Year: 2004

PC World: ‘OS X Without Tears’

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

Rebecca Freed (The Mac Skeptic), senior editor for PC World, today writes about some users’ reluctance to migrate to Mac OS X. “Last month I asked you OS X holdouts out there to speak up and tell me why you’re not upgrading—and you did,” writes Freed. “The reasons you cited range from issues that crop up with any major upgrade, like backward compatibility with old hardware and software, to specific bugs that have cropped up in Panther. Your hesitation is justified, up to a point.

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Bitshift Audio offers free loops for GarageBand

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

The folks at Bitshift Audio are offering 40MB of free loops for use with Apple’s recently released GarageBand music software. “Our resident beat programmer, Art Gillespie (aka bitshift), is so excited about GarageBand and the new Apple Loops file format that he put together this collection of free electro/breakbeat drum and synth loops from his forthcoming Apple Loops CD ‘bitshift’s bangin’ beats’ for everyone to download for free,” notes the Web site.

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Pixar ends negotiations with Disney

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

Pixar on Thursday said that it is ending its discussions with Walt Disney Co. to extend their existing five-picture deal, and will enter into talks with other studios to distribute its films beginning in 2006. “After ten months of trying to strike a deal with Disney, we’re moving on,” said Pixar and Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

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MCE offers QuickStream DV Battery Pack

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

MCE Technologies (MCE) today announced a rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack for its QuickStream DV FireWire DV capture device. The lightweight QuickStream Battery Pack mounts directly to the QuickStream DV, and provides an additional 3.5 hours of recording time for a total of five hours of continuous portable recording time. In addition to the battery pack, MCE announced today that its free DV clip management software, MCE StreamManager, is now localized for six languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, and Russian.

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