MacBook Air takes laurels in three-way usability competition (Web Hosting by Inftek Hosting)

Of three ultrathin portables — MacBook Air, Toshiba Portege, and Lenovo ThinkPad — which is the most usable? To find out, Computerworld turned to usability experts and 20 impartial testers. Those testers, David Haskin relates, found MacBook Air the most usable, the most fun, and the best value of the three. In fact, they made MacBook Air “the clear winner when asked which laptop they’d purchase.” Read the original post here:

“comScore has today released the results of a study into iPhone related searches” during the month of April, reports Davey Winder (itwire.com).The study “reveals that there were 6.9 million searches on related keywords during that period.” Of the 6.9 million searches, 1.5 million of them were for the term “iPhone” and Google delivered 88.4% of the search returns. Read the original post here:

Release date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:29:03 -0500 Learn about build versions, such as “Build 8L127,” which appear in the About This Mac window and System Profiler. Read the original post here:

Release date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:22:10 -0500 This document outlines security updates for Apple products. For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website. Important: This document describes updates and releases for January 15, 2008 and later, such as Security Update 2008-001. For information about earlier security updates, see these documents: Apple security updates (25-Jan-2005 to 21-Dec-2007) Apple security updates (03-Oct-2003 to 11-Jan-2005) Apple security updates Read the original post here:

Bob LeVitus (Houston Chronicle) considers the 17-inch MacBook Pro “the fastest, most powerful, and most capable notebook I’ve tested.” And he’s particularly taken with its display. “All I can say is, ‘Wow.’ With its bright, deeply saturated colors and rich, dark blacks, full-screen HD video is mind-boggling.” Read the original post here:

THE WAR, the most watched PBS series in the last decade, now serves another tour of duty as an excellent online educational resource. WETA, Washington D.C.’s public broadcasting station, provides film clips, lesson plans, and additional educational resources for students and teachers. Watch — and enjoy — them today on iTunes U. Read the original post here:

Then you’ll want to download the free Making of Bruce & Lloyd Out of Control. The short, now available on iTunes, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the hilarious new film that parallels the Get Smart movie. It features Bruce (Masi Oka of Heroes) and Lloyd (Nate Torrence of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) as they conjure up inventions for use by unsuspecting CONTROL agents. Read the original post here:

Release date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:44:50 -0500 Server Admin Tools 10.5.3 contain remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can install on a computer other than your server. This version is required to administer Mac OS X Server version 10.5.3 from a remote Mac client. The Server Admin Tools 10.5.3 are available as a manual download from Apple Support Downloads, or as an automatic Software Update for Macs running Mac OS X 10.5.3 with version 10.5 of the Server Admin Tools already installed. Note: The Server Admin Tools 10.5.3 require Mac OS X version 10.5.3. Important: If you have moved any of the Server Admin Tools out Read the original post here: