Rumours: New PowerMacs and More on Tuesday?

Appleinsider reports that new PowerMacs have begun shipping to select Apple retail stores. The upcoming PowerMacs are reported to be Dual 2.0GHZ. Will see!

Apple Dashboard Widgets Available

Apple has partially opened their Dashboard Widgets page in their Mac OS X Downloads Area. At present the Download Page is only partially active. Only a dozen or so new widgets are available. But as time goes by you can bet on high availability.

Sky-High Gamers Go to Extremes

It's a new first: sky divers playing Super Mario after tumbling out of a plane. But that's nothing compared to the two climbers ascending Mount Everest with the Nintendo DS report Wired Magazine.

ezGear offers iPod shuffle wall charger

iPod accessory maker ezGear today announced the ezPower Shuffle wall charger for the iPod Shuffle.

Rogue Amoeba updates software for Tiger

Rogue Amoeba Software this week released updates to several of its applications to add full compatibility for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Delicious Library 1.5 to get Tiger treatment

Delicious Monster has announced Delicious Library 1.5, a free upgrade to its application used to catalog and share libraries of books, movies, music and video games. One of our favourite App. here.

McAfee Virex 7.6 for Mac OS X released

McAfee today announced the availability of McAfee Virex 7.6, offering small to large businesses centrally-managed virus protection for their Mac OS X systems.

Apple extends WWDC early registration

Apple has extended the early registration pricing for this year's Worldwide Developers Conference.

SpamSieve 2.3 adds Tiger compatibility

Michael Tsai has released SpamSieve 2.3, an update to his Bayesian spam filtering utility for popular e-mail clients such as Apple Mail, Mailsmith, Entourage, PowerMail, and Eudora

Apple reports record second quarter profits

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 second quarter ended March 26, 2005. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $290 million, or $.34 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $46 million, or $.06 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $3.24 billion, up 70 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 29.8 percent, up from 27.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Tiger ships early for some

While Apple’s Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger” isn’t expected to hit retail store shelves until Friday, the software may have shipped a bit earlier than expected, both from some third-party vendors who have accepted pre-orders for the software and also from Apple itself.

Apple releases Xsan Update 1.0.1

Apple on Monday released Xsan Update 1.0.1, an update to its Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X. The new update is ready for download from Apple’s Web site now, and is recommended for all Xsan systems, according to Apple.

Apple releases GarageBand 2.0.1

Apple on Monday released GarageBand v2.0.1, an update to the company’s music-making software for consumers, which it bundles as part of its iLife ‘05 software suite.

RealNetworks readies new music service

"Groundbreaking" announcement expected to concern the release of a new version of its popular Rhapsody subscription-based music program.

Netscape pioneers launch free content network

Part TiVo, part BitTorrent file swapping, the Open Media Network puts publishers' content into a peer-to-peer distribution network.

Graphic Cling: Mood your iPod To the Max

Graphic Cling™ is a personalized protective skin for all sizes of 4th generation iPods (with click wheel) -including the iPod Photo. Graphic Cling™ features printed graphics on quality vinyl that provides a thin, long lasting, removable and re-usable protective skin that resists scuffs and scratches. Unlike paper type “tattoo” products, Graphic Cling™ uses no adhesive but rather “static cling” to tightly grip the iPod. Graphic Cling™ leaves absolutely no adhesive or residue when removed, and can be left on the iPod for as long as you like. Graphic Cling™ wraps around the iPod to protect the front, back and sides- including the screen, where many other products fall short. Graphic Cling™ does not need to be removed for doc use and works with most cases and holders. And it will protect your iPod from scratches. What else would you want!


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RadTech announces the BT-510 Bluetooth Mouse – the right clickfor left handed people, the right mouse for everyone.

RadTech™, makers of mobile computing
accessories and more, today announced immediate availability of the BT-510 Bluetooth Mouse.
With electronically reversible left/right buttons, it’s the right click for left-handed people!
Sleek, versatile, and feature-rich, it’s the right Bluetooth mouse for everyone.

The BT-510 touts a comfortable mid-sized form factor – perfect for the
desktop or on the road. 3 button control, plus scroll wheel makes navigating
your workspace a breeze. 800 dpi optical resolution and ultra-precise
tracking make it especially attractive to engineering and design professionals.
And, connecting the BT-510 is simple – no drivers needed for Mac OS X.

To ensure maximum battery life, the BT-510's smart, power-saving sleep mode
conserves power when idle and an easily accessible power switch allows it to
be powered down when not in use. The BT-510 can also be powered via any USB
port using its included power cable – so you always have the option of
conserving battery life with direct power or using it as a back up to keep
you up and running when batteries are low.

As a bonus, the BT-510 is available as a bundle with the RadPak Travel case –
a compact, semi-rigid clamshell case featuring a cushioned interior, twin
rubber-tabbed zipper pulls and internal bays to accommodate a spare set of batteries.

The BT-510 Bluetooth mouse is available in gloss black or white or bundled with the RadPak Travel case .

More information on the BT-510 is available at:
http://www.radtech.us/Products/BT510.aspx

Tiger pre-order unleash ahead of time create Snafu

We have been constantly monitoring treads about the release of Tiger and here is a transcript of one very interesting board conversation we found on the net:

Vendors PCMall/MacMall and ClubMac gave pre-order customers a treat by unleashing the OS ahead of schedule, quickly followed up by a “recall” of the copies from PCMall. They’re telling customers the Tiger copies that shipped out early will not be supported by Apple, and that users will have to return the boxes and get new copies shipped next week — though how they would differentiate “supported” from “unsupported” versions out of all that mess sounds like a bit of a bluff to us.

Tens of millions await Mac OS X Tiger; could be worth $1 billion in revenue for Apple