normally. The output will be on your desktop in
a folder called "cups-pdf".
Due to the nature of the program, the title of the document you
print is the name of the file, so printing a document twice will
overwrite the file. Be aware of this. (This only applies prior to the
packaged version of 2.4.6. The configuration file for 2.4.6 is set to
put a job number in front of each file to prevent this.)
New in version 2.4.6.1: Updated permissions on the backend module to
support Leopard
Note that 2.4.6 has been updated. The original upload did not
include a PPC version. If you're on Intel, you're fine with the
previous version. If you have a PPC Mac and it wasn't working,
redownload and reinstall.
System requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support: PPC/Intel
Free
Link: CUPS-PDF
VMware Releases Update to VMware Fusion for the
Mac
PR: VMware, Inc. has announced VMware Fusion 1.1, a new
update to its award-winning VMware Fusion desktop virtualization
software for Intel-based Macs. VMware Fusion allows Mac users to
simultaneously and seamlessly run Mac OS X, Windows and other
PC-based applications on the same Mac. VMware Fusion 1.1 is a free
update that is immediately available for all VMware Fusion 1.0
customers and includes over 25 enhancements and improvements such
as:
- Support for Mac OS X Leopard.
- Improved 3D graphics with experimental support for DirectX
9.0.
- Improvements to VMware Fusion's Unity feature.
- Support for Microsoft Vista Boot Camp partitions as virtual
machines.
- Support for French, German, and Japanese-speaking customers.
- Overall performance improvements.
'We have been extremely pleased with the success of VMware Fusion,'?
said Dan Chu, vice president of emerging products and markets at
VMware. 'Mac customers have really embraced VMware Fusion for the
intuitive user interface and stable, high-performance experience it
delivers. We expect our customers will be equally thrilled with the
improvements found in today's update.'?
VMware also introduced VMware Importer for VMware Fusion. Currently
in beta, VMware Importer allows VMware Fusion customers to easily and
quickly import virtual machines created by third-party Mac
virtualization software.
"Many of our VMware Fusion customers have asked for help using
virtual machines created with third party software," continued Chu.
"With VMware Importer, customers that have other, third-party Mac
virtualization products can easily and seamlessly migrate existing
virtual machines over to VMware Fusion to take advantage of our
intuitive user interface and stable, advanced, high performance
virtualization platform."
VMware Fusion 1.1 is available at no cost to existing VMware Fusion
1.0 customers. The VMware Importer beta is also available at no cost.
Both can be downloaded at vmware.com/mac. VMware Fusion is available
online at vmware.com/mac, and authorized online and retail stores
worldwide including the Apple Store, Amazon.com,
Buy.com, Fry's, Microcenter, CompUSA,
MacMall,
MacZone,
MacConnection, and CDW.
VMware Fusion 1.1 is available in English, Japanese, German, and
French for immediate download or purchase, and localized versions of
the software are expected to be available soon in leading online and
retail outlets in France, Germany, and Japan.
Link: VMware Fusion
Dead Sea Scrolls Manuscripts Now Available for
Accordance Bible Software
PR: OakTree Software, Inc. announces the release of the Dead
Sea Scrolls Biblical Manuscripts for use with Accordance Bible
Software.
At the annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature,
November 16-20, 2007, OakTree will release the Dead Sea Scrolls
Biblical Manuscripts, in electronic databases for Accordance.
These important new Accordance modules (DSSB-C and DSSB-M) represent
the entire Hebrew and Aramaic corpus of the biblical scrolls found in
the Judean Desert between 1947 and today. They include not only Qumran,
but also Masada, Nahal Hever, Murabba'at, etc. The transcription and
format faithfully follow the text of the official publication series,
The Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (Oxford, 1955 - ) and other
related publications.
Over three years in preparation, the DSSB-C presents every
manuscript in canonical order, so that every witness to each verse can
be compared at once and with any other version such as the Masoretic or
Samaritan text, or the English translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Bible. The DSSB-M presents the texts in manuscript order and can be
used in parallel with the Qumran Index module. Both modules include
complete lexical and morphological analysis, and English glosses,
facilitating searches for different forms of words, and for grammatical
constructions. They are completely integrated into Accordance and
hypertext to the Hebrew and Aramaic lexicons, and to any other
available Accordance resources. Advanced search and analysis
capabilities allow the user to create and customize graphic and textual
presentations of the search results.
Martin G. Abegg, Jr., James E. Bowley, and Edward M. Cook are
responsible for preparing the text and morphological analysis for
electronic publication. Abegg is The Ben Zion Wacholder Professor of
Dead Sea Scroll studies at Trinity Western University in Langley,
British Columbia. He earned his Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati, Ohio and wrote his dissertation on the War Scroll from
Qumran Cave 1 under the supervision of Professor Ben Zion Wacholder.
His areas of academic expertise are the Dead Sea Scrolls, Syriac
Language and Literature, and Hebrew Bible. Abegg is the author of
numerous scholarly articles related to scroll research, and has
contributed to or co-edited several important works on the Dead Sea
Scrolls, including: The Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance, vol. I (with J.
Bowley and E. Cook); The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation (with M.
Wise and E. Cook); and The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (with P. Flint and E.
Ulrich). Abegg also contributed to the official publication series of
the Dead Sea Scrolls. Abegg's work with electronic data bases is
extensive, having prepared the QUMRAN, MISH-T, SAMAR-T, and BENSIRA-C/M
Accordance modules for the study of ancient Hebrew Language and
Literature.
The royalties from this publication are being donated to the Dead
Sea Scrolls Foundation to support future research.
Endorsement by Emanuel Tov:
"This excellent research and study tool allows the
user to search for all the words and grammatical categories in the
biblical manuscripts from the Judean Desert, both by biblical book and
by manuscript. It allows for analysis of both individual scrolls or
groups of scrolls. The details of the professional morphological
analysis and English glosses of the Hebrew/Aramaic words are visible at
the click of a mouse. With the advantage of having the wording of the
official publications at your disposal and with the flexible
possibilities of the Accordance program (such as custom-made
concordances, graphic distribution charts, and a comparison of the
scrolls with any text, such as the Masoretic Text) one cannot wish for
a better tool for the study and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls, both
of the biblical and non-biblical texts."
Prof. Emanuel Tov, Editor-in-Chief, International Dead Sea Scrolls
Publication Project
The Dead Sea Scrolls Biblical Manuscripts modules can be added to
Accordance for $150. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible translation is
available for $40.
Accordance is the leading Bible study program, offering texts and
features for everything from high-end academic analysis to personal
Bible study.
Link: Accordance Bible Software
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