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/09/07/17/synology.disk.station.22/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/Synology.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Synology America has released the beta version of Disk Station Manager 2.2. The firmware is used in unison with its storage server hardware to manage and access NAS servers over the network and the Internet. The latest version adds support of iSCSI and SNLA devices. The update also includes support for Apple's Time Machine backups, providing the ability to backup desktop data to their Disk Station... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/17/synology.disk.station.22/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/28/edouard.beta.3.ships/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/EdouardBeta3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The first public beta version of Edouard has been released by Flying Pig. Edouard beta 3 attempts to minimize the need for human intervention in corporate systems, by managing and coordinating a company's resources using shared servers. Areas covered by Edouard include sales, purchases, production, stocks, contacts, statistics and accountancy.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/28/edouard.beta.3.ships/ Thu, 28 May 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/19/nehalem.ex.chipsets.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/xserve.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The next generation of Xeon server processors will be introduced on May 26th, according to an early Intel announcement. The Nehalem-EX series is based on the same platform as Intel's Core i7 chips, but is explicitly intended for high-end server use. Each processor incorporates eight cores, and can be used in multi-socket configurations. New power gates are said to reduce energy consumption, and... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/19/nehalem.ex.chipsets.soon/ Tue, 19 May 2009 16:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/15/freebit.serversman/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/serversman.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese developer FreeBit has released an English version of ServersMan, a free application which converts iPhones and iPod touches into web servers. The software operates over both 3G and Wi-Fi connections, and allows people to connect via WebDAV or a regular web browser. Files hosted on a server can be accessed remotely, but are protected using SSL encryption.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/15/freebit.serversman/ Fri, 15 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/nt4e.std.ethernet.adapter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0904/stdtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Napatech has unveiled the latest in its line of four-port, gigabit Ethernet network adapters for PCI Express, the NT4E-STD. Created as an enhanced PCIe version of the companyís XF adapter for PCI-X, the device is used for data capture and processing and the delivery of network data traffic to a host system. The adapter offers support for four Ethernet ports using either electrical or optical gigab... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/nt4e.std.ethernet.adapter/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/13/hp.updates.home.servers/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/hpmediasmartserver.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP is prepping a software update for its MediaSmart home servers, adding video conversion and video streaming to iPhones. The free update works only with the recently introduced MediaSmart EX485 and EX487. A free app will be available through iTunes to support video streaming to the iPhone and iPod Touch.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/13/hp.updates.home.servers/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/nehalem.xserves.launch/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/xserve.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Validating recent leaks, Apple has released two new Xserve models. The servers are sized to fit a 1U rack, and have been upgraded to Intel's Nehalem platform, which Apple claims can produce up to an 89 percent improvement in terms of performance per watt. The base model uses a single, 2.26GHz quad-core Xeon CPU, while the upper tier adds a second Xeon and allows scaling clock speed up to 2.93GHz... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/nehalem.xserves.launch/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/01/xserves.along.with.1057/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/xserve.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The new Nehalem-based Xserves may launch in tandem with Mac OS X 10.5.7, investigation reveals. The evidence is said to lay within the most recent developer seed of v10.5.7, which contains an extension file called AppleTyMCEDriver. Inside is a machine identifier listed as "Xserve3,1;" the same identifier appears in a Nehalem-specific error message, which also mentions the most recent Mac Pro.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/01/xserves.along.with.1057/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/31/nehalem.xserves.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/xserve.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple will introduce an updated line of Xserves within the next few weeks, connected sources are said to claim. The servers, designed for 1U rackmounts, are also said to be based on Intel's Nehalem platform, specifically the Xeon 3500 and 5500 processors originally introduced with the latest Mac Pro. Should they mirror configurations of current Xserves, the new ones are predicted to be divided i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/31/nehalem.xserves.soon/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/06/g4.xserve.support.dies/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/19-raid-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is ending most or all of its support for a host of older Macs, according to a memo issued to Apple Authorized Service Providers this week. Headlining the bulletin is a range of "obsolete" products, which Apple classifies as hardware that was discontinued over seven years ago; these include the PowerBook G4, and digital audio or Quicksilver models of the PowerMac G4 and Macintosh Server G4. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/06/g4.xserve.support.dies/ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:30:00 GMT