Apple today unveiled its fastest, most affordable PowerBook line to date, featuring PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1.67 GHz, faster hard drives and a faster 8X SuperDrive. All new PowerBooks come standard with 512MB memory, faster graphics, integrated AirPort 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless networking and two new Apple patent-pending technologies — the scrolling TrackPad and the Sudden Motion Sensor.
Read MoreDVDthemePAK.com today released new ThemePAK and ButtonPAK collections for Apple’s iDVD 5.0 software — part of the recently announced iLife ’05. The new ThemePAKs include collections such as Holidays, Weddings and Photography, and each theme includes completely custom button designs and animated or composite graphic backgrounds. Updaters are available for current customers to bring existing ThemePAKs and ButtonPAKs up to iDVD 5.0 compatibility. Ten free Themes are also available — six for immediate download from the company’s Web site.
Read MoreThe January 29th broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio Show is now available as an MP3 download. The show featured Apple product manager Greg Scallon to talk about iLife ’05, Apple product manager Xander Soren covering the latest version of GarageBand, and Tim Goggin, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Information Appliance Associates to discuss PocketMac. Inside Mac can be heard live on Saturdays from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. PT. You can listen to the broadcast on AM 1220 KNTS in the San Francisco Bay area or on the Web.
Read MoreMiraizon today announced the release of Cinematize 2.02, a software package that extracts audio and video clips from a DVD movie and saves them in a format compatible with standard multimedia editing software such as QuickTime, iMovie, and Final Cut. Version 2.02 includes several new features such as support for DV stream and AVI output formats, automatic QuickTime high-quality video playback, as well as a few bug fixes. Cinematize 2.02 is priced at US$59.95 and is a free update for users of version 2.0.
Read MoreApple has been named the most influential brand in a survey of branding professionals, beating out search engine Google, which held the top spot last year. Apple topped both the global and North American rankings in the poll of almost 2,000 ad executives, brand managers and academics by online magazine Brandchannel. “Apple’s just done an extraordinary job with innovation, technology and design.
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