Apple dropped ZFS support from Mac OS X because of licensing problems?
Online sources claim that Apple decided to drop support for ZFS file system because of potential licensing problems with Sun Microsystems.
Sun had developed this file system for their Solaris platform. It was supposed to be supported in the latest edition of Mac [...]
Waver: Google Wave client powered by Adobe Air
Google Wave developers recently started issuing invites for the service which means that a lot more users are now connected to it.
The service is currently in a very basic form which means there are no easy way to keep a track of your waves unless you [...]
Psystar offering Rebel EFI for USD 50
Psystar has finally released their software solution that makes it easy for a user to install Mac OS X operating system on a PC.
They call this application Rebel EFI and it is available for USD 50.
Psystar has made available a free demo that would provide an up-time [...]
Apple Boot Camp to officially support Windows 7 by year end
Apple has revealed that they are aiming to officially support Windows 7 with their Boot Camp platform in the coming months.
They are aiming to launch a compatible update before the end of the current year.
Online sources however indicate that Windows 7 runs fine [...]
Amazon Kindle app for Windows and Mac coming up soon!
Amazon had a surprise for the owners of their Kindle eBook reader.
Kindle is facing fresh competition from a series of new eBook readers that have been launched in the recent days.
Barnes & Noble has just announced their Nook eBook reader which looks like [...]
Apple Server Diagnostics 3X106 for servers released
Apple has made available a server diagnostic tool for Mac OS X Server Editions.
The company said that this tool is designed to test machines running Mac OS X Server 10.6 for hardware issues.
It checks for several hardware components including:
Boot ROM
Ethernet controller
Fan
Hard drive
Memory
Power supply
Processor
Sensor
USB ports
Video controller
The company said that this [...]
Google Chrome 4.0.223.9 released on Dev Channel
A major update has been released on the Google Chrome Dev Channel.
The changelog this time around is pretty big.
This latest update is for all the three platforms.
Google Chrome for Mac gets support for printing and Apple QuickTime plug-in.
Read more: Dev Channel Updated with Fixes [...]
Google Chrome to support Windows 7 specific features in Version 5
The Register has reported that Google has delayed plans to add support for Windows 7 specific features in their Chrome web browser.
Google Chrome developers now plan to add features like jump lists and tab thumbnails in version 5 of the browser. These features would [...]
Waveboard: Google Wave client for Mac OS X and Apple iPhone
A couple of you are probably waiting to get access to the Google Wave collaboration service.
The third party developers are working on creating tools to make it possible to access the platform outside the web browser.
Waveboard is one such application that is being [...]
TypeStyler for Mac OS X launched
Strider Software has announced the launch of a new edition of TypeStyler for the Apple Mac OS X operating system.
This version is much delayed as it has been in development for several years now.
It used to be a popular desktop publishing application on the Mac platform [...]
