Dennis Cadorniga

Today Apple updated the aluminum unibody MacBook Pro line to include 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch models featuring Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life. Each MacBook Pro includes an LED-backlit display with greater color intensity, the innovative glass Multi-Touch trackpad, an illuminated keyboard, an SD card or ExpressCard slot, a FireWire 800 port and state of the art NVIDIA graphics. Apple also updated the incredibly thin and light MacBook Air, making it more powerful and more affordable.

Apple today also introduced the new iPhone 3G S, featuring improved speed and performance—up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G—longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3G S includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS, Spotlight Search, landscape keyboard and a new Find My iPhone feature that works together with MobileMe to help you locate a lost iPhone.

Yet another release today was Safari 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser. Available for Mac and Windows PCs and introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced CSS Effects.

And finally, Apple today unveiled Mac OS X Snow Leopard, an even more powerful and refined version of the world’s most advanced operating system that includes hundreds of refinements, new core technologies, out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange and new accessibility features. Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009 for $29. Apple also unveiled a Developer Preview of Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard, a full 64-bit UNIX server operating system based on open standards that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor.

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Recommended for all those using Aperture 2, the Aperture 2.1.3 Update — available as a free download from the Aperture site or the Apple support site — improves overall stability and provides fixes for issues related to database integrity and compatibility with specific file types.

written by Dennis \\ tags: Aperture, Apple, update

Google’s Calendar now supports the CalDEV protocol allowing you to synchronize your Google Calendar with iCal.  They also synchronize with other mobile devices as well.  For complete details, check out the link on Gmail’s blog.

written by Dennis \\ tags: Apple, Calendar, Gmail, Google, iCal

Cadco Systems has setup an affiliate partnership with HotSpotVPN to provide secure and encrypted VPN services. For more information about this service, check out our Services page.

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We are proud to announce that Cadco Systems Inc. is now a PGP Global Bronze Partner.  PGP Corporation represents the industry leader in email and complete data encryption software.  We now offer our clients a complete encryption solution for both Macintosh and Windows environments.

PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for Enterprise Data Protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP® Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP® platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements change for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups. PGP® encryption solutions have earned a reputation for innovative, standards-based, trusted solutions currently used by more than 110,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 96 percent of the Fortune® 100, 74 percent of Fortune® Global 100, 80 percent of the German DAX Index and 71 percent of the United Kingdom FTSE 100 Index. Customers depend on PGP solutions as part of a regulatory and audit compliance solution, to protect confidential information, secure customer data, and safeguard companies’ brands and reputations.

PGP products are designed to be both user- and network-friendly. They have earned a reputation for excellence based on their high technical standards and the practical experience of long-term users. PGP Corporation is committed to standards-based, nonproprietary technologies, ensuring broad compatibility among deployments. In addition, PGP Corporation is the only commercial security vendor to publish its product source code for peer review.

written by Dennis \\ tags: data, email, Encryption, PGP, whole disk

Apple today released a new line of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops.  New unibody construction technology is used to stamp out the cases from a single block of aluminum.  On the MacBook line, they have lowered the entry point of the current model to $999.  The new MacBook looks similar to the aluminum MacBook Pro but in 13.3″ display size.  Processor speeds have been increased, more DDR3 RAM is included, larger hard drives, and much improved graphics processors from Nvidia.  There is now a glass touch pad with 4 finger gestures.  For complete descriptions and options for the new MacBooks, please visit the Apple site.  They also released a new MacBook Air and 24″ Cinema Display.

The new MacBook family redefines notebook design while dramatically lowering the entry price for advanced notebook features, including all-metal enclosures, pro-performance notebook graphics, brilliant instant-on LED-backlit displays, and new large, glass Multi-Touch trackpads. The industry’s greenest notebooks, the entire MacBook family meets stringent Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Gold, and RoHS environmental standards. Starting at $1,200, the new MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro are shipping now.

The new LED Cinema Display features a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with built-in iSight video camera, mic, and speakers in an elegant, thin aluminum and glass enclosure. Available in November for $899, the LED Cinema Display includes an integrated MagSafe charger, three USB 2.0 ports and a new Mini DisplayPort.

written by Dennis \\ tags: Apple, MacBook, MacBook Pro

I have downloaded the new 2.1 version of firmware for the iPhone.  Instantly, I already noticed a huge improvement in speed.  Backups are much faster.  The iPhone now feels like it did when it ran 1.4 as far as responsiveness and stability. So far, I highly recommend it.  You can get it via iTunes when syncing your iPhone.

written by Dennis \\ tags: 2.1, Apple, firmware, iPhone

Apple today released the 4th generation iPod nano. They doubled the memory capacity for the same price as the previous model and added a 16GB model. For a complete description of all the new technology added to the new nano, check out Apple’s nano site.

Apple also refreshed their iPod Classic and a new iPod touch. They also released some new iPod accessories and iTunes 8.0 with new Genius function.

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Apple released a firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch last night. The new 2.0.1 version is quite large at approximately 246mb, so many bug fixes should be in place now. Immediately I noticed a speed increase. After using it a bit already, it appears to be more stable as well with no lockups thus far.

I would recommend applying this update during your next iTunes sync.

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