No excuses for no backup
Your mobile workers may not back up their files as much as you'd like. Many in-office workers can usually back up their data to a network drive or a USB-attached device (like the very cool Seagate Replica). Portable hard drives have been around for a while, but some recent ones include very easy-to-use automatic backup features, giving mobile workers no excuses for not backing up their systems. Here are two devices I like:
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What Size External Drive?
Carperl asked the Answer Line forum what size external hard drive he should buy for backup.
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Modify the Subject Lines of Archived Outlook E-Mail
Yesterday you learned how to turn off those disruptive you've-got-mail alerts in Outlook. Today, let's look at another e-mail annoyance: Subject lines that no longer match the content of the message.
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Hands-On With the Samsung Mondi
When I first got my hands on the WiMax-enabled Samsung Mondi back in April at CTIA, I was impressed by its slick design, polished TouchWiz 2 interface and multitude of applications. It's a phone, personal multimedia player, GPS device, and Internet tablet, all packed into one svelte unit. At long last, I had the opportunity to not only to test out its features and usability on a shipping unit, but try out WiMax (in Portland, Ore.), as well. On the whole, the Mondi doesn't disappoint, but I do have a few design and performance gripes.
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Data-Center Management Tools Come Downmarket
Like any major national entry point, the San Diego Port Authority deals with its fair share of security headaches. The real-world port is patrolled by local Harbor Police, environmental monitors, airport security, military security and the customs and immigration authorities you'd expect. Responsibility for IT security, though, came down to how alert and persistent a staff of 18 people could be, when it was already supporting 11 separate sites, more than 700 users, more than 60 networking devices making up a wide-area network, and a mix of Microsoft, NetWare and Unix servers.
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Color 1.5
Color 1.0 was my most eagerly anticipated component of Final Cut Studio 2, since I'd previously used its powerful progenitor, Final Touch with a $25,000 control surface. The promise of a beautiful professional color correction tool was mitigated by the myriad workflow problems of getting in and out of Final Cut Pro accurately. I used to say Color 1.0 was like a bird that was beautiful in flight, but don't try to watch it take off or land.
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Motion 4
Apple has been steadily adding sexy features with each new version of Motion, and version 4 is no exception. A high-profile feature in version 3 ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ) was 3-D, and in Motion 4, Apple continues to enhance the realism of motion graphics with new rendering capabilities to simulate shadows, reflections, and depth of field. Behind the scenes, there are improved tools for camera framing behavior, as well as the ability to link parameters together to simulate complex relationships between objects. Text handling capabilities have also been enhanced with new manipulation controls over individual text characters, and there is a new credits tool called Scroll that will bring a sigh of relief to TV and film editors. As with previous versions, you can never have too much RAM, CPU, and GPU horsepower--Motion can use just about every resource you can throw at it, as it is probably the most
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Final Cut Pro 7
It has been more than two long years since Apple released Final Cut Pro 6 ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ), its flagship pro-level nonlinear video editing app. While there are a few extremely sexy new features in Final Cut Pro 7-- among them new ProRes flavors, iChat Theater, and Easy Export that will attract lots of attention--the main focus of this new version seems to be enhancing stability, speed, and productivity.
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Compressor 3.5
Apple's Compressor has always had a sole mission: to compress video footage to other formats. Version 3.5 enhances these capabilities by making the power of the program easier and faster to get to, and extending Compressor's mission beyond merely compression to encompass the next logical steps for a video encoding job. Apple has also improved the Droplets feature and added Batch Templates to allow for end-to-end compression workflows--and even custom ones.
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EMC earnings fall 43%, execs say worst is past
EMC's second-quarter net income fell 43% year on year, and revenue fell 11%, as customers cut back spending on IT projects, it said Thursday.
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