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The Imaging SuiteÂ’s modular approach to imaging makes building
multiple images easy by building configurations from a library of custom packages. Utilizing the
same set of operating system and application packages to create multiple configurations ensures
that each configuration is made up of identical components.
Most imaging utilities are based on a monolithic approach in which administrators build one base
image that includes every element for every machine. The base image is then copied and adjusted
to accommodate each configuration required by the network. This approach results in many large,
monolithic images that require both storage and maintenance.
The Imaging SuiteÂ’s package-based approach to imaging reduces storage requirements,
tracks changes, ensures consistency across the organization, and eliminates post-imaging
activities.
Key Features:
Package-Based Imaging
Create Custom OS Packages from Installer Disk
Universal Binary for Mac OS X
Organize Packages into Configurations
Simple Drag-and-Drop Interface
Smart Configurations
Package Swapping Based on the Processor
Deploy Adobe CS3 and CS4 Natively
Set Computer Name
Fix ByHost files
Set Computer Specific Network Settings
Run Scripts
Add Printers
Automated Directory Binding for Active Directory, Open Directory, Likewise, ADmitMac, and
Centrify
Bind to Active Directory, Open Directory, Likewise, ADmitMac and Centrify
Automated Drive Partitioning
Automated Deployment of Boot Camp Images
WHAT'S NEWVersion 7.2:
There is a new Setup Assistant on the first launch of the JSS after a clean install.
There is a new LDAP Server Assistant that allows for setting up new LDAP Server
integration.
REQUIREMENTSServer
Although it is possible to install the JAMF Software Server (JSS) on any platform that
supports Tomcat and MySQL, the JSS Setup Utility only supports Mac OS X Server 10.4 or
10.5.
Canon has cautioned on its website that the 2.0.3 firmware update for the EOS 5D
Mark II DSLR has audio problems. When users change the manual recording levels for the C1, C2, or
C3 modes and Sound Recording is set to Manual, the camera will not record sound along with video if
power is turned off manually or automatically after idling. Canon urges 5D Mark II owners who have
already downloaded the firmware to mitigate this issue by setting Sound Recording to
Auto....
It's not
déjà
vu, it's just all happening
again. Just over a year after Canon had to bow its
head in shame due to a
black dot / banding issue that plagued the EOS 5D Mark II, along comes yet another heartache
surrounding one of the company's finest DSLRs. The
v2.0.3 firmware update that was issued earlier in the week is apparently causing audio problems
for some users, with the actual quirk going a little something like this: "Recently we have discovered a malfunction that occurs with Firmware Version 2.0.3, in which
the manual recording levels for C1/C2/C3 are changed and the camera becomes unable to record audio
if the power is turned off (or if Auto power off takes effect) after registering "Sound Recording:
Manual" in the camera user settings. We apologize very sincerely for the inconvenience, but we are
going to stop making this firmware available for download. For customers who have already updated
to the new firmware, when using the camera with the mode dial set to C1/C2/C3, please either set
the sound recording settings to Auto." In the meanwhile, Canon has pulled the update from its
support site while it works on a new firmware version to patch things up, but aside from a promise
of "soon," there's no way to tell when exactly the new file will hit the pipes.
A leaked document on Thursday has shown that an upgrade to the Xbox 360's
firmware this year should finally give it support for USB storage. The revision discovered by
Joystiq would consume 512MB of space for actual system use but would give as much as 16GB per drive
(up to two drives) to save game information, including Xbox Live Arcade installs and even full game
installs. Customized setup would let gamers reserve existing space to avoid wiping out valuable
content from a computer....
Maku with help from wololo and mamasuke has developed a hello world for PSP firmware 6.20 thats
runs from a DEMO game. Of course this means its still usermode., but it does look pretty. via
In
what’s looking like a standard operating procedure, Google just
released its free Gesture Search software for Android 1.6 devices and expanded availability
outside of the U.S. The
application launched two weeks ago on Android 2.x devices. With it, you can simply draw
letters on your handset — Android will interpret them and return search results for
contacts, applications, bookmarks and music. It works fairly well, although I personally prefer
the voice search functionality on my phone. But the big story isn’t one single new feature
— it’s how Google is managing the Android fragmentation issue — and it just hit
me as I noticed the pattern.
Google knows that it has a problem in that there are four different shipping versions of Android
right now. There was talk of Google
trying to get all the different handsets on one base version this year, but I don’t see
such a de-frag happening. It’s not Google’s call because the carriers typically make
the decision to push firmware updates, not Google. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Google
working aggressively with any handset makers that offer an Android 1.5 device on a 1.6 upgrade,
however. That move is just a baby step and the current hardware running 1.5 can surely run 1.6
without any performance degradation.
So what’s the pattern I see? Since Google can’t control the versioning issue, they
can at least control core functions and apps among the operating system variances. So when
Android 2.x learns a new trick, there’s a good chance Android 1.6 will learn it too. Need a
few examples?
Google Maps Enhancements – On December 7th, the what’s
nearby on Google Maps was added for Android 1.6 or better. In this case, Android
1.6 received new functionality simultaneously with Android 2.x phones.
Google Buzz — launched
on February 9th, the web client and shortcuts works only on Android 2.x devices, but an
update to the official post says “For Android users, buzz.google.com and
shortcuts are currently available only for phones with Android 2.0+ and we’re working to
support other versions soon.” By “other versions” I take that to mean
Android 1.6. And current 1.6 devices can use some Buzz features in the latest Google Maps client.
I see two things going on here. One is an effort to follow up as many Android 2.x features on
Android 1.6 devices if possible. And where it is possible, Google releases a feature, function or
application for both 1.6 and 2.x devices at the same time. If the feature
isn’t ready for the older platform, Google releases it for 2.x and follows up relatively
quickly with a 1.6 update. It fits the iterate early and often pattern found in Google approach
to pretty much everything. The feature-parity approach diminishes the fragmentation issue by
attempting to level the functionality playing field across devices.
My second observation? I’m starting to think that Google is passively trying to reduce
fragmentation by steering towards two main OS versions as opposed to four: Android 1.6 and a
common Android 2.x version. Again, it can’t force an Android 2.0 handset to 2.1, but
we’re starting to see some phones getting upgraded — the Motorola Droid is
on tap for Android 2.1 as early as tomorrow, for example. And we have direct
word that the HTC Eris will gain Android 2.x as well.
Without exercising direct control like Apple does, Google has little choice in how to deal with
the fragmentation. But they are dealing it with in a unique and quiet manner, likely due to some
lessons learned with four platform versions to support. It’s a clever move from where I
stand and makes me wonder if this won’t be problem a problem with Android 3.0 — I
expect Google will greatly reduced the fragmentation issue by then.
Are we
gazing onto the cusp of a new horizon, one where our Xbox 360 storage needs aren't shackled to
overpriced proprietary
hard drives? Probably not quite. Our best friends at Joystiq have managed to obtain
documents (corroborated with multiple sources) showing that the folks in Redmond are mulling over
an option to enable USB mass storage support for its game machine. To elaborate, that means
downloaded Xbox Live and Arcade games, DLC, other associated game files, and even installed
disc-based games can be saved to an external HDD of your choosing. The documents further elaborate
that the storage device itself must be 1GB or more; a system partition of 512MB is required, and by
default beyond that the consumer partition (i.e. your games and the like) will occupy the remainder
of the drive or 16GB, whichever is smaller -- and unfortunately, that's as much as you're gonna
get. This could be another way for Microsoft to, alongside the rumored
Valhalla motherboard, trim some fat
for a slimmer future... but given the size constraints, we're guessing it's more likely to be a
more spacious alternative to Memory Units than the main HDD itself. Word has it the feature will be
rolled out in a Spring 2010 firmware update -- that is, if Microsoft keeps to its paperwork here.
Excited? We are. Read the full documentation over at Joystiq.
Make your bots and plushies come to life! The Twitchie Robot
Kit is an amazingly life-like animated armature that's Arduino-powered and comes
pre-programmed, making it an excellent kit for beginners in robotics. No programming required!
You can download and modify the code if you want, and it's pretty light on soldering, too. We
recommend Twitchie for young makers (both boys and girls) interested in robotics or in bringing
plush toys to life. For a limited time, Twitchie is $20 off the regular price!
Features:
3 servomotors
6 laser-cut wooden parts
Circuit board
Various electronic parts such as LEDs, capacitors, and resistors
ATMEGA168 preloaded with LilyPad firmware and Twitchie software
Epique, c'est le mot que l'on pourrait employer pour qualifier la mise à jour du firmware du
Canon EOS 5D MKII. En effet, mainte fois pré-annoncée, enfin rendue disponible il y a
quelques jours, elle fait l'objet d'une communication de Canon faisant état de soucis
rencontrés.
Optex Electronique vient d'annoncer que la mise à jour du firmware des terminaux satellite
SD TNTSAT ORS 9950 (709950) et Pack 9960 (709960) sera à nouveau diffusée
automatiquement par voie satellitaire dès le Lundi 22 Mars 2010 à partir de 14H00.
Cette mise à jour 1.21 permettait pour rappel de ...
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium have been able to
perform real-time video analysis on regular Canon digicam (video link) without any hardware
modification. The results are shown directly on the digicam's screen. They use a hacked version of
a popular open-source alternative firmware for Canon cameras: CHDK. This is a proof-of-concept that
computer vision algorithms can now be embedded on regular Canon digicams with little effort (CHDK
is coded in C). What other popular vision algorithms could be implemented? For what purpose?" You
can get some idea about ViBe from this abstract at IEEE; basically, it allows background extraction
in moving images.
[Michael Ossmann] rolled out some firmware that makes his IM-ME into a Spectrum
Analyzer. He met up with [Travis Goodspeed], who authored the IM-ME flashing guide, at SchmooCon
and spent some time hacking wireless doo-dads in the hotel bar. Once he arrived home the new
firmware was just a few coding sessions away from completion. It scans one frequency at a time,
displaying the results in a 132 column graph on the screen. He also added a ribbon cable and
header to the debug contacts so that future hacking would be as simple as plugging in the
GoodFET.
Il n'y a pas que les médias
et les aficionados de la marque à la pomme qui s'intéressent à l'iPad. Les
hackers aussi surveillent d'un oeil la sortie prochaine de la tablette tactile annoncée
fin janvier par Steve Jobs. Et alors que les
pré-commandes de l'appareil s'accumulent, certains bidouilleurs se préparent
d'ores et déjà à une compétition qui s'annonce très
particulière : qui sera le premier à obtenir le jailbreak de l'iPad ?
C'est le cas de Joshua Hill, l'un des membres de la Chronic Dev Team, qui a annoncé sur
Twitter son intention de s'intéresser au jailbreak de l'iPad. Rappelons que la Chronic
Dev Team est à l'origine du jailbreak de l'iPod Touch 2G en le 10 mars 2009.
Il faudra cependant attendre la sortie de l'appareil pour que le groupe puisse décortiquer
le firmware 3.2 du système d'exploitation. Pour l'heure, Joshua Hill a publié une première
capture d'écran de ce qui devrait être - vraisemblablement - le futur outil
permettant le jailbreak de l'iPad : Greenpoison.
Toutefois, quelle que soit l'avancée des travaux de Joshua Hill, le hacker devra faire
face à l'intransigeance d'Apple. En effet, depuis la publication de la dernière
version de l'accord de licence du SDK 3.0 de l'iPhone, la firme de Cupertino
a interdit le jailbreak à tous les niveaux. Cela concerne le développement
direct de la méthode, l'aide mais également la conception d'outils exploitant ledit
jailbreak.
L'iPad doit sortir le 3 avril prochain en Amérique du Nord.
C'est une importante mise à jour du firmware de son appareil photo
télémétrique full frame M9 que publie aujourd'hui Leica puisque cette nouvelle
version 1.116 apporte de nombreuses améliorations notamment en termes de correction des
défauts optiques.
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Canon has cautioned on its website that the 2.0.3 firmware update for the EOS 5D
Mark II DSLR has audio problems. When users change the manual recording levels for the C1, C2, or
C3 modes and Sound Recording is set to Manual, the camera will not record sound along with video if
power is turned off manually or automatically after idling. Canon urges 5D Mark II owners who have
already downloaded the firmware to mitigate this issue by setting Sound Recording to
Auto....
A leaked document on Thursday has shown that an upgrade to the Xbox 360's
firmware this year should finally give it support for USB storage. The revision discovered by
Joystiq would consume 512MB of space for actual system use but would give as much as 16GB per drive
(up to two drives) to save game information, including Xbox Live Arcade installs and even full game
installs. Customized setup would let gamers reserve existing space to avoid wiping out valuable
content from a computer....
Il n'y a pas que les médias
et les aficionados de la marque à la pomme qui s'intéressent à l'iPad. Les
hackers aussi surveillent d'un oeil la sortie prochaine de la tablette tactile 
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