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According to Brad Gibson's article posted yesterday, there's a new iPod on its way featuring a 12 Hour Battery, Lower Prices. Gibson says the new white iPod, to be officially announced by Apple today via a Newsweek magazines feature article on Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The 20GB will now cost US$299 from $399 and the 40GB model will cost $399 from $499. The 15GB is being phased out. (apple.com/ipod) .... msnbc.msn.com
Leander Kahney covered Macworld for Wired saying: Steve Jobs, nor anyone official from Apple, Microsoft, Macromedia or Adobe are there. But it doesn't matter, it's the first in Beantown for six years and it's about the community, anyway... wired.com
Leander Kahney reports on Tuesday's Macworld with interviews from the floor revealing many pros and cons. "It's surprisingly crowded," says one, but another laments "I'm disappointed it's not in New York." ... Boston Report
The iPodlounge has posted an extensive review of Apple's new AirPort Express wireless device, which began shipping last week. The review is overall positive, though they did have some trouble with PC compatibility. The AirPort Express will likely fill the wireless computing and printing needs of average users quite nicely, assuming they are willing to spend the extra money and effort necessary to set it up.... ipodlounge.com
MacJams.com is featuring a report on the presence of GarageBand-related products and services at the MacWorld Expo held last week in Boston. Their coverage includes many images from the Exhibition Hall, and has exclusive information on a number of products and services for use with the music software ... macjams.com
Depends on whom you ask says Dennis Sellers for Macminute. According to Sellers, some vendors and end users interviewed by MacMinute felt it exceeded expectations, while others were much less kind in their thoughts about the show.Ê Full story . . .
Marware has announced the WiFi Spy, a keychain sized 802.11b/g wireless network detector.ÊAccording to Marware, the $29.95 device features single-button activation to scan for a WiFi signal. It shows the signal strength in the four bar lighted display, and also helps you track down the source of the wireless signal -- a great tool for finding network hotspots in airports and other locations. (See Picture) ... marware.com
July 15, 2004 - 14:40 EDTÊÊ MacMinute has announced the Showtime Award winners for the Boston Macworld Expo. Below we've listed those winners, but you can get the full run-down at ... Macminute.com
Animation:Master, combines 3D modeling and animation tools to offer an all-in-one 3D character animation studio. www.hash.com
The Combo Drive is a tiny, portable hard drive with "Tri-Select" technology. It lets you back up a single file or en entire directory as programmed with Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.2 up to 60GB ... iogear.com
iScienceProject's HOBO Henry Science Kit for Mac OS X is a new data logger-science based learning kit for Macs and which is targeted to K-6 students. ... iscienceproject.com
Available on CD for the first time, this multiple clipboard/scrapbook/launch application now automatically records changes to the clipboard. ... inventive.us
The latest version (2.6) of the $25 backup application for Mac OS X now provides a new "imps" hfspax-based restorable archive format that really improves backup and restoration speeds. ... babelcompany.com
This backup and recovery software for Mac OS X includes complete backup and restore functions with server-level storage management services ... availsolutions.com
Disc Makers' new MacElite systems, now with two drives, offer large capacity, high-throughput, unattended disc duplication and printing systems ... discmakers.com
On Stage is a "sound station for all iPods" featuring double speaker system and 12 watts of power ... harman-multimedia.com
turns a Mac into a telephone communications hub for homes and small businesses ... parliant.com
a Mac OS X utility for recovering deleted digital photo from your digital camera media; reformatted digital media card; or a corrupt digital media card ... prosofteng.com
SketchUp 4.0, the latest version of the "3D for the rest of us" for 3D model creation, viewing, modification and presentation. ... sketchup.com
software and online services that include: a 3GB e-mail account (with POP3, IMAP and Webmail access); iCal and Web page hosting; and Internet-centric applications. pymac.com
Wired news is reporting on more than 30 independent Web journalists who have been tapped to cover the Democratic convention -- while others were 'disinvited.' Republicans say they'll also authorize bloggers, who will join traditional journalists at the conventions. ... hotwired.com
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