Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Mac OS X Leopard in First Weekend

Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history. Sales included copies sold at Apple’s retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store®, under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac® computers. Leopard is the sixth major release of Mac OS X and is packed with more than 300 new features.

“Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Leopard’s innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac.”

Leopard introduces Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac*; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; and major enhancements to Mail and iChat

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Microsoft Announces Availability of New Zune Accessories at Retail

Microsoft Corp. today announced the retail availability of new accessories for its innovative digital media player, Zune. The new first- and third-party accessories will usher in the next generation of Zune digital media players, which will be on shelves Nov. 13.

Zune also announced an expanded third-party accessory partners program, teaming up with leading manufacturers to offer a wide selection of products created exclusively for Zune. Microsoft is collaborating directly with 23 accessory partners to ensure customers have a number of accessory options, complementing and enhancing their Zune experience.

Licensed Zune accessory partners are Agent 18, Altec Lansing Technologies Inc., Belkin International Inc., Case-mate, Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO), Directed Electronics Inc. (Polk Audio), Dual Electronics Corp., GPX, Griffin Technology Inc., Golla, iHome, Incipio Technologies, Integrated Mobile Electronics Corp., , Kicker, mStation Corp., Memorex Electronics, Monster Cable Products Inc., Skinit, Speck, Targus Group International Inc., VAF Research, Vaja Corp., and zLive (DPI, Inc.).

With these new partners, the Zune accessory family now includes more than 60 new products. The accessories will be available for purchase at a variety of online retailers and major retail store locations beginning this week.

Source- Microsoft Press release

Yahoo! Messenger for Windows 9.0.0.797 Beta

Introducing Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, the next version of our popular IM software for Windows. This new version has a whole new look and feel, along with some great new features that make it well worth the upgrade. Here’s a quick look at what’s new in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta:

- A whole new look for your contact list. Keep it in detail view to see larger Avatar images for your friends, or switch to compact list view (in the Contacts menu). Plus, you can just hover and click to IM, SMS or call a friend.

- Brand new skins and emoticons! Click the dot near the top of your Messenger window to choose a skin, and check the emoticon menu for the new ones that were inspired by user entries in our Emoticontest earlier this year (more on our winners in a future post).

- New Flickr integration in the photo sharing feature. Easily share photos from your Flickr.com account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

- A new in-line media player that makes it easy to view maps, photos and videos from sites like Yahoo! Video and YouTube right in the IM window. No plug-ins needed, no extra downloads — it’s built right in. Just send a video, map or photo link to another friend who’s also on 9.0 to try it out.

- New features for voice calls. You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger (Phone Out account required). Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached.

Download Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta

Gmail 2,the Newer version of Gmail released, to selected people!!

The newer version of Gmail is now available to test to selected people.Some of the users have noted some changes in GChat and even prefetching of messages for quick loading.The loading is much faster, which is fantastic. Tweaks to the interface to further include Google Talk. Even when I set the page to not have Google Talk embedded, there are still fragements of it left in the interface.

Google Blogoscoped confirms that google has actually released the newer version of Gmail which is being tested by seleceted users so others can also try it in the coming weeks. Here is what the google Blogoscoped reads-

Google during the recent Analyst Day announced they want to release an updated version of Gmail that’s supposed to be faster than the current one, thanks to a JavaScript back-end rewrite. Also, the new version aims to improve contacts management. “Gmail 2.0” – possibly the announced update – was also mentioned in Google’s internal company goals last year, the aim being to achieve “70% user happiness" for that version.

Lenovo L3000 Y410 Available in the U.S.

Lenovo L3000 Y410, the company’s 14.1-inch consumer-oriented notebook, is now available for purchase in the United States.

The L3000 Y410 features up to Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 processor at 1.66GHz, a 667MHz frontside bus, the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, and 2GB of system memory expandable to 4GB, as well as a 160GB hard drive, and a DVD burner. The laptop’s 14.1″-diagonal WXGA (1280 x 800) display has a glossy finish, and is accompanied by an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera.

According to Lenovo, this webcam, when combined with VeriFace face recognition software, can help users to control access to the notebook. The Y410 also stands out with its sound features, which include two speakers and a sub-woofer, Dolby Home Theater technology, and the Audio DJ, allowing CD playback without booting the operating system.

The Lenovo’s Y410 provides the Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g) module, an Ethernet LAN connection, and a 56K modem. It also has three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, a 6-in-1 media card reader, a FireWire port, and VGA and S-video outputs.

The 5.2 pound Lenovo L3000 Y410, comes with a six cell battery, which provides approximately four hours of run time, the PC maker says.

This notebook starts at $699 and ships with Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled. Currently, it can be purchased through Staples, Office Depot, and Micro Center.

Source - NoteBookReview

Yahoo messenger beta 2 second release avaiable for download.

The Yahoo Messenger for mac has undergone some more changes and is avaiable for download now. Since the first release of Yahoo Messenger for Mac beta 2 first release ,the messenger has undergone the following changes:-

- Improved stability and compatibility with Mac OS X Version 10.5 (Leopard)
- Some small interface improvements, including a new Show/Hide Display Images button in the IM and chat room windows
- Improved chat room layout, with the list of chatters in a left hand, scrollable panel with age/sex/location details available on hover (if the user is sharing his/her profile)

Diskeeper 2008, is out!

Diskeeper Corporation announces the release of new Diskeeper^®2008, the most automated performance enhancement defragmenter ever built. New features include the ability to defrag in the most extreme levels of low free space or the highest levels of crippling file fragmentation. Intelligent defrag dynamically chooses which software engine will net the most performance gains on a given system or environment. This is all done completely transparently, in real time, tapping the full power of otherwise unused idle resources with a highly advanced background processing technology called, InvisiTasking^™.

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Google Adds IMAP to Gmail Accounts

Now You can Sync your inbox across devices instantly and automatically. Whether you read or write your email on your phone or on your desktop, changes you make to Gmail will be seen from anywhere you access your inbox. Don’t fret if you don’t see "IMAP Access" yet under the Settings menu. We’re rolling it out to everyone over the next few days. This is what the What’s new on Gmail? page reads

Google has put together detailed instructions on how to make IMAP for Gmail work with a number of clients, including Apple’s iPhone. The advantage of IMAP is that it keeps e-mail data synced across multiple devices, so any changes made remotely instantly appear on the Web and elsewhere.

Source- Gmail Blog