If you have an interest in the history of how the internet as we know it got started, the series “Download: The True Story of the Internet” is a very interesting look at the internet’s history. The series has four episodes: Browser Wars, Search, Bubble, and People Power.
Google has launched its new Google+ social networking service billed as “Real-life sharing rethought for the web.” Currently Google+ is in “limited field trial” according to the Google+ web site.
Apple has released Thunderbolt Firmware Update which “provides Thunderbolt performance and stability fixes” for the 2011 MacBook Pro and iMac systems that are Apple’s first to feature Thunderbolt ports.
On Thursday, Apple released the eighth update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard in the form of Mac OS X 10.6.8. Apple lists a small number of changes. This is very likely the last update to Snow Leopard before Mac OS X Lion comes out in July. In addition, this update enables SSD TRIM support for machines other than the 2011 MacBook Pro models.
Today, Cradlepoint released two new routers in its new series of NetBSD-based routers. The new routers are the CBR400 and CBR450 which are very similar except for the CBR400 featuring Wi-Fi while the CBR450 does not.
Apple announced during NAB that Final Cut Pro X would be available in June. That day has arrived. Although not previously announced, Apple has also released the companion Motion 5 and Compressor 4 apps. All three apps are available in the Mac App Store for immediate download.
Although several sites mentioned the release several days ago, yesterday marked the official release of the Cradlepoint MBR95 wireless router. This router is designed to replace the MBR90 and MBR900 models with a modern powerhouse.
This is my next… published a great article today entitled “iMessage, Skype, Google Voice, and the death of the phone number” where the author outlines what Google, Skype (now Microsoft), and Apple are doing to the well entrenched telecom system that orbits around the phone number.
Last week, VMware released an update to its VMware Fusion virtualization software for Mac OS X. This update fixes a long list of issues as well as adds some new operating system support including Windows 7 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit and Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 32-bit and 64-bit.
Google just announced on the Google Voice Blog that if you change your Google Voice number by porting in a phone number from another carrier or use the “Sprint Option 1 intergration,” you now have the option of keeping your initial Google Voice number permanently by selecting an option and paying $20.