Author: mactech

AMD today introduced the AMD-760 MP companion chips, which allows a PC system to use two Athlon chips, lobbying another shot in the PC performance war. Initially, dual processor systems will be available with 1 GHz and 1.2 GHz processors. Apple presently offers a dual-533 MHz Power Mac G4.

Apple has announced the winners of the WWDC Apple Design Awards, as noted by Macworld UK earlier this morning. OnmiWeb 4.0 took home top honors as the Best New Mac OS X Product, as well as the Best Mac OS X User Experience. Tenon’s Xtools won for Most innovative Mac OS X product, and was the runner up for Best New Mac OS X product. Finally, AutoCompleter 1.0 won the Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption award.

Apple has published a feature detailing how ColorSync technology helps the Kroger Food Company ensure that the image of the food product on the packaging is the same as the food itself.

Apple today kicked off an interest-free iMac promotion that allows customers to purchase an iMac with no interest and no down payment for six months. The promotion, which runs through July 8, also offers customers who opt not take advantage of the interest-free period a free Rio 600 MP3 player. Apple launched a similar promotion, minus the MP3 player, in the UK in mid-May.

MiLAN technology today released ShAir Office, an 802.11b wireless networking solution that includes printer sharing. The product lineup includes the Broadband Gateway (base station) that features two ethernet ports — one for plugging the cable/DSL modem into — an integrated print server, and a PC serial port. The company also offers PCMCIA cards and an 802.11b USB adapter.