Computer Hardware

MacBook Air Shipping; Apple TV Update Delayed

Jan 30th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Apple today announced that MacBook Air is now shipping. Apple also announced that the new Apple TV software update, which lets you rent high definition movies directly from your widescreen TV, is not quite finished. Apple now plans to make the free software download available in another week or two. The update to Apple TV […]



Apple Announces Time Capsule

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware

Apple today introduced Time Capsule, a backup appliance that automatically and wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Macs running Leopard, the latest release of Apple‚Äôs Mac OS X operating system. Time Capsule combines an 802.11n base station with a server grade hard disk in one small package. Time Capsule offers the benefits of […]



Apple Intros Ultra-Thin MacBook Air Notebook

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, General

Apple today unveiled MacBook Air at Macworld, which they describe as the world‚Äôs thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video […]



Steve Jobs MacWorld Keynote Leaked?

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

The outline of Steve Job’s 2008 MacWorld Keynote, one of the most hotly anticipated speeches of the year, has reportedly been leaked to the Internet via Wikipedia. We can’t vouch for the accuracy of this, and it’s most likely completely bogus – but it’s fun to speculate. If the leak proves to be real, it […]



Livebook Zephyr Brings Familiar Look To Windows Audio Laptops

Jan 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware

Rain Recording, a company that sells Windows-based computer systems for audio production, has introduced a new mobile audio workstation – the LiveBook Zephyr. Look a little familiar? While Apple MacBooks have become the first choice of many audio producers, the LiveBook Zephyr looks like a great alternative for those that prefer Windows or have to […]



Apple Intros Fastest Mac Ever

Jan 8th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel‚Äôs new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage […]



Macs Are The Platform Of New Media

Dec 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has a provocative review of Dell‚Äôs XPS One desktop today, saying that “has the guts, design to compete with iMac.” He explains: “This new Dell is no mere iMac clone. It makes its own style statement, even though it shares the same 20-inch widescreen display and a similar Intel […]



New Mic For Podcasters: The Blue Snowflake

Oct 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

Blue snowflakes sound like something that might fall in an Elvis song, right before those blue memories start callin’. But the portable Snowflake Microphone is the latest USB mic from Blue Microphones. Blue’s Snowball USB Microphone has been popular with podcasters since its introduction. The company describes the new Snowflake model as the first professional […]



Rain Recording Releases Hellishly Powerful MacBook Pro Alternative

Oct 2nd, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

Rain Recording has introduced the LiveBook Diablo, a laptop designed for digital audio production. The portable computer is available with a 2.93Ghz Core 2 Extreme desktop processor from Intel, 3 Gigabytes of RAM and a 200 Gigabyte, 16mb buffer hard drive, Other features include a built-in biometric fingerprint scanner; 2 Megapixel webcam with face tracking […]



PCAudioLabs Intros New Windows Audio Workstations

Sep 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

PCAudioLabs has introduced two new digital audio PCs, Solar and Lunar, to their Create product line. Both systems come equipped with dual hard drives, dual video outputs, 8 USB ports, 2 Texas Instruments FireWire ports and 2 Gigabytes of RAM. The systems are “optimized and tweaked” for demanding audio production. Features: Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz […]