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Apple to Build New Data Center in Oregon

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:05:48 +0000

Apple plans to build a new data center on 160 acres in Prineville, Oregon, according to KTVZ. The new data center would have a Facebook data center as a nearby neighbor. The property was purchased for $5.6 million by a company known as Project Maverick as a way to conceal the real buyer. However, a dead giveaway was the address, listed as 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA.

My personal speculation is that Apple may use Eastern Oregon's potential for wind and solar power to help supplement the energy needs of its newest planned data center.

Apple has already revealed that the data center in Maiden, North Carolina will be the site of the largest user-owned solar farm, as well as non-utility owned fuel cell installation, in the United States. Apple has shown commitment to clean energy in many ways, and Eastern Oregon may be an ideal spot to expand on its use of renewable energy.

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Image Editor

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:40 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Image Editor in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

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Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac System Utility

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:35 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac System Utility in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

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Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Browser

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:28 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Browser in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

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Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Home Theater App or Product

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:25 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Home Theater App or Product in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

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Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Application for Running Windows

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:14 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Application for Running Windows in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

Courtesy of About.com

Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Word Processor

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:08 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Word Processor in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

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Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Backup Application

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:07 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Backup Application in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

Courtesy of About.com

Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting - Best Mac Peripheral Reseller

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:07 +0000

It's time to vote for the Best Mac Peripheral Reseller in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012.

Courtesy of About.com

Use the voting system below to enter your vote. You can vote once per day until the voting closes March 21, 2012. Final results will be announced the week of March 30^th.

About: Macs Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Jump List:

There are 7 other Mac categories in the Readers' Choice Awards 2012. Use the jump list below to cast your vote in one of the other categories.

Best Mac System Utility

Best Mac Backup Application

Best Mac Browser

Best Mac Application For Running Windows

Best Mac Word Processor

Best Mac Image Editor

Best Mac Home Theater Application or Product

Have You Updated to Lion? Use Our Lion Install Guide to Update Your Mac

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:57 +0000

Are you using Lion? I ask because of Apple's announcement last week that Mountain Lion, the newest version of OS X, will be available to the public sometime in the summer. I'm betting on late summer, but either way, a brand-new version of OS X will be ready for prime time within about a year of the release of the previous version. That's a fast pace to turn OSes around.

Installing OS X Lion

If you haven't updated to Lion yet, you may find the jump to Mountain Lion to be even larger than it needs to be. Mountain Lion is an incremental update to Lion. It offers quite a few enhancements and some unexpected features that may be a bit controversial; more on that as Mountain Lion gets closer to release.

Those moving from Lion to Mountain Lion should feel at home. If you're jumping to Mountain Lion from earlier versions of OS X, you may be in for a shock. That's why I suggest you take the plunge now, and get used to Lion before the other big cat takes over.

Of course, if you're comfortable with the OS you're using, and you don't plan to update, then by all means bypass Lion. I don't believe OSes become obsolete, as long as they still meet your needs.

OS X Lion Installation Guides