Scott Kevill, president of GameRanger Technologies, today announced the addition Unicode support to GameRanger, his multiplayer online gaming service. Full Unicode support means that chat rooms, game rooms, private messages, and more are now multilingual, allowing members around the world to use their native alphabets in addition to Roman alphabets. GameRanger is available free and requires Mac OS X or above.
Read MoreWiebeTech today announced that it has begun shipping BayDock 800, its new FireWire 800/USB2 storage enclosure. BayDock 800 features removable single or dual bays and sustained transfer rates up to 100MB/sec, according to the press release. Further information, including pricing details for various configurations, is available from the Web site.
Read MoreTrans Intl. today announced the availability of a 1GB DDR (Double Data Rate) memory upgrade module for the newly released Apple iBook G4. The company notes that “the iBook G4 models have one available memory expansion slot for main memory expansion and 128MB of RAM soldered on the system logic board. Trans Intl.’s 1GB memory upgrades double the memory density of the available memory expansion slot to 1 GB.
Read MoreThe iTunes Music Store is now offering a live album from rock bands Thursday and Thrice that features their recent performances at Apple retail stores. The “Live from the Apple Store” nine-song collection was recorded on October 15, 2003 in the New York City and Santa Monica Apple Stores.
Read MoreToshiba plans to double monthly output of 1.8-inch hard drives from March to meet rising demand for high-capacity storage used in digital music players such as the iPod. “Toshiba said it would make 600,000 units of 1.8-inch HDDs, up from 300,000,” Reuters reports.
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