http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/24/mimo.720s.touchscreen/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/mimosml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mimo Monitors on Monday introduced the 720-S, a 7-inch portable touchscreen display geared for netbook users. The monitor provides 800x480 resolution, 350 cd/m² brightness and a contrast ratio of 400:1, while utilizing resistive touchscreen technology. The device is powered and connected via a single USB cable, enabling use as a secondary screen for presenting applications, formatting palettes, i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/24/mimo.720s.touchscreen/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/26/monitor.a.mac.via.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/istat.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bjango has released iStat 1.0, a network monitoring app that allows users to check up on thier Macs. The app also provides detailed iPhone stats, including available memory, IP addresses, usage and load averages. Included network tools allow users to ping servers and resolve hostnames with traceroute. The Melbourne-based developer says iStat also includes a "Free Memory" tool which works to free u... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/26/monitor.a.mac.via.iphone/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/28/see2.xtreme.video.card/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/28-see-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Monitors keep getting bigger and bigger, but it seems that the more display space you have, the more you may want. While Leopard provides Spaces so you can flip through multiple virtual desktops, you may prefer connecting multiple monitors to your Mac instead. For a simple solution to plugging in additional monitors to any Mac, take a look at Trittonís See2 Xtreme external video card.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/28/see2.xtreme.video.card/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/macbook.air.grows.led.lcds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/macbookair-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The MacBook Air, with its use of an LED-lit display, is supposedly spurring adoption of the technology all throughout the industry, due to its energy conservation and even lighting. According to Macworld, Apple's slender ultraportable ñ due to its aesthetic appeal ñ is spurring an almost exponential rise in LED use in devices ranging from laptops and desktop LCD monitors, to LCD televisions.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/macbook.air.grows.led.lcds/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/hp.dreamcolor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/dreamworks.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hewlett Packard, with some assistance from DreamWorks, is announcing a new technology dubbed "HP DreamColor" that the company says will be a "disruptive" force in the market place. MacNN spoke with Jim Zafarana is Vice President, Worldwide Marketing for Hewlett-Packard Company's Workstation Global Business Unit and Jeff Wood, Director Product Marketing at HP about the new technology, which will pu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/hp.dreamcolor/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/01/onset.usb.humidity.monitor/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Onset Computer Corporation today introduced the HOBO U14 LCD Data Logger, an environmental monitoring system that tracks temperature and humidity ratings in indoor environtments. The logger notifies users when environmental conditions exceed those specified, and includes both an audible alarm, as well as an auto phone dialer. Onset says the unit functions quickly over USB 2.0, and is selling the u... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/01/onset.usb.humidity.monitor/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/31/displaylink.beta.drivers/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/31-display-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DisplayLink recently announced beta drivers for the Mac for its DisplayLink USB line of monitor extension products, but said the drivers do not yet enable 2D or 3D acceleration on the platform. The USB device allows users to connect up to another four DVI or VGA displays to a computer, ideal for computers that do not have many monitor extension capabilities such as the Mac mini. DisplayLink notes ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/31/displaylink.beta.drivers/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/31/imac.display.suit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/app_071022_imacssm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP, a law firm out of Los Angeles, California, has filed suit against Apple on behalf of a class of users claiming that the computer maker "deceptively marketed" the 20-inch iMac by purporting improved display performance, though the device's monitor is allegedly of "inferior" quality. The suit claims that the monitors are incapable of displaying ìmillions of colors,î desp... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/31/imac.display.suit/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/20/optimism.10/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/20-optimism-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Crackatonic Projects has released Optimism 1.0, a health-wellness planning application that takes a pro-active approach to dealing with mental health. Optimism works by helping users monitor patterns in their lifestyle such as a personís mood, exercise, sleep, and other potential triggers, symptoms or activities that may trigger depression. The program requires Mac OS X Version 10.2 or higher and... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/20/optimism.10/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/current.state.for.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/18-current-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As part of Kaleidoscope's private eco-friendly venture, The Greener Grass, the Ohio-based organization has unveiled Current State, a system designed to help iPhone users monitor power usage in their house. The system consists of a series of pass-through plugs that sit between the power outlet and appliance plugs, taking readings of power usage, and sending them to a software front-end on the iPhon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/current.state.for.iphone/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:35:00 GMT