Year: 2002

iPod turns one

– One year ago today, Apple introduced iPod to the world. At a special media event on October 23, 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted what many now call the best digital music player in the world. The iPod has had a wild ride in such a short time.

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iMac SuperDrive firmware update available

Apple has released iMac SuperDrive Firmware Update 1.0 via the Software Update utility. The update addresses an incompatibility with 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW media when used with the internal SuperDrive found in the 15″ flat-panel iMacs, and also fixes a problem with ejecting audio CDs that are copy-protected or have mastering errors.

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WiebeTech DriveDock Now Suppots ATA-6 Drives

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WiebeTech improves FireWireTM DriveDockTM and Bus-Powered Super DriveDockTM:
Both Now Support ATA-6 Drives

WICHITA, KS =96 October 22, 2002 =96WiebeTech LLC is now shipping an improve=
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version of the FireWire DriveDockTM and the bus-powered Super DriveDockTM,
which are complete FireWire bridge interfaces attachable to any 3.5-inch
IDE drive.

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Memorex introduces USB ThumbDrive

Memorex today introduced the USB ThumbDrive, an ultra-compact storage device capable of storing up to 64MB or 128MB of data. The plug-and-play drive is Mac and PC compatible, and will be available later this month, priced at US$59.99 for the 64MB ThumbDrive and $99.99 for the 128MB version.

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