Year: 2006

Report: ‘Apple pushing Intel in new directions’

Posted by | Jun 6, 2006 | |

A senior executive at Intel yesterday said that Apple is pushing the company in new directions, reports Computerworld Australia. “They push us to think about things that we may not always think about,” said Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s sales and marketing group. “We were hoping for that to happen and that certainly happened.” The story notes that Chandrasekher “declined to give specific examples of how Apple had influenced the roadmap.

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Remote Buddy 1.0 Preview for Mac OS X released

Posted by | Jun 6, 2006 | |

IOSPIRIT today announced the availability of a preview of Remote Buddy 1.0 for Apple’s Remote for Mac OS X, that extends the new Intel Macs to a complete media center by integrating with both Front Row and EyeTV 2. In addition, it allows users to control applications, mouse and keyboard via the remote control. Remote Buddy 1.0 Preview is available for Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later as a Universal Binary at an introductory price of €9.99.

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Gideon Softworks updates FileXaminer, Dock-It

Posted by | Jun 6, 2006 | |

Gideon Softworks has updated two of its Mac utilities — FileXaminer 2.5.6 and Dock-It 2.4.7. FileXaminer (US$10) allows users to modify file and folder attributes that the Finder cannot, such as Type/Creator Info, UNIX permissions, and more. Version 2.5.6 offers a smaller application size and fixes several reported issues. Dock-It ($10) is a multifunctional launcher and Finder enhancer for Mac OS X.

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IOGEAR announces Ultra-Wideband Hub & Adapter Kit

Posted by | Jun 6, 2006 | |

IOGEAR today announced its new Ultra-Wideband Hub & Adapter Kit, which allows residential and small and home office (SOHO) users to eliminate cables in workplaces and living rooms without compromising file transfer speeds. The Hub contains four USB 2.0 ports enabling connectivity to devices such as printers, scanners, MP3 players and external hard drives. Users wirelessly connect their laptops or PCs to the Hub up to 30 feet away with the pre-paired USB adapter included in the Kit.

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Life2Go 1.6.4 iPod utility released

Posted by | Jun 5, 2006 | |

Life2Go 1.6.4 has been released. Previously known as Pod2Go, Life2Go provides a variety of features for extending the functionality of iPod — choose to sync any RSS or Atom feed to read, weather forecasts, movie showtimes, stock quotes, driving directions, horoscopes, lyrics, gas prices, and more. Life2Go requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, and is priced at US$12.99. A free trial version is also available.

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