Atlona Technologies (http://www.atlona.com), makers of the DP200, a HDCP and DPCP compliant DVI to Mini DisplayPort converter, has introduced the Dual Link DVI to MDP converter DP400. It’s designed to bring the DVI to MDP gap and convert DVI dual link video signals to MDP. The DP400 will on sale next month. It’s available for pre-order at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of US$199.
Read MoreI’ve long argued that Apple should at least offer a Blu-ray option for the Mac. Or at least build Blu-ray playback support into Mac OS X so that third parties could. And recent stats back me up.
Read MoreManaging Editor Inc.
(http://www.maned.com) has announced the immediate availability of
version 6 of the vjoon K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform. It’s the
latest version of the editorial management system integrating Adobe
InDesign and InCopy.
Version 6.0 offers increased support for cross-media input and
output, a task-based workflow model, more options for remote users
and enhanced flexibility in the system’s behind-the-scenes
architecture. K4 is a multi-tier solution that supports Oracle,
Microsoft SQL and MySQL database platforms and runs on Mac OS X,
The iPad hasn’t shipped, but rumors are already abounding about what the iPad II will entail. First of all, let me just go on record as saying there won’t be a 15.4-inch version running Mac OS X, as some are predicting.
I WISH that there was an iPad II running Mac OS X proper rather than iPhone OS (which is actually a variant of Mac OS X) to facilitate, among other things, multi-tasking. But I don’t see this happening. Also, I can’t foresee Apple ever making an iPad bigger than 11 or 12 inches as it would defeat the purpose of the compact device.
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Other World Computing (OWC) has announced 64GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC
Memory Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro 8-Core Pro models.
The memory upgrade kits for Mac Pro 8-Core models offer more
configuration options and savings over factory memory upgrades,
according to the folks at OWC. The two 8GB module-based OWC upgrades
— 48GB (6 x 8GB) and 64GB (8 x 8GB) — offer a maximum performance
configuration for Mac Pro 8-Core machines not available from the
factory.
In addition to the savings offered by OWC Upgrades, Mac Pro users
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