The Nasdaq composite index rose 2 percent to its highest point in two years on Monday. “Positive high-tech news and a Federal Reserve governor’s suggestion that interest rates might remain low sent stocks soaring as many traders got back to work after the holidays,” reports AP.
Read MoreKaidan today announced PiXiMation, a new application that creates 3-D rotational QuickTime VR object movies without the need for specific hardware. PiXiMation uses advanced image processing techniques to generate properly spaced and indexed image frames from a variety of video sources, such as the Apple iSight. The Mac OS X software creates and saves QuickTime VR movies as well as individual still image files. PiXiMation is priced at US$99.95.
Read MoreRadTech on Monday announced three new products at Macworld Expo. The MacTruck notebook case is a professional-grade enclosure “designed to be the most rugged and functional” case available for both transporting and using the latest Mac notebooks. The US$199 case provides notebook protection “even under the most severe conditions imaginable” and is available in 3 colors: Brushed Aluminum, Aqua and Deep Red. The X-ScreensavRz is a new edition of the company’s LCD display protection product, and is black in color and features an debossed “X”.
Read MoreRuntime Revolution said today that it will be previewing new technology, still in early development, at Macworld Expo this week. These new capabilities include: industrial-strength data encryption; support for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for secure Internet connections; advanced Windows XP themes for your cross-platform applications; and more. “We’re constantly developing new features for Revolution, to meet our developers’ needs for creating robust applications with up-to-the-minute functionality,” said Kevin Miller, CEO of Runtime.
Read MoreEZQuest will introduce two dual-format DVD-/DVD+ external FireWire drives at Macworld Expo this week. The Boa 8x writes to DVD+R and DVD-R media at 8x; DVD+RW and DVD-RW at 4x; CD-R at 24x; and CD-RW at 10x speeds; and it reads DVDs at 12x and CDs at 40x speeds. The super-small Boa Slim drive comes with both FireWire and USB 2.0 ports, and Mac authoring and backup software. It weighs less than a pound and measures 6×5.5x.75-inches. Pricing was not available.
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