July 02 - 07:45pm EDT   Apple has provided a set of guidelines to help prevent users from overheating their iPhone 3G and 3GS handsets. Although the support page does not directly acknowledge the widespread reports of excessive heat with the new 3GS model, the company suggests the handsets should be operated in temperatures below 95℉ (35℃) and stored in areas that do not exceed 113℉ (45℃). [full story]

July 01 - 09:20pm EDT   MacMagazine has released a tutorial on how to enable multi-touch gestures in Firefox 3.5. The gestures allow users to alternate tabs via twisting. By opening a new window or tab in FireFox and typing “about:config” into the address bar, users can gain access to a filter list; in some cases a warning message may pop-up when loading the filter list. Users then search for “browser.gesture” within the filter search bar, in order to get a full list of settings which consists of controls and gestures. [full story]

June 17 - 07:00pm EDT   Kroll Ontrack has announced expanded data recovery services for Apple’s Xsan 2 enterprise-class storage area network (SAN) systems. Using recently-developed technology, the company's agents can now recover data from an Xsan server that has suffered volume corruption. Previously, Xsan file-system data recovery was limited to hardware-based failures. Enterprises servers suffering from volume corruption required reinitialization of the servers and potential loss of data. [full story]

June 16 - 03:35pm EDT   The recent Firefox 3.0.11 update is causing problems for many Mac users working with network-based home folders. Several bug reports indicate the browser is unable to locate the history or bookmarks, while the search field is inoperable and users cannot enter a URL into the access field. The problem reportedly affects both PPC- and Intel-based Macs. [full story]

June 15 - 03:10pm EDT   Australia's Queensland University of Technology has released health-based recommendations for using high-gloss Apple screens, claiming that reflections can lead to users adopting awkward postures, in turn producing injuries. The report takes a fairly negative stance against the glass found in iMacs, MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and also recommends considering a number of factors that could help alleviate or minimize harm. Injury is only a concern however in cases of intense usage, the university suggests. [full story]

May 29 - 09:15am EDT   Apple has posted a minor update for iWork '09, the company's in-house productivity suite. The v9.0.2 patch is said to implement only two changes: improved reliability when saving a document, and similar stability when playing a presentation more than once during a Keynote session. The update is a 42.75MB download from Apple's website. [full story]

May 28 - 04:55pm EDT   Total Phase has released a Mac-compatible version of Data Center 3.0. The software analyzes and debugs USB, I2C, and SPI bus data in real-time, aiming to improve business productivity. Version 3.0 incorporates LiveDisplay technology, which shows bus data as it is being analyzed, breaking it away from the common protocol analysis that captures the information, downloads it and processes it. [full story]

May 26 - 12:45pm EDT   Microsoft has posted 64- and 32-bit versions of Service Pack 2, a major update for Windows Vista and Server 2008. The downloads measure 577 and 348MB respectively, and include all of the key Windows updates produced since the debut of Service Pack 1. New devices and hardware platforms are also said to be supported, such as Bluetooth 2.1, 64-bit VIA CPUs and Blu-ray data recording. [full story]

May 20 - 04:25pm EDT   app4mac has produced an update to its Mac monitoring software, CheckUp 2.2. The new version gains compatibility with FireWire, USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. Likewise new are compatibility tests for Snow Leopard and Windows 7, as well as bugfixes for last week's Mac OS X 10.5.7 update. [full story]

May 20 - 01:30pm EDT   Several Mac security companies, Intego and SecureMac, have issued warnings related to an unpatched Java vulnerability that affects OS X. The flaw could be exploited to allow local code to be executed remotely, leaving the computer open to "drive-by-attacks" which can install malicious software just by loading a website containing a specially crafted Java applet. Hackers could also access or delete files on a system. [full story]