Virginia Tech's Mac Pro supercomputer to crack 29 teraflops

A switch to newer Intel-based Apple Mac Pro workstations for an upcoming rekindling of Virginia Tech's supercomputer efforts will more than double the performance to as much as 29 teraflops and will once again put a Mac cluster in the limelight -- th...

published yesterday, 14 hours 46 minutes ago, appleinsider

HighPoint offers 1000MBps SAS/SATA RAID controller

HighPoint Technologies announced today it is releasing the RocketRAID 2644x4 SAS RAID controller card that will deliver throughput speeds as high as 1000MBps and is capable of supporting as many as 128 SAS and SATA hard drives (via SAS expanders from LSI and Vitesse). The controller can connect with up to four PCI-Express busses capable of tranferr...

published yesterday, 15 hours 11 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

MobileMe problems continue: email sporadic, data loss

Apple's MobileMe service has been plagued with problems since its inception two weeks ago. Recently users have been having issues connecting to the Mail server, preventing the use of basic features. Inboxes remain empty, messages unsent and frustration begins to rise. Some of the users have had luck and found they can suddenly access the mail serve...

published yesterday, 15 hours 11 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Mossberg/Boehret ?very impressed? with new App Store

Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret (allthingsd.com) consider the new App Store ?the single best feature in Apple?s second generation iPhone 3G.? The ?easy availability of so many programs,? they say, ?makes the iPhone a true computing platform, like a pocket-sized Windows or Macintosh PC,? one that allows iPhone owners to ?have a device with fresh, different capabilities every day.?

published yesterday, 15 hours 20 minutes ago, apple-hot-news

iPhone 3G ?a superb piece of multipurpose technology?

?Better than the original in almost every way,? iPhone 3G ?is an endless source of entertainment ? as well as a platform for useful business applications that transform it from a cute gadget into a true hand-held computer,? suggests Mike Himowitz (baltimoresun.com).

published yesterday, 15 hours 26 minutes ago, apple-hot-news

Intel may cater to Apple with system-on-a-chip, dual-core Atom

Intel's options for Apple and other customers interested in ultra-portable devices are about to expand thanks to the official launch of an all-in-one processor and a dual-core version of its Atom processor. The semiconductor firm on Thursday revea...

published yesterday, 15 hours 51 minutes ago, appleinsider

solidThinking 7.6 updates rendering engine

solidThinking has updated one of the only CAID (computer-aided industrial design) packages offered for both Mac OS X and Windows. solidThinking is a design program that allows users to render photorealistic 3D product designs in stunning environments or. solidThinking, which according to Architosh, has gained significant market share by pulling in ...

published yesterday, 16 hours 1 minute ago, macintosh-news-network

Aperture 2 captures five-star rating

Thanks to a ?dramatic overhaul,? Aperture 2, ?Apple?s all-in-one photography tool, overtakes Adobe?s Lightroom,? reports Alex Singleton (macworld.co.uk). ?Much faster than its predecessor,? Aperture 2 has ?a new user interface [that] makes it more appealing to first-time users, and over 100 new features means it significantly leapfrogs Lightroom in functionality.?

published yesterday, 16 hours 2 minutes ago, apple-hot-news

First Look: NovaMind Platinum screenwriting module

Writing a script for a movie, TV show or the stage isnít easy. While there are plenty of scriptwriting programs that format text automatically, few of these help you to think creatively about your story in the first place. To handle both sides of the equation, you may need to use a screenwriting module like the one in NovaMind Platinum....

published yesterday, 16 hours 51 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

iKanji 1.0 helps users learn Japanese

ThinkMac Software has announced iKanji 1.0, a brand new application for learning Japanese kanji characters on a Mac. iKanji features over 200 of the most common kanji characters as well as nearly 20,000 example words. The software is designed as a helpful tool for anyone attempting to learn Japanese, offering an intuitive, friendly interface that ...

published yesterday, 17 hours 16 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network