Caphyon has announced the release of Advanced Web Ranking 2.3, an update to its Mac OS X tool that helps users check a Web site position on all major search engines. This new version features advanced filters for the Current Rank report, backup and restore functionality, and the ability to generate reports for a previous date. Advanced Web Ranking costs US$49 for the Standard edition and $99 for the Professional edition.
Read MoreInside Mac Radio’s “Macworld Expo 2004 Super Show,” which features more than 25 interviews recorded live from the showfloor in San Francisco, is now available as an MP3 download (15MB).
Read MoreOther World Computing (OWC) today announced that it has reduced prices by as much as 10 percent on many of its 7200RPM Mercury Elite Pro FireWire 800+400/USB 2.0+1.1 and FireWire 400/USB 2.0+1.1 external storage solutions. Mercury Elite Pro FireWire drives are available in 40GB to 320GB capacities, with FireWire 400+USB models starting at US$136.99 and FireWire 800+USB units priced from $199.99. The largest price reduction is found on the 160GB FireWire 800+400/USB 2.0+1.1 drive with an 8MB data buffer, now reduced to $259.99 from $289.99.
Read MoreMerrill Lynch has reinstated coverage of Apple with a “buy” rating and a price target of US$29. “We think Apple has gotten its act together in focusing on core markets, building a mature management team and, most important, innovating again. People will pay more for Porsches, but they have to perform,” Merrill Lynch said. The firm projected that Apple’s iPod and iTunes Music Store will account for 9 percent of 2004 sales, but said that percentage should grow in later years.
Read More“What’s stunning isn’t that Apple’s engineers can, say, design a server with two 2GHz G5 processors, 1GB of memory, storage capacity of 80 to 750GB and loads of other goodies all in a slim 1U package,” writes Computerworld’s Mark Hall. “No, what’s stunning is that Apple’s marketers will price the Xserve system at $3,999. That makes the long-reputed price-gouging Macintosh maker the price leader for dual-CPU servers by a couple of bucks.
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