Year: 2003

FirewireDirect offers FireWire 800 CardBus adapter

Posted by | May 22, 2003 | |

FirewireDirect today announced a new FireWire 800 CardBus/PCMCIA adapter for Type II slots, which sports both a 9-pin FireWire 800 port and a legacy 6-pin port for 400Mbps FireWire products. “The new card is fully compliant with this new implementation of the FireWire standard, offering speeds of up to 800Mbps (twice as fast as the existing FireWire standard) along with enhancements to data integrity that will make FireWire 800 even better suited to digital video and audio work.”

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Opera Web browser update due tomorrow

Posted by | May 21, 2003 | |

Opera Software will be releasing version 6.02 of its Mac Web browser tomorrow, according to c|net. The article notes, “In January the company was caught off guard when Apple Computer released its Safari browser based on the open-source KHTML code. At the time, Opera Chief Executive Jon von Tetzchner warned that continued development of Mac Opera — which commands a small percentage of Opera’s already tiny market share — might not be ‘viable’ with Apple becoming yet another competitor…

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Digital Video DC hosting Pro Video Post-NAB Event

Posted by | May 21, 2003 | |

Digital Video DC, the official Washington, DC area Final Cut Pro user group, will be holding their Pro Video Post-NAB Event on May 29. “This event will feature product demonstrations of Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2 and Shake 3 from Apple, plus a mini trade show featuring Apple, Adobe, AJA, Discreet and more. In the evening, their May user group meeting will also take place. The event is sponsored by Mac Business Solutions of Gaithersburg, MD, and will take place at their site.

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Apple updates Hot Deals section

Posted by | May 21, 2003 | |

Apple has updated its Hot Deals section with the latest offerings from the Apple Store for Business and ClubMac. The Apple Store for Business has savings on a variety of new system bundles, consisting of a Power Mac G4 or PowerBook with added software, RAM, printer, and more. ClubMac has great deals on PowerBooks, Power Macs, iBooks, and iMacs, all with free gear such as carrying cases, RAM, printers, and more.

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