Year: 2010

Consumers want both pay TV and Over-the-Top video

Now, Apple, you know I’m not going to quit hounding you until you move the Apple TV out of the “hobby” category. Anyway, here’s some new research for you to consider.

Consumers want their Internet TV, according to market research firm In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Already, based on In-Stat’s new multi-client research, 26% of U.S. consumer respondents report viewing Internet TV more than once per week. However, rather than a substitute for traditional pay TV services, consumers want Over-the-Top (OTT) Internet video to compliment traditional TV offerings.

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Review: Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 offers performance boost for the Mac

By Eric Kuna

The new professional-level, Quadro FX 4800 from Nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com) with 1.5GB of memory brings a much-needed performance upgrade to the Mac Pro lineup. But why do you need an US$1,799 graphics card?

If you’re not a full-time design/graphics professional with a large budget, you probably don’t. But if you are, the timesaving and quality precision you’ll get with this card pays for itself in no time.

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Apple products especially tempting to cyberthieves

According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, online fraud of all kinds rose 22.3 percent between 2008 and 2009. Credit-card fraud made up about 10% of the total number of complaints referred to law enforcement.

Last year, companies and individuals lost more than half a billion dollars to cyberthieves, and a “disproportionate share of that was Apple-related,” says “The Washington Post” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031905613.html?wprss=rss_technology).

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