Year: 2010

Entertainment features on computers a ‘must’ for college students

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

A shift is happening in the way young Americans prefer to experience entertainment, with approximately 60% of surveyed college students in the US now using their computers most, and not televisions, for entertainment, according to a survey by the Dolby company (http://www.dolby.com).

Now I would argue that this means Apple should consider offering Macs with built-in TV tuners (or bundled with Elgato hardware/software) and Blu-ray. Sure, Macs are selling like hotcakes. But that doesn’t mean Apple can’t make ’em even more desirable.

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Ramjet releases RAM upgrades for 12-core Mac Pro

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

The new top-of-the-line Mac Pro, 12-core “Westmere” 2.66Ghz and 2.93Ghz uses RAM new to Apple machines. These DDR3-1333 ECC DIMMs are 25% faster than the memory used in the previous generation Mac Pro.

Ramjet offers kits (http://www.ramjet.com/macpro.asp#3rdGen) containing 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB modules, up to the system maximum of 64GB. The 32GB kit (8x 4GB modules) is priced at US$3,550 from Apple and can be had for $1379.99 at Ramjet. For the true power-user, Ramjet offers a mammoth 64GB kit, not even available from Apple, for $2,839.99.

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Digital Video Expo coming Sept. 28-30

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

NewBay Media, a publisher of digital content creation media, says its 14th annual Digital Video Expo (http://www.dvexpo.com) will return to the Pasadena Convention Center on Sept. 28-30.

It will offer three days of intensive education, training and networking, as well as the opportunity to get their hands on the latest products and services from such industry innovators as Canon USA, Carl Zeiss, JVC, Litepanels, Marshall Electronics, Panasonic, Schneider Optics, Tiffen, Varizoom and Zacuto USA.

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VinylStudio for the Mac spins to version 7.5.4

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

AlpineSoft has updated their vinyl-and-tape-to-CD-and-MP3 software, VinylStudio for the Mac, to version 7.5.4. The latest version adds support for WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg, AIFF, AAC, Apple Lossless and CAF formats.

VinylStudio is a software solution for digitizing vinyl LPs and tapes. It records your records and tapes, splits those recordings into tracks, removes scratches, tape hiss and more and burns both audio and MP3 CDs and DVDs. You can also play your recordings on your computer. VinylStudio can look up track listings over the Internet and copy tracks to your iPod or MP3 player.

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