Year: 2010

Analyst: Mac shipments outpace market 3-to-1

In sales to business, the Mac’s year-to-year growth last quarter was nearly eight times faster than the industry average, according to Needham analyst Charlie Wolf. In a note to clients — as reported by “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/23/mac-shipments-outpace-market-3-to-1/) — the analyst said the Mac’s share of the business market last quarter was 4.36% and that:

° At 28.5%, Mac shipment growth in the September quarter easily outpaced the PC’s market growth rate of 9.7%.

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Griffin Technology, Col. Littleon team up for ‘fine accouterments’

Griffin Technology (http://www.griffintechnology.com) has entered into a co-op partnership with Col. Littleton, “purveyor of fine accouterments in the Americana tradition.”

The initial offering from the Griffin + Col. Littleton Co-Op features eight artisan-quality pieces, ranging from wallets to sleeve-style cases, portfolios, and bags. Each piece is hand-made in the Col. Littleton workshop in Lynnville, Tennessee, from soft, dry-milled American Steer Hide leather.

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IntelliScanner Wine Collector 400 delivers automatic wine organization

IntelliScanner’s smart barcode scanner for wine organization received a major upgrade today with the US$279 Wine Collector 400 (http://www.intelliscanner.com/products/wine/). The newest IntelliScanner for wine automatically identifies bottles with its included mini barcode scanner, offering cellar management for Mac OS X (10.4.8 and higher) and PC users.

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Civilization V comes to the Mac

Aspyr Media has released Sid Meier’s Civilization V for Mac, the latest entry from the flagship turn-based strategy franchise. Released in partnership with 2K Games, a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Sid Meier’s Civilization V is the newest addition to the Sid Meier’s Civilization franchise on the Mac.

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