IDG World Expo has postponed its recently announced “Macworld On Tour” conference, which was scheduled to take place March 9-10, 2005 at the Radisson WorldGate Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. “Macworld On Tour in Kissimmee, Florida has been postponed to a later date and location that have yet to be determined,” an IDG representative told MacMinute. “Since this is a new show we are looking for the right balance of content and relevance for our audience.
Read More– Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that Apple retail stores are having a very hard time keeping up with demand for the new Mac mini and iPod shuffle. In a survey of all 98 U.S. Apple Stores, Munster said he found “virtually no supply” of the new products, with only three Mac mini units and zero iPod shuffles. “We believe initial demand for the Mac mini and the iPod shuffle has exceeded what Apple had been expecting,” the analyst said in a research note to clients Monday.
Read MoreThe University of Illinois is the latest institution to build a Mac-based supercomputer cluster. The university is currently finalizing the Turing Cluster, which is made up of with more than 600 Apple Xserves. “Located in the Digital Computer Laboratory, the Turing Cluster consists of 640 Apple Xserves, each with two 2GHz G5 processors and 4GB of RAM, for a total of 1280 processors. The primary network connecting the cluster machines is a high-bandwidth, low-latency Myrinet network from Myricom.
Read MoreBeLight Software today released a free set of Valentine’s Day-themed images for Mail Factory, its Mac OS X software to design and print envelopes, shipping and address labels. These images allow you to personalize your Valentine mailings and greetings. Meanwhile, Econ Technologies today updated Portraits & Prints to version 2.0.2 and added over 30 Valentine’s Day photo templates.
Read MoreIn an effort to protect iPod owners, iPodlounge has created new policies on dangerous iPod accessories, knock-offs, and questionable vendor business practices.
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