Monthly Archives: December 2006

New Parallels Beta 2 further integrates Windows apps into Mac OS X interface

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Parallels release yesterday of a new beta (build 3094) further blurs the distinction between rival operating systems. With the new release, Windows applications appear independently in the Mac OS X dock, and even in the application switcher. Better still, Windows XP apps can be dragged to a permanent spot on the dock, and when clicked, will launch Parallels, boot Windows XP, and then launch the application. Continue reading →

Belkin Debuts Wireless USB Hub

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Want the freedom to place USB devices anywhere in a room? Imagine putting your scanner on a shelf behind you, your printer in a cabinet, and your camera, well, anywhere. Sick of cabling up your laptop to multiple devices? Now you can plug in a single USB “key” and connect wirelessly, at an amazing 480Mbps, to all your USB devices.

Sounds like the ultimate pitch. In many ways, it is.
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Apple’s .Mac service: Promising features marred by spotty performance

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Apple offers a suite of subscription services, collectively called .Mac (dot-mac), which offers subscribers an excellent list of features not found anywhere else [edit: Yes, most if not all features can be cobbled together on your own, but we’re talking about a cohesive suite here]. Alas, these great features come at a hefty price ($99/year from Apple, as low as $69/yr. from Amazon), and service is spotty.
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Apple .Mac Service Interruption List

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This is a list of .Mac outtages, compiled directly from Apple’s System Status, which is reported to .Mac subscribers. This list has been created by GIGOBlog’s editors in order to highlight the ongoing number of interruptions of Apple’s .Mac service.

4/12/2007
Due to scheduled maintenance, some members might not have been able to access .Mac Mail for 20 minutes or less between 10PM and 12AM PST on 04/12/2007.

04/12/2007
5% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 2 hours. Normal service has been restored.

4/11/2007
8% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 4.5 hours. Normal service has been restored.

4/7/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 40 minutes. Normal service has been restored.

4/3/2007
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 10 minutes. Normal service has been restored.

03/25/2007
1.5% of members were unable to access mail using an IMAP client. Normal service has been restored.

03/19/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 10 minutes. Normal service has been restored.

03/15/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1.25 hours. Normal service has been restored.

3/14/2007
0.5% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 3.5 hours. Normal service has been restored.

DATA COLLECTION ERROR: Oops, I failed to update between 2/15 and 3/14. My bad!

2/15/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 45 minutes. Normal service has been restored.

2/10/2007
1% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1 hour. Normal service has been restored.

2/8/2007
.Mac members were unable to access any services. Duration: 1.5 hours. Some .Mac members were unable to access mail on the web. Duration: 1.5 hours. Normal services have been restored.

2/5/2007
1% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 2 hours. Normal service has been restored.

2/5/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1 hour. Normal service has been restored.

2/4/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1 hour. Normal service has been restored.

2/4/07
Due to scheduled maintenance, some members might not have been able to access .Mac Mail for 20 minutes or less between 10pm PST on 2/3/07 and 1am PST on 2/4/07.

1/22/2007
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 3.5 hours. Normal service has been restored.

01/21/2007
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 30 minutes. Normal service has been restored.

01/16/2007
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 10 hours. Normal service has been restored.

01/15/2007
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 45 minutes.

01/11/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 2 hours.

01/10/2007
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1 hour.

01/08/2007
Email was slow for 5 hours for some .Mac Members.

01/07/2007
2% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 4 hours.

01/05/2007
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 48 hours.

12/25/2006
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 30 minutes.

12/21/2006
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 30 minutes.

12/20/2006
3% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 40 minutes.

12/09/2006
email was slow for 1 hour to some .Mac Members.

12/07/06
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 12 hours.

12/03/2006
All Services were unavailable for 2 hours to all .Mac Members.

12/01/06
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1 hour.

11/22/2006
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 2 hours.

11/21/2006
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 1.5 hours.

11/18/2006
4% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 30 minutes.

11/13/2006
1% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for one hour.

11/10/2006
1% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for 2 hours.

11/09/06
1% of members experienced difficulties with .Mac Mail for one hour.

10/25/06
Some members were unable to send messages via .Mac Mail on the Web for 3 hours.

Parallels 3036 Beta promises and delivers on radical new features

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Today Parallels released a new beta version of their Parallels Desktop for Mac virtual machine environment. The folks over at Parallels haven’t been resting on their laurels, as evidenced by a) the multiple upgrades (both bug fixes and feature enhancements) since first releasing Parallels; b) the radical feature set of their latest beta (build 3036); and c) the incredible pace of internal development as evidenced by the 1066 internal builds since their last generally available version on November 1st (build 1970).
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