Wired News writer Leander Kahney has put together an interesting look at how Hollywood stars act when they visit Apple’s four retail stores in the Los Angeles area. The article quotes Apple Store employees who describe how celebs–such as Robin Williams, Val Kilmer, Fred Durst, Andre 3000, Pink, the Wayans brothers, Director Kevin Smith and more–act in the stores while looking for Apple gear.
Read MoreGiga Designs has announced that it is now shipping the fastest (1.8GHz) 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 and feature a 512KB on chip L2 cache running at full processor speed. The single processor AGP 7A series upgrades are available at 1.8GHz for all “AGP (Sawtooth)” thru “Quicksilver 2002” Power Macs including the Cube.
Read MoreMotorola unveiled several new mobile phones at the 3GSM event in France today, including the first phone to support Apple’s iTunes. The Motorola E1060 features a 1.3 megapixel camera for still photos or video, a VGA camera for 2-way video conferencing, Bluetooth, audio and video streaming with playback support for MPEG4 (AAC), WMV/WMA and MP3 files.
Read MoreO’Reilly has announced MAKE magazine, a new quarterly publication for tech do-it-yourselfers. “The urge to make things is primal and unstoppable. In service of that universal urge, humans grab the tools and materials at hand–while a previous generation picked up a saw and bullnose rabbet plane, today’s makers are likely to reach for a soldering iron and Cat 5 cable. MAKE, a new magazine from O’Reilly, celebrates and inspires those who are driven to make cool and unusual things with technology, for the pure fun of it.
Read MoreApple and Sony have been sued over claims that their respective digital music stores have been deceitful and have forced consumers to buy products because they are tied together, reports CNET News.com.
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