Year: 2006

TINPOD iPod cases announced

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

Kollective.de has announced TINPOD iPod cases, which are designed to “add some flavor to your favorite device.” The new cases were created as limited editions (only 5,000 cases in each series), featuring three original illustrations by Kurt Ketchum, and can hold various models of iPods from 3G to 5G models. The three designs called Die Blechdose, L’Orange Lune and Change Attitude draw on the realms of music and travel. Each TINPOD is priced at US$16.95, and the company is offering a special deal on two for $29.95.

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OWC launches new Extreme G4 processor upgrade, lowers prices

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the introduction of a new Mercury Extreme G4/1.3-1.33GHz processor upgrade for US$259. OWC also has lowered prices on its 1.2GHz model to $229. All Mercury Extreme G4 processor upgrades are designed for plug-and-play installation and include 256K of 1:1 L2 cache on-chip and 2MB of high-speed L3 Cache. The company also backs all of its Mercury Extreme processor upgrades with a three-year warranty.

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Forbes: ‘Apple Pullback Creates Buying Opportunity’

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, has maintained an “outperform” rating and US$103 price target on Apple after last month’s NPD data showed iPod sales tracking in-line with estimates, reports Forbes. “We would be buyers of Apple on [the recent] pullback given we believe iPod demand will accelerate in mid-calendar 2006, based on upcoming positive seasonality and new form factor iPods,” wrote Munster in a research note yesterday.

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Polyfractus unveils its Model AudioUnit plug-in

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

MacMusic today announced the availability of Polyfractus’ new freeware plug-in, “Model” as MOdulation DELay. This new Audio Unit (AU) Mac OS X plug-in will allow users to indefinitely “Model” their sounds and sequences with unlimited random modulation tweaks, powerful filtering and strange ring modulations. Features include: Stereo to Stereo processing; 1ms to 1000ms delay time; five types of modulators; random generated patterns with smooth function; and more.

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OWC updates Mercury Pro DVR-111 external solution

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the availability of its newly updated Mercury Pro DVR-111 external solution (US$129.99), a DVD +/- R&RW dual layer + CDRW burner featuring FireWire and USB2 interfaces. Featuring up to 16X DVD, 8X Dual Layer DVD, and 40X CD Burn speeds, the OWC Mercury Pro DVR-111 FireWire/USB2 solution also offers high-speed read/playback of CD and DVD Media types including DVD-RAM.

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