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TUAW Review: MobileMe

by Robert Palmer (Jul 14th, 2008)

MobileMe, the successor to Apple's lackluster .Mac service, is poised to bring subscribers into the realm of "cloud computing," one of those nauseating phrases that's been around for a while, but nobody has a better term for. MobileMe provides email, calendaring, contact management, photo sharing, ...

The real .mac opens up with new regulations

by Mike Schramm (Jun 27th, 2008)

ICANN, the ruling body for Internet domain naming, has voted to relax a few rules that will supposedly open up a whole slew of top-level domain names, multiple news sources are reporting. They haven't exactly said why they're doing this, only that it will "preserve the security, stability, and ...

ShareTool offers a Back to my Mac alternative

by Dave Caolo (Feb 8th, 2008)

Back to my Mac is one of the much-touted features that .Mac subscribers gained with Leopard. Basically, it lets you enjoy screen sharing between two appropriately configured Macs. The main drawback for many is the required .Mac subscription. If that's you, check out ShareTool. This $20US utility ...

How do you sync multiple Macs?

by Dave Caolo (Oct 12th, 2007)

Merlin Mann at 43Folders wants to know how you keep your Macs in sync (other than dot Mac, of course. That's the obvious choice). Are you using a custom-built solution, commercial products or a combination? I use this combination: iDisk for files. Any "reference" material I may want access to - ...

Possible Solution to the notMac Challenge

by Mat Lu (Sep 27th, 2007)

Late last year we mentioned the notMac Challenge. Basically they were offering a largish sum of money (now upwards of 8 grand) for anyone who could duplicate the functionality of .mac for free. Now finally Ben Spink of CrushFTP has stepped to the plate with a possible solution, and they're calling ...

The notMac Challenge - make a free .Mac replacement, earn lots of cash

by Mat Lu (Dec 17th, 2006)

This is interesting. It's a challenge to produce a replacement for Apple's .Mac online services inspired by the contest earlier this year to boot Windows on the first Intel Macs (this was before Boot Camp for those of you who weren't around then). Apparently this guy Kent has decided that enough is ...