Rumors are circulating that the new line of Mac laptops with the NVIDIA chipset have decoding of h.264 enabled. This is making geeks everywhere rejoice as their movies suddenly seem to have faster playback and less lag.
For our favorite fruit company, computer + internet packages aren’t a new idea. For example, back in the day, Apple partnered with Earthlink for 30-day trial dial-up accounts, which is quite a bit different from what O2 has in mind now, though.
When we write stories here at Blorge, we often find there are minor developments in the subsequent weeks which are worthy of reporting but don’t justify a full post to themselves. Here are some updates to recent stories from our Mac channel.
IEEE1394x is a technically superior, yet market underperforming standard that never really got a break. Better known by its trade name, FireWire, the serial bus interface is used by millions worldwide, especially in the burgeoning digital video segment.
It appears that the ongoing case between Apple and Psystar, a firm it accuses of illegally selling computers running the Leopard operating system, may not see the inside of a courtroom. The two sides have agreed to go through alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a process designed to produce a negotiated settlement.
The buzz-seeking enviro group is losing its voice and credibility as questions about its methods and goals go unanswered.
What’s as inevitable as death and taxes? That people will fetishize freshly released Apple products in photographic and video montages, hundreds of them posted across the blogsphere and 2.0 webspace.
I seem to have lost my voice due to some kind of horrid illness, so MacJunkies will not be on this week. We’ll resume our regular Wednesday at 2PM schedule next week.
Two days after Apple’s much-hyped launch event for its new MacBook range, there’s one issue that seems to be raising eyebrows across the blogosphere. That’s the lack of Blu-ray support – and Steve Jobs’ description of the technology as a “bag of hurtâ€.
Further evidence that Apple’s fortunes continue to improve, despite a faltering economy and aggressive price cutting by PC makers.
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