EZQuest today announced that it is now shipping the Boa Slim DVD-RW drive. The super-small drive measures 6 x 5.5 x .75 inches, features both FireWire and USB 2.0 ports, and operates at 2x DVD-R, 1x DVD-RW, 8x DVD-Rom, 16x CD-R, 8x CD-RW and 24x CD-Rom speeds. The Boa Slim DVD-RW drive comes ready to use with cable and authoring software, and is compatible with Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS X. It is priced at US$359.
Read MoreAs expected, you can now buy and download music from The Rolling Stones on Apple’s iTunes Music Store. There are 18 albums available, including “Sticky Fingers,” “Voodoo Lounge,” “Some Girls,” “Goat’s Head Soup,” and “Exile on Main Street.” The albums range from US$9.90 to $13.99.
Read MoreVirginia Tech confirmed Tuesday that it will use 1,100 Power Mac G5s as part of a supercomputer cluster now under construction. “The new cluster is designed to make its way into the rankings of the world’s largest supercomputers, a list that currently has no Macs,” reports CNET News.com.
Read MoreRoxio is now shipping Toast Titanium 6, the latest version of its popular CD and DVD burning software for Mac OS X. “We began shipping to the distributors the day the press release was issued, and they began shipping to retailers early last week, so the product should have just started to appear on store shelves during the holiday weekend,” Roxio’s Elizabeth Olson told MacMinute.
Read MoreDigidesign has announced that it will include a free music creation software bundle with all new Pro Tools TDM or LE systems. Starting this month, every new Digidesign Pro Tools system will now include Propellerhead Software Reason Adapted, Ableton Live Digidesign Edition, and IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE, SampleTank SE and T-RackS EQ in addition to core Pro Tools software.
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