Apple announced a major update to the Mac mini line Tuesday morning, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on one. Here are our first impressions after a few hours of use. (You can also check out our slideshow on the new mini.) www.networkworld.com | 6/16/10 12:25 PM

It’s been a busy day, what with iPhone pre-orders and…er…complaining about iPhone pre-orders. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t fill you in on some of the other news stories that may have slipped through the cracks, so we’ve packed them into the remainders for June 15, 2010. www.networkworld.com | 6/16/10 12:25 PM

Apple on Tuesday introduced an even smaller version of the Mac mini, with an HDMI port, an SD card reader, and more graphics and processing power. The new Mac mini is only 1.4-inches tall and rocks a unibody aluminium enclosure, making it a potential match to your HDTV in the living room. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Apple has unveiled a redesigned Mac mini, promising up to twice the graphics performance then previous models, along with new HDMI port and new SD card slot www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Apple's cigar box desktop, better known as the Mac mini, has always been something of an oddball. Like the rest of Cupertino's hardware lineup, the mini is sleek, shiny, and stylish. But this miniature, monitor-less desktop has a much higher geek quotient than Apple's more polished consumer offerings like the MacBook, iMac, or iPhone. There's a tinkerer's quality to the Mac mini, a device that's never seemed to have a clearly defined niche. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Apple on Tuesday announced a brand-new redesign of the Mac mini, its low-cost desktop system. Besides an entirely new form factor, the new mini now sports an HDMI video port, a new graphics processor, and an SD card slot. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Juniper Networks founder and CTO Pradeep Sindhu details what he looks for in companies seeking backing from his venture capital fund. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Nuance PDF Reader is a simple, straightforward free PDF reader with a twist--it does the best job of any PDF program I've tried at converting PDF files to Word, Excel or WordPerfect files. For that alone, this free program is well worth the download. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Samsung is second only to Nokia in global cell phone sales, and recently posted record earnings. However, like Nokia, Samsung has had little to offer in terms of next-generation mobile devices like cutting edge smartphones or tablets...until now. Samsung is jumping into the tablet fray with the Galaxy Tape, expanding the array of tablet devices for businesses to choose from. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Users and analysts list various reasons why large IT vendors are back in the merger business after the recession caused a yearlong lull in acquisition plans. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Belkin rolled out four compact devices Tuesday built to help lower energy bills by fighting "vampire" power, the electricity sucked from the grid when electronics are plugged in but not used. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Ryan Lawson, director of technology, would like to get his hands on more than 700 iPads for the entire student body at Brother Rice High School, a private all-boys Catholic school in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. It would be a crowning achievement after five years of searching for the perfect laptop for students. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 5:00 PM

Israeli start-up Anobit Technologies announced its first solid-state drive using multilevel cell NAND, which it said is as reliable as higher-cost single-level cell NAND used in enterprise-class SSDs. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 12:24 PM

The leader of a security research firm and AT&T traded angry words Monday in the wake of last week's data breach that exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G users. The carrier called the behavior of Goatse Security "malicious," while the security firm countered that AT&T was "being dishonest about the potential for harm." But both sides have plenty to answer for in how they've handled this security situation. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 12:24 PM

A Chinese developer gets a brand new iPad and a bonus e-mail from Steve Jobs, Apple reverses course on an App Store removal, and the iPad modding contest may have a winner. It's the remainders for June 14, 2010. www.networkworld.com | 6/15/10 12:24 PM

French hosting company ViFiB thinks it can save on expensive data center space by placing its servers in homes and offices with broadband Internet access, putting it somewhere between cloud computing services such as Amazon Web Services and distributed computing projects such as SETI@home. www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

AT&T issued an apology on Sunday for a hack that exposed thousands of iPad customers' e-mail addresses last week and vowed to work with law enforcement to prosecute those responsible. www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

Reader Daniel Shanefield finds that his iPad lacks a favorite iTunes feature. He writes: www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

My desktop occasionally fails to shut down properly. It seems to complete Windows' shutdown process, but then just freezes--without actually turning off. www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

Twitter's persistent and disruptive service outages entered a second week, as the company scrambles to bring its site availability back to acceptable levels. www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

Even if your work is humdrum, your documents shouldn't be. The latest version of Microsoft Office makes it easier than ever to create handsome documents, thanks to some cool new tools for dressing up text, displaying images, and embedding video. (Of course, the ability to create better-looking documents isn't the only reason to upgrade to Office 2010. For a detailed review of the entire suite see "Office 2010 Review: Inside Microsoft's Newest Suite.") www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 5:00 PM

SeaMicro has developed a server that packs in 512 low-power Intel Atom processors on miniature motherboards the size of credit cards, the company announced Monday. www.networkworld.com | 6/14/10 12:23 PM

Getting a chance to bash AT&T twice in two weeks is like getting to hit a pinata filled with $100 bills. Hand me the stick and stand back, boys. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

The iPad is huge at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, the dispute over the iPhone 4's display gets some resolution*, and Google fails to paint a pretty picture. The remainders for June 10, 2010 begin now. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

Roughly 114,000 Apple iPad users' e-mail addresses were leaked this week, and now the FBI is looking into the matter to determine the threat level. Given the iPad's stunning popularity and the frightening number of affected owners, many questions need answering. Here's a FAQ about Apple and AT&T's new relationship with federal investigators. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

The HP Halo Studio is the Cadillac of video conferencing solutions--delivering unsurpassed quality at a premium price. HP has teamed up with Vidyo to reduce costs and extend the HP Halo portfolio with video conferencing tools for conference rooms, and desktop endpoints. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

Tilera on Friday said a "major" server maker will announce a low-power server with 512 cores, using eight of its 64-core processors, later this month. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

Scientists at Duke University have figured out how to make large quantities of copper nanowires that can be used to make computers and maybe even bendable, foldable tablet computers someday. www.networkworld.com | 6/11/10 5:00 PM

OCZ released new models of its enterprise-class solid state drives today that use the newer SandForce SF-1500 processor and feature either MLC-NAND or SLC-NAND flash memory. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu are updating existing netbook models with new Atom processors that were announced last week by Intel at the Computex trade show. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

The IT links to clean technology get stronger by the day, and if the push in Washington by Bill Gates and others to get the federal government to triple its research and development spending succeeds, Silicon Valley is certain to benefit. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

A prodigal son returns to Apple, former Apple CEO John Sculley reflects on being the guy who fired the world's most successful businessman, and AT&T slips up on security. That and more in the remainders for June 9, 2010. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

QUESTION The motherboard on my old PC died, but I need to access a folder on the hard drive. I used a drive enclosure to access the data from another machine but, when I attempt to open the My Documents folder on one of the user accounts, Windows reports: 'J:\Documents and Settings\Neil is not accessible. Access is denied'. Can you help? Elizabeth Oliver www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

Lenovo on Thursday announced the ThinkCentre M90Z all-in-one touchscreen PC, which will be offered with Intel's VPro technology for easier management and maintenance. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

QUESTION My laptop's touchpad is jerky and scrolling doesn't work in Internet Explorer 8. Can you help? Mike Harrison www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

QUESTION I can no longer log into Windows on my XP laptop. It accepts the password, flashes up the wallpaper screen, then immediately logs me out. If it comes to it, will I be able to sync the tracks on my Apple iPhone to an Apple iTunes account on a new machine? Bill Wass www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

Some of America's top business people are joining forces in a lobbying effort to convince Congress and President Obama of the need to spend more on clean energy research and development. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

Tired of the stale cookie-cutter designs that make all laptops look basically alike? You're not alone. A group of intrepid designers and engineers is doing something about the "sameness syndrome" that permeates notebook design. They're working on groundbreaking concept designs that not only turn heads but also point to new ways to work and play on the road. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

If Dell's cloud server lab is a candy shop for geeks, littered with components and exotic system designs, then Jimmy Pike is the Willy Wonka of servers. www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

QUESTION I want to watch DVDs on my Acer Aspire One netbook using an external drive, but I appear to be missing the necessary software. Neil McAllister www.networkworld.com | 6/10/10 5:00 PM

The world is one step closer to holding the Apple iPad in its shaking hands: consumers can pre-order iPads on the Apple Website starting tomorrow, Friday, March 12, at 5:30 a.m. PST. www.networkworld.com | 3/12/10 12:34 PM

If you're looking to be first in line to pre-order Apple's new iPad, then set your alarm, because Steve Jobs's latest creation is available for pre-order in the U.S. early on Friday, March 12: 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time or 8:30 a.m. for those of us on the East coast. www.networkworld.com | 3/12/10 12:34 PM

Budget constraints and limited technical support make it critical for most small and medium-size companies to work as efficiently as possible. An important first step in getting more and better work from relatively few people is to enable them to work together in real time, no matter how distant they actually may be. www.networkworld.com | 3/11/10 4:00 PM

$200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn't last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true. www.networkworld.com | 3/11/10 4:00 PM

Beginning on Friday, iPad buyers will finally be able to order the tablet-styled device -- or reserve one at an Apple store. Here's what you need to know before buying. www.networkworld.com | 3/11/10 4:00 PM

Whether you're a fan of Apple's Web browser, or just having some problems with its competition, there's now a new Safari update available just for you. Well, you and everybody else--you wouldn't want them to feel left out, would you? www.networkworld.com | 3/11/10 4:00 PM