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Taiwan's Wintek To Supply Panel Modules For Upcoming Apple E-book Form Factor Netbook - Report
Apple 'Kindle killer' Rumor Gets Touch-screen
Apple Said To Have Settled On Supplier For Tablet Display
500GB in a MacBook: CNET Crave Tests The Seagate Momentus Hard Drive
A Canadian Tries To Change The Face Of Computing
Russians Offer Hackintosh Netbook
Apple Schmucki To Sue Over Fake iPods
Chrome Feels The Need - The Need For Speed
Lightening Your Mobile Gear Burden
Former Apple PowerBook Engineers At OQO Call It Quits
OQO is Done, But Tech/Team May Live On
How To: Share Your Mac's Internet Connection
Ten Gadgets for Germaphobic Portable And Mobile Users
10.5.7 Updates Causing Uncharacteristic Problems
How to Copy Protected DVD and Remove DVD Protections including CSS, RC and RCE?
Opera: Web Standards Could Eclipse Flash
A Mac Tablet Would Be a Welcome Addition To Tablet PCs
Pros And Cons Of A Touch-screen Mac Tablet
Why Netbooks Cannot Make It in the Enterprise
Canada -- A Nation of Pirates?
North Carolina Offers Tax Incentives To Win Apple's Business
iGame Radio Logo Contest Voting Begins
Taiwan's Wintek To Supply Panel Modules For Upcoming Apple E-book Form Factor Netbook - Report
A short news report by DigiTimes' Cage Chao and Meiling Chen says that Wintek has been selected as the panel module supplier for Apple's upcoming e-book form factor netbook product, according to Taiwan notebook related IC designers.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090522PB200.html
Apple 'Kindle killer' Rumor Gets Touch-screen
The Register's Rik Myslewski says: :
More evidence has surfaced that the long-rumored Apple tablet/netbook/media-pad/ebook/whatever is on its way to a fanboi near you. Or to you yourself, if you swing that way.
Taiwanese market-watching site DigiTimes reported Friday that touch-screen manufacturer Wintek has been tapped by Apple to supply display panels for Cupertino's "upcoming e-book form factor netbook product.".....
The twist in DigiTimes's latest report, of course, is the mention of an ebook form factor.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/apple_ebook_panel_supplier/
Apple Said To Have Settled On Supplier For Tablet Display
Appleinsider's Sam Oliver says:
A brief report out of the Far East on Friday appears to be corroborating a trio of earlier reports in stating that Apple has tapped its current iPhone touchscreen supplier to also provide the display panels for its upcoming tablet device....Word of Wintek's role as the panel supplier for the much rumored tablet was first reported by the Chinese-language Commercial Times during the second week of March.... For its part, mainstream media outlet Reuters would enter the mix no more than 24-hours later, citing its own source who said the panels would measure exactly 10-inches diagonally and that Apple would "take third-quarter delivery" of the parts.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/pzc7k6
500GB in a MacBook: CNET Crave Tests The Seagate Momentus Hard Drive
CNET Crave's Nate Lanxon reports that while Apple won't sell you a 500GB hard disk for your MacBook yet, Seagate will, and they've been testing Seagate's 2.5-inch Momentus 5400.6 500GB ST9500325AS SATA hard disk, which works nicely in the new unibody MacBooks, noting that 500GB is "a whole hell of a lot of storage," and 180GB more than the maximum 320GB drive capacity Apple will sell you.
Happily, Lanxon notes that the Momentus Drive proved quiet and quick tested on a 2008 Unibody MacBook with 2GB of RAM and a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, adding that eeplacing a MAcBook hard disk is not difficult, taking only a couple of minutes, and DIY doesn't invalidate your warranty.
For the full report visit here:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49302346,00.htm
A Canadian Tries To Change The Face Of Computing
Canadian Business's Andrew Wahl reports:
Many entrepreneurs in high-tech exist on computing's fringes, innovating on nascent concepts that still lack a market-defining product. Not Anand Agarawala. He's trying to revolutionize one of the most familiar and sacrosanct features of personal computer operating systems: the desktop.....
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/o97pbo
Russians Offer Hackintosh Netbook
The Register's Tony Smith says:
Want an Asus Eee PC 1000H to run Mac OS X? New Russian hackintosh supplier RussianMac is now offering just that....
The company only appears to be shipping to buyers in Russia.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/05/22/russianmac_osx_netbook/
Apple Schmucki To Sue Over Fake iPods
The Register's Rik Myslewski reports that theiPod shuffles international financial heavyweights attending an economic conference in Switzerland got in their swag bags were Chinese counterfeits, and that that the wonderfully named head of Apple's Swiss operations, Adrian Schmucki, is none too happy about the the sham shuffles provided by the equally wonderfully named Swiss insurance company, Schweizerische Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG. "Schmucki wants to sue the schmucks at Mobilar," says Rik.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/fake_ipod_shuffles/
Chrome Feels The Need - The Need For Speed
The Register's Kelly Fiveash reports that
Google has souped up Chrome by updating the web browser's JavaScript engine.
You can check it out at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/google_chrome_javascript/
Lightening Your Mobile Gear Burden
Macworld's Dan Frakes has posted more tips on how to lighten your laptop bag and reduce bag clutter, noting that while serious road warriors may not be able to do without particular heavy gear, most people can lighten the load of gadgets they carry when traveling.
In this latest installment, Belkin's Micro Auto Charger, Dr. Bott's compact 3-port T3Hub USB hub, IvySkin's USBHUB, Moshi's Cardette, which combines a two-port USB hub with a universal memory-card reader, the tiny LaCie iamaKey USB 2.0 flash drive that looks like a key, the Nanolight Flashlight, LaCie's Little Disk 1.8-inch external hard drive, the Switcheasy ThumbTacks microphone, Logitech's vX nano mouse, and the Soundmatters foxL speaker system.
You can check it out at:
http://www.macworld.com/article/140755/2009/05/shrinkingmobilegear.html
Former Apple PowerBook Engineers At OQO Call It Quits
Appleinsider's Prince McLean reports:
OQO, a company formed by two members of Apple's Titanium PowerBook G4 team who left the company to deliver the micro-sized laptops that Steve Jobs refused to build at Apple, is shutting down after nearly a decade of trying.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/r447we
OQO is Done, But Tech/Team May Live On
gottabemobile.com reports:
OQOTalk posted a note from OQO stating that the company is unable to offer support for its customers because of its financial problems. I happened to run into Bob Rosin, OQO's SVP of sales and marketing, last night in front of my garage and he confirmed that OQO is finished.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/05/21/oqo-is-done-but-techteam-may-live-on/
How To: Share Your Mac's Internet Connection
mac.blorge.com's Ronald O Carlson says:
You're in a hotel that charges $15 per client for internet access and there are three of you using notebooks. What to do? Pay $45 - about what fast residential broadband costs per month - or find a way to share the wealth (bits are after all free)?
You can check it out at:
http://mac.blorge.com/2009/05/22/how-to-share-your-macs-internet-connection/
Ten Gadgets for Germaphobic Portable And Mobile Users
PC Mag's Jennifer L. DeLeo reports on how to get rid of bacteria, other germs, dust mites, and so forth infesting your electronic tools and gadgets by zapping them with an ionic light bulb, using a washable keyboard, and employing cell-phone wipes
DeLeo notes that mobile phones especially can pick up bacteria, germs, and oils when placed on a tabletop or you let other people use it, but computer keyboards are germ breeding ground as well. One foil for that is the WetKeys washable keyboard that can be degermed in the kitchen sink when it's time to disinfect, and there's here's even a light bulb that is can help purify air in your home. That would be the Viatek Germ Free Ionic Light Bulb that is touted as capable of purifying an area up to 150 feet, using just 23 watts while producing 100 watts equivalent of light. Ohter anti-germ products profiled include the Germ Guardian UV-C Mini Sanitizer Wand, iTouchless Sensor Flush, Cleen Cell Wet Wipes, Violight DUO Toothbrush Sanitizer, NuShield AM Antimicrobial Screen Protector Film, Healthy Fan Air Purifying Medallion, Thanko USB Mask 2, and Monster ScreenClean Mini.
You can check it out at:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347444,00.asp
10.5.7 Updates Causing Uncharacteristic Problems
9To5Mac's Seth Weintraub reports:
We've had a good 10.5.7 update experience (loads of snappiness!) on our machines but the Internet is filling up with issues related to the massive install......
A good rule of thumb on this one is run a permissions repair before upgrading... and the Combo updater seems a little safer.....
The desire to chime in with "everything went fine with mine!" is strong. Resist
For the full report visit here:
http://www.9to5mac.com/10-5-7-fixes
How to Copy Protected DVD and Remove DVD Protections including CSS, RC and RCE?
macdvdcopy.blogspot.com says:
DVD is quite commonly used nowadays due to its huge storage advantage. However, most commercially produced DVDs are always protected with the CSS,RC,RCE. What can you do if you want to copy or make duplications of a protected DVD? Technically, you can search online for some freeware and shareware available that can help to solve your problem to copy a protected DVD and remove dvd protections.
For the full report visit here:
http://macdvdcopy.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-copy-protected-dvd-and-remove.html
Opera: Web Standards Could Eclipse Flash
ZDNet UK's David Meyer reports:
The next revision of the HTML web language will make Adobe's Flash technology largely redundant, according to the chief executive of browser company Opera.
The open web standards included in HyperText Markup Language version 5 (HTML 5) provide a viable alternative to Adobe's proprietary Flash for the delivery of rich media web content, Jon von Tetzchner told ZDNet UK on Wednesday.
For the full report visit here:
ttp://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39655473,00.htm
A Mac Tablet Would Be a Welcome Addition To Tablet PCs
PC World Business Center's David Coursey says:
It would not be the end of a slow news week without more rumors concerning an Apple product with a large touchscreen. Some call it a netbook, others say a so-called "mediapad" is probably on the way, and now comes word of a "tablet" Mac, rumored to be headed our way in 2010. What gives?
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/q292op
Pros And Cons Of A Touch-screen Mac Tablet
CNET's Don Reisinger comments on Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster's suggestion that Apple might release a tablet next year, and ponders the conundrum whether if the company offers a tablet, would its touch screen be a hindrance? It's too early to tell, says Don, but offers some initial thoughts, pro and con.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/p53t7j
Why Netbooks Cannot Make It in the Enterprise
eWeek's Don Reisinger says that while netbooks are becoming quite popular, whether or not they provide value to the enterprise is in doubt due to from power and productivity shortcomings that hobble the business world's ability to maintain employee productivity, noting that netbooks are extremely underpowered, especially when it comes to handling a variety of resource-intensive enterprise applications. "They simply don't provide the kind of capability that a notebook or desktop can. In the business world, netbooks are little more than Web surfing toys."
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/ozdkhs
Canada -- A Nation of Pirates?
Writing for The Mark, Michael Geist - Canada Research Chair in internet and e-commerce law, University of Ottawa comments on the U.S. government's recently placing Canada on a "Priority Watch List" of countries that it claims are the world's worst piracy offenders, lumping the Great White North in with China, Russia, Indonesia, and a host of other countries with high piracy rates.
Professor Geist observes that inclusion of Canada on the Priority Watch List marks the successful culmination of years of aggressive lobbying from the U.S. movie, music, and software industries which have regularly invoked a "Blame Canada" mantra in seeking to paint the country as a piracy haven, and notes that many Canadians view the U.S. claims with considerable skepticism, and that their misgivings are borne out by the facts, such as The Business Software Alliance's own 2008 statistics showing that among the eleven other countries on this year's Priority Watch List for which data is available, the lowest rate of software piracy is 66 per cent, while Canada stands at 32 per cent, and that while 2008 data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency on intellectual property seizures flags China as the source of 81 per cent of all counterfeiting seizures while Canada doesn't even appear in the rankings of top source countries.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/160-a-nation-of-pirates
North Carolina Offers Tax Incentives To Win Apple's Business
The Charlotte Observer's Jonathan B. Cox reports that North Carolina is willing to would give Apple a better tax break if it invests $1 billion over nine years to establish an East Coast operations hub in a rural county. in the western part of the state.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/740849.html
iGame Radio Logo Contest Voting Begins
Voting for the iGame Radio Logo Contest has begun and you can participate. Everyone may vote for their favorite choice of logo for the iGame Radio podcast &the original Mac gaming podcast. The vote lasts one week. Voters may visit http://www.igameradio.com/logo-contest-voting-page/ to cast their vote.
Started in February, the logo contest includes seven sponsors, eleven contestants, twenty-four logo submissions, and a prize package worth $770. At midnight, May 23, voting commenced for all submissions by the public and will continue for one week, ending 11:59 pm of May 30. The vote takes place on the iGame Radio site, where all submission images can be seen.
Contest information, including rules for format and submission, are located at the iGame Radio Logo Contest page:
http://www.igameradio.com/igame-radio-logo-contest/
The prize package currently valued at $770 will be offered to the grand prize winner, but all entrants will gain a free t-shirt of their choice from the iGame Radio Caf Press store. The prize package features donations from sponsors MusicSkins, PopCap Games, Howling Moon Software, Creaceed, Griffin Technology, Codeweavers, and Omni Group.
For more ideas, come to the iGame Radio site at:
http://www.igameradio.com/
There you can listen to the podcasts, read blog posts about the game industry, and subscribe to the newsletter and the rss feed for the iGame Radio podcast.
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