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Tue, 17 Aug 2004
How to use an iPod as a bootable drive
How to use an iPod as a bootable drive
This week’s How to from Engadget is a handy one for the Mac folks out there who want to run multiple operating systems, but not install them to their hard drive, all using an iPod as a bootable FireWire drive. They also cover ways to simply back up your home directory (or anything else to your iPod) which can be handy too, and even used in conjunction with this how-to. Still no word on where Apple's "Home on iPod" is.
http://features.engadget.com/entry/8817137592535661/
Advanced Web Ranking v3.2 Released
Release date: Aug 17, 2004
Manage Your Search Engine Web Rankings
Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Web Ranking 3.2, a tool that helps check your web site position on all major search engines. Advanced Web Ranking runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux and Solaris.
Checking your web site position is a very time consuming task. For example, if you have 10 keywords that you want to monitor, and you want to check the top 20 positions for 10 search engines, you need to perform about 200 (10 keywords * 10 engines * first 2 pages) individual searches to get the results. Then you need to compare the results one by one to find where your site is positioned. It may take you days to complete this task if you do this manually. That's where Advanced Web Ranking comes to help.
Advanced Web Ranking is able to query over 200 search engines and quickly find out if you're moving up or down in the rankings, or if your site is listed at all. It will track the progress of your rankings over time and display that information in an easy to read and understand graphical and tabular reports. It can help you check not just the position of your website but the position of your competitors' web sites as well.
Advanced Web Ranking has the ability to generate and email reports after an update was finished. Couple that with the Scheduled Updates ability, and you will be able to turn on your computer in the morning and find reports on your websites ranks waiting for you in your Inbox. As a SEO, you can have updates being run and sent to your customers every night without even lifting a hand. Various types of reports (Current Rank, Top Sites, Web Site, etc.) can be created in any of the formats Advanced Web Ranking supports (PDF, HTML, Excel, XML or Text). Then they can be emailed to any of the addresses you pick from the Address Book, or saved to a folder where you can access them over the Internet.
What's new in Advanced Web Ranking 3.2
This version features improvements to the HTML reports, sending emails using MIME encoded parts for the Rank Evolution charts, and several improvements in the user interface.
- Added the ability to zip reports before sending them by email.
- Added index to the HTML reports (Current Rank and Top Sites) for easier browsing.
- The Rank Evolution charts in the HTML reports are now sent correctly by email, as inline MIME encoded parts.
- Made the links to the search engine results page from the HTML reports more visible.
- The keywords used throughout the application are now sorted alphabetically and case insensitive.
- The columns and sort order in the Overview report are now persistent.
- The printable Overview report sorts the data using the same criteria as in the Overview report from the user interface.
- Added automatic conversion to UTF-8 for all keywords in all projects.
- Updated help for German language.
Advanced Web Ranking costs USD $99 for the Professional edition. Users who don't need to create printable reports, or schedule automatic updates can purchase the Standard edition for USD $49.
The application can be downloaded from:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com/download.html
More details about the application can be found at:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com
CGIScripter 2.19 EE for MacOS X adds support for FrontBase
.com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database migration, replication and development applications, has released CGIScripter 2.19 Enterprise Edition for MacOS X, Windows, Solaris and Linux. CGIScripter 2.19 adds support for FrontBase database servers in addition to the seven databases which were already supported with previous CGIScripter versions. Developers can quickly develop web applications for FrontBase just as easily as any of the other supported database servers.
CGIScripter now supports generating Perl CGI scripts for 8 database servers, including MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL and FrontBase. CGIScripter dramatically enhances developer productivity for heterogeneous database installations. Corporate IT departments, students and individuals can quickly and easily test the performance and stability of web applications on any or all of the supported databases. FrontBase Perl CGI scripts are generated for IIS web servers running on Windows and Apache web servers running on MacOS X.
CGIScripter 2.19 supports inserting, updating, deleting and replacing images within the FrontBase database via a web based interface on Windows and MacOS X web servers.
The demo edition of CGIScripter enables potential customers to completely test the generation of Perl CGI scripts to determine whether it will meet their software development needs. The demo edition of CGIScripter provides full functionality for generating Perl CGI scripts for all supported database servers and saving configuration files. The demo edition is limited by not allowing configuration files to be reloaded via the Open... menu.
Existing customers holding licenses for CGIScripter Enterprise Edition may upgrade at no charge to this latest update.
CGIScripter Enterprise Edition licensing includes use of the application by an unlimited number of users at any one site. Entire IT departments can improve programming efficiency by standardizing on the feature-rich and securely designed scripts generated by CGIScripter.
CGIScripter is a multi-platform development application which is available for MacOS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris.
A free demo version of CGIScripter may be downloaded for each platform from http://www.cgiscripter.net/downloads/index.html .
For more info please see: http://www.cgiscripter.net/
About .com Solutions Inc.
.com Solutions Inc. develops multi-platform graphical applications supporting Oracle, FileMaker Pro, MySQL, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL and FrontBase developers. CGIScripter is a multi-platform application which generates Perl CGI scripts for databases. FmPro Migrator migrates FileMaker databases to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2 and PostgreSQL. Installgen automates over 100 Oracle install procedures on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. Repgen replicates Oracle data in a multi-master configuration on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. For more information about .com Solutions Inc., please visit: www.cgiscripter.net .
INDUSTRY'S FIRST 8-PORT FIREWIRE 800/1394B PROFESSIONAL HUB/REPEATER
NitroAV Delivers First 8-Port FireWire 800/1394b Professional Hub/Repeater for internal or external applications.
(Austin, Texas), August 17, 2004 – NitroAV.com premiers the industry’s first and only professional series, 8-Port FireWire 800/1394b Hub/Repeater for external or internal applications.
Based on the latest Texas Instruments chip-sets this professional FireWire 800/1394 8-Port Hub/Repeater is designed to deliver up to double the transfer-speed of the original FireWire technology allowing to connect multiple computers, digital video, digital audio, home entertainment components and peripherals. Perfect for networking, high-end digital audio/video workstations for ultra fast data transfers. Connecting powered or none-powered devices, the included power supply will drive up to seven low powered devices or if internally integrated, the hub has a 4-Pin DC power connector. The Hub also acts as a FireWire 800/1394b repeater, so you can place devices up to an additional 15 feet (4.5 meters) from other connected FireWire 800 devices and peripherals. As always FireWire 800/1394b is backwards compatible with FireWire 400/1394a standards.
Availability and Pricing
Shipping now, the Hub/Repeater is available through authorized resellers. 8-Port FireWire 800/1394b Hub-Repeater has a suggested retail selling price of $159 (N8PFW8HR). See http://www.nitroav.com for a list of authorized resellers as well as additional product information.