The server version of the Macintosh OS X operating system. Introduced in 1999, it includes the Apache Web server along with a mail server, file server, Wiki server and podcast publisher. It also includes tools for centrally managing all the users' machines in the network. The OS X Server versions follow in step with the Mac operating system "animals:" Panther, Tiger, Leopard, etc. See Mac OS X.
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- Mac Help Widget 2.5 (Mac)
- Mac Help Widget uses PHONE, CHAT (ichat, adium, etc) or EMAIL (Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, etc) to get support for Macintosh OS X and OS X Server. If no one is online to answer your chat, the request can be sent via email with a very prompt response. Service is...
- Software downloads 2009-11-21
- Web Help Desk Free 9.2.3 (Mac)
- The free help desk software edition of Web Help Desk for Mac OS X server installation offers an industry leading web-based help desk software feature set that allows you to track and fulfill all of your technical support trouble tickets and customer service requests with ease, all through an intuitive...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Web Help Desk Pro 9.2.3 (Mac)
- This help desk software Pro edition of Web Help Desk for Mac OS X Server offers an industry leading web-based help desk software that empowers IT help desk technicians with iPhone web-app access, email-to-ticket conversion, trouble ticket email notifications, self-service knowledge base, track billable time & materials, LDAP & AD...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Sync!Sync!Sync! 4.1.1 (Mac)
- Sync!Sync!Sync!... Do you have backup copy of your data? If your hard disk drive breaks, you can buy apps and musics but you can never buy back original data like documents, photos, emails, etc. Sync!Sync!Sync! helps you to make copies of your data by synchronizing two folders. It's very easy...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- ShareTool 1.3.3 (Mac)
- ShareTool is hands down, the fastest, easiest, and most secure way to access all of your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world. No server or technical skills required. Also works with VPN connections. For anyone that's been itching to get Bonjour working over VPN, ShareTool is for you! Why...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Bugzilla 3.4.4 (Mac)
- Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system, with high-profile installations at mozilla.org (250,000 entries), Gnome, Red Hat and NASA, among others. It features a comprehensive set of fields, attachment management, inter-bug dependencies, email notification of changes, a powerful query interface, reporting, and web, xml, email and console interfaces....
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- CrushFTP 5.0.4 (Mac)
- CrushFTP handles FTP, SFTP SSH FTP, FTPS FTP over SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, and WebDAV SSL. WebDAV allows you to use the OS X Finder to connect to the server and work on it as if it were another hard drive on your machine. Read, write, rename. all with WebDAV....
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- VirtualBox 3.0.12 (Mac)
- innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD
- People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Your top Windows 7 questions, answered
- If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- PureFTPd Manager 1.8 (Mac)
- PureFTPd Manager is a simple Cocoa frontend to PureFTPd, "a free BSD, secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server based upon Troll-FTPd," for Mac OS X.
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- XC Connect 3.3 (Mac)
- XC Connect is a robust communication solution that enables users to share Calendar, Contact and Task information across Microsoft Outlook�®, OS X iCAL and Address Book, Microsoft Entourage�® and/or Ximian Evolution�® desktops. XC Connect provides users with the ability to share personal folders as well as the ability to create...
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
- Cloud Engines Pogoplug
- Photo gallery:Cloud Engines PogoplugWouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western...
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- SharedPlan Pro 5.4.20 (Mac)
- SharedPlan Pro is an intuitive, robust project management application for Mac OS X (10.4 and later) that may be combined with a private, secure, online project server. Pro provides a complete project planning environment for project managers, including: Access to online project management tools for sharing projects and controlling...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities
- Yikes, that sounds bad[i]The majority of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system, meaning that this update carries an "extremely critical rating."[/i]Makes me glad I run an alternate OS.473MB?!?!?!How do dial up users get this update?There is a potential positive spin on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Which should a small business choose: Windows Home Server or Windows Server Foundation?
- CompetitionThe $1000 Mac-Mini with Snow Leopard Server and no user-count limits may have inspired the outreach.That depends on your needs.WHS is a great solution for file sharing and/or client backups. It's backup feature is a strong selling point, IMO. It would be nice to see this extended to every version...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server
- Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones
- But... but... but... OS X is Unix! It is immune!Hmm, guess not.Now, let's list the "attacks" and then cue the double standards...1. iPhone must have the [b]worst[/b] security model out there because hackers only go after the low hanging fruit.2. I don't care [b]why[/b] no one attacks Windows Mobile, all...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-08
- Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
- RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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