Year: 2004

iPodlounge, Macworld Expo, Jim Heid on YML

Posted by | Dec 8, 2004 | |

Your Mac Life, an Internet-based Mac radio show hosted by Shawn King, has announced the lineup for this evening’s broadcast (8:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. ET). Tonight Shawn will talk to Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief of iPodlounge; and popular author Jim Heid, who will talk about iLife and how to get old LPs and cassettes unto your Mac. In addition, Shawn will offer tips and tricks for making the most out of Macworld Expo in San Francisco next month.

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Lenovo acquires IBM’s PC business

Posted by | Dec 8, 2004 | |

As previously speculated, China’s Lenovo has signed an agreement to acquire IBM’s PC business for US$1.25 billion in cash and will assume debt, which will bring the total cost to $1.75 billion, reports InfoWorld. “IBM and Lenovo said customers will see no change in product availability and support, either while the deal is being completed or afterward, while the PC operations of the two companies are integrated.

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Contour Showcase Photo announced

Posted by | Dec 8, 2004 | |

Contour Design today announced the Showcase Photo for Apple’s latest iPod model, the iPod photo. The new casing features shock absorbing rubber cushions to suspend the iPod inside the case, providing extra protection from hard impacts and jarring drops. The clear, scratch-resistant plastic protects the screen while expressing the soft, smooth feel of the iPod without exposing it to the environment, notes Contour.

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Giga announces 1.7GHz processor upgrades

Posted by | Dec 8, 2004 | |

Giga Designs today announced that it is now shipping the 1.7GHz – 1.73GHz G4 single and dual processor upgrades available for Apple AGP equipped G4 Power Macs, including the Power Mac Cube. The new G-celerator AGP 7A series upgrades use the latest G4 (7447A) processors available from Freescale (formerly Motorola). The new 7447A processors are available at speeds up to 266MHz higher than the previously released Freescale 7457 microprocessors, and have a 512KB on chip L2 cache.

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