New and Noteworthy: No more Mac Internet Explorer; 802.11g Demonstrates White Lies of Wi-Fi; more
New and Noteworthy: No more Mac Internet Explorer; 802.11g Demonstrates White Lies of Wi-Fi; more
No more Mac Internet Explorer Roz Ho, the general manager of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, has confirmed to MacUser UK that no future versions of Internet Explorer will be released for the Mac. Ho says that the decision has been made to make way for Apple's own Safari browser. 'Some of the key customer requests for web browsing on the Mac require close development between the browser and the OS, something to which only Apple has access,' she explained. More.
802.11g Demonstrates White Lies of Wi-Fi Ross Rubin notes that Wi-Fi manufacturers and marketers are using the same tactics used early on by display and hard drive vendors that can overstate products' statistics. "Take 802.11b, which is is touted as providing 11 Mbits per second. However, its typical maximum throughput is closer to 4 or 5 Mbps. Like other white lies, ones about bandwidth tend to spiral and grow. Even larger gaps exist between the theoretical and stated throughputs of 802.11a and 802.11g." More.
20GB Kanguru Media X-change provides mobile storage The 20GB Kanguru Media X-change 2.0 is a "mobile problem solver" that provides portable hard drive storage and offers reading and writing compatibility with the six most common forms of portable storage media used with devices such as digital cameras and PDAs. "Recently updated with USB 2.0 support, the Media X-change also now has an LCD status screen that displays the type of media installed, the current process, device status, and battery and storage capacities. The Media X-change is a handy multifunction device, particularly for people who regularly run out of space for digital images when away from home or the office." More.Resources