Sever news for Mac users

Cloud Engines updates Pogoplug media sharing device

Jonathan Seff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800

On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser.

Review: Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server

Jason Snell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:18:00 -0800

The new $999 Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server is a fantastic product for workgroups, small businesses, and even schools to use.

Review: Mac mini (Late 2009)

Dan Frakes — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0800

Just seven months after giving the Mac mini line its biggest update ever, Apple has bumped the performance of the company's smallest desktop computers. While the improvements are modest, the latest Mac minis address a few of our biggest criticisms of the Early 2009 models.

Apple releases server diagnostic tool for Snow Leopard

Philip Michaels — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:49:00 -0700

Apple Server Diagnostics 3X106 will test servers running Mac OS X Server 10.6 for hardware issues.

MacMiniColo.net looks at the Mac mini server

Jeff Porten — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:35:00 -0700

The new Mac mini server configuration gets the hairy eyeball from the folks at MacMiniColo.net, the experts in Mac mini co-location.

Review: Mac OS X 10.6 Server

John C. Welch — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

With the significant price cut, new features, and improvements to existing features, Mac OS X 10.6 Server is a solid product. For an all or mostly-Mac network, this isn’t an "if" upgrade, but a "when," especially if you have iPhone users clamoring for push services.

Must-have apps for iPhone photographers

Heather Kelly — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:45:00 -0700

Lo-fi iPhone phone photography is gaining respect as a legitimate art form. Make your shots gallery-worthy with these apps.

Xinet unveils updated asset management tools

Jackie Dove — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:47:00 -0700

Xinet released new versions of its digital asset management and video asset management systems.

Intel ahead of schedule with new Xeon server chips

Agam Shah — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:57:00 -0700

Intel could start shipping its next-generation Xeon quad-core server chips to system makers by the first quarter of 2010.

HP boosts Mac integration with new MediaSmart home servers

Peter Cohen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:04:00 -0700

HP has introduced two new MediaSmart home servers with expanded Mac, iPhone and iPod integration.

Apple rolls out iMac graphics, RAID card firmware updates

Philip Michaels — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0700

The iMac Graphics FW Update improves system stability in iMacs with an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card. And the Apple RAID Card Firmware Update offers improvements for Mac Pros and Xserves with an Apple RAID Card.

Server vendors see sharp declines in shipments, revenue

Jeremy Kirk — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:20:00 -0700

This year continues to be tough for server vendors, which have seen dramatic declines in business, according to analysts IDC and Gartner.