Year: 2005

Macworld Boston registration open

Registration is now open for this year’s east coast Macworld Conference & Expo. This year’s show will take place July 11-14 at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center. “Join us for four days of cutting edge content, taught by industry experts, exploring topics on DVD Studio Pro; Mac Tools for Digital Photographers; DJing and Mobile Music Production; Photoshop Power Shortcuts; and more!”

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OWC cuts pricing on Mercury Extreme G4 line

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced it has reduced prices by as much as US$40 on its OWC Mercury Extreme G4 processor upgrades. The updated pricing is as follows: 933MHz-1.0GHz)- $195 (was $229.99), 1.0-1.2GHz – $289 (was $299), 1.3-1.4GHz – $349 (was $389), 1.4-1.5GHz – $429 (was $459.99). Each Mercury Extreme G4 includes 256KB of 1:1 L2 cache on-chip and 2MB of high-speed L3 Cache.

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Mac Design Magazine becomes Layers

KW Media Group, publisher of Mac Design Magazine, has relaunched the magazine as Layers — the new “how-to magazine for everything Adobe.” Each issue is dedicated to giving readers the latest step-by-step tutorials, tips, and tricks for all of Adobe’s design, video, and photography applications. “Adobe products are at the core of today’s design, photography, and video professionals’ workflow, and with Layers, these pros now have a ‘how-to’ magazine to call their own,” said KW Media’s Scott Kelby.

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Missing Sync for Windows Mobile announced

Mark/Space has announced The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, a major revision to, and replacement for, The Missing Sync for Pocket PC. The new version, which is expected to ship by the end of June, will introduce Entourage syncing; Windows Mobile Smartphone support for devices such as the Audiovox SMT5600/Orange SPV C500, i-MateSP3i and Motorola MPx220; a framework for third-party plugins; improved performance and more. The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile will cost $39.95. Upgrades will be $19.95.

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Giga Designs ships 2.0GHz Power Mac G4 upgrade

Giga Designs is now offering the fastest (2.0GHz) G4 processor upgrade available for Apple AGP equipped G4 Power Macs. The new G-celerator AGP 7A series upgrade uses the latest G4 (7447A) processor available from Freescale (formerly Motorola) and features a 512KB on chip L2 cache running at full processor speed. The upgrade US$499 is compatible with the following Power Mac G4 models: AGP Graphics (Sawtooth), Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Quicksilver, and Quicksilver 2002.

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