Free on iTunes: Disney’s The Replacements
Posted by iGor Apple and Disney (is there a difference?) have posted the premiere episode from the new animated Disney series, “Disney’s The Replacements� as a free download on iTunes. From the show description: Disney’s The Replacements is an animated comedy about tween siblings Riley and Todd who can replace any adult in their life by making a simple... Read More
Apple updates Compressor to v 2.3
Posted by Helper Monkey In addition to iTunes and QuickTime updates, Apple today released an update to Compressor, their professional compression software for generating high-quality video for use on the iPod, the web, wireless devices, and DVD. No new features are mentioned. The new version (2.3) seems to just be a stability/performance release, and is recommended for all users... Read More
Apple unveils iTunes 7, iTunes Movie Store, new iPods, and previews iTV
Posted by Dr. Macenstein As widely rumored, Apple today unveiled their new iTunes Movie Store and iTunes 7 (available today), as well new colorful nanos, and an even smaller shuffle, but not the “true� video iPod many users have been begging for since the original video iPod debuted. However, there WERE a few surprises announced as well. Rumors that most major studios... Read More
iTunes Store Down: It’s Showtime
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Only three and half hours left… Read More
Intel’s Core 2 “Quadro” Chips reviewed
Posted by Helper Monkey Tom’s Hardware has managed to obtain an early sample of Intel’s new 4-core chip, the Core 2 “Quadro” (as thesite dubs them) Kentsfield. While the chip is not slated to ship until mid-late October, Tom’s Hardware was able to obtain an in-progress sample, and do some preliminary testing and has posted their results, comparing... Read More
Get a free 17-inch Apple display PLUS $375 cash!
Posted by Lab Rat Ok, so that headline is slightly misleading. You can’t actually get a free 17-inch display from Apple… unless, that is, you are thinking of buying a Mac mini. In addition to beefing up its iMac line today, Apple was nice enough to bump up the low-end Mac mini from a 1.66 Core Solo processor to a 1.66 Core Duo (perhaps a hint at the needed power to... Read More
Apple releases new Core 2 Duo iMacs, introduces 24-inch model
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today updated their entire line of iMacs with Core 2 Duo processors, and introduced a new $1999 24-inch model (outdoing the rumored 23-inch iMac). In addition, the price of the 17-inch model has dropped to a “Mac mini killing� $999. The new 24-inch Mac daddy iMac is approaching the specs of a bona fide Mac Desktop system, blurring the... Read More
Internet Explorer 6 on OS X (no virtualization)
Posted by Helper Monkey Are you getting bored with the Mac’s lack of viruses? Well you may be in luck. It seems the folks at Microsoft have got a working beta version of the virus-friendly Internet Explorer 6 up and running on the Mac. Sure, the font handling sucks, and it “flashes like it is repainting – a lot,â€? according to one post, but the fact remains... Read More
Apple Special Event September 12th… New iPods, Movie Store, and Core 2 Duo Macs
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Well, we just received our invitation to Apple’s September 12th super secret “special event�, and… …um, ok, so we don’t actually rate high enough to get an Apple invite. BUT we DO waste most of the day reading other sites that DO, and from those we have discovered two things. First, the date is indeed September 12th,... Read More
Free on iTunes: “Covert”, Animated short film
Posted by Helper Monkey After months of free, full-length television pilots of debatable quality, comes a nice change of pace. Apple has posted a free, 3-minute animated short called Covert, from Short Films International. “The world of espionage and counter-espionage is alive and well today, as this animated thriller so aptly coveys. Surprising and intelligent. A demonstration... Read More
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