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Apple Releases 8-Core Mac Pro Units

In something of a soft, quiet launch, Apple has added new build-to-order options for its Mac Pro desktop computers, allow for long-awaited quad-core and octo-core options. The units continue to feature Intel Xeon processors, which run at 2.0 GHz, 2.66 GHz and 3.0 GHz speeds. The units start at US$2,499 with two dual-core Xeon processors […]

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LapWorks Introduces Aluminum Desktop Stand

LapWorks has announced the release of its Aluminum Desktop Stand, an adjustable laptop computer stand with six adjustable angles as well as a low angle mode suited for typing. The unit, which measure 12″ x 9-1/2″ x 3/8 “, is made of brushed aluminum to help dissipate heat generated from the laptop, features full 360 […]

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ModBook Upgraded, Will Ship in May

On Tuesday, Axiotron, makers of the much-anticipated ModBook tablet, announced that they had doubled the unit’s pen pressure sensitivity to 512 levels but pushed the device’s ship date back to May according to MacNN. The change to pressure sensitivity is important in that it offers better control of pen strokes to users of graphical creation […]

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Survey Finds 33% of Users Wanting FM Playback on MP3 Devices

In a Jacobs Media survey conducted between late February and March of 2007, approximately 33% of respondents in a survey consisting of over 25,000 listeners of various rock stations around the United States cited that they’d like FM radio playback on current or future iPods. Jacobs Media operates as a radio consulting firm within the […]

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It May Not Be Pretty…

But it could be functional. French IT services outfit Theithelper.com has released the Comp Shade, a foldable laptop shade capable of blocking 100% of incoming light designed to reduce eye strain as well as provide privacy in public places. Small, light (about seven ounces) and portable, the device connects to the laptop and itself via […]