Apple today updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook [...]

 

PCAudioLabs has released Impact, a new case option its line of studio/music computers.
The case, a modular rack-mount design with acoustic foam insulation, was designed from the ground up taking into account how computers are used during the process of recording and mixing audio.
Prices for configured Impact audio workstations start at US $2,675. Details at the PCAudiolabs site.

Apple’s Steve Jobs has been voted the Greatest Person in Information Technology.
To mark its 40 anniversary, UK technology magazine Computer Weekly asked its readers to vote for who they consider the greatest people of the past 40 years of IT. Jobs topped the list, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet, and Linus Torvalds, creator of [...]

ViewSonic today launched its droolworthy ViewDock VX1945wm and VX2245wm LCD displays with iPod dock integration, letting users view video podcasts, movie downloads and other iPod video content in widescreen.
“The ViewDock displays modernize the desktop by letting users view iPod content 65 times larger than on their iPod screens,” according to the company.
The 19-inch VX1945wm and [...]

Virgin Atlantic has joined other airlines restricting the use of Apple and Dell in flight because of they could potentially catch fire or explode.
Virgin Atlantic has joined Korean Air in restricting the the use of Apple and Dell laptops in the wake of both companies’ recalls of potentially dangerous batteries. Passengers wishing to take a [...]

Apple today introduced the wireless Mighty Mouse, a new version of its multi-button mouse, with the added freedom of wireless connectivity.
The new wireless Mighty Mouse offers a secure connection to Macs and features a new laser tracking engine that Apple says is 20 times more sensitive than standard optical mice, for better tracking on more [...]

Apple today introduced a new $899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers, featuring a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, a built-in iSight video camera and iLife ‘06. The 17-inch iMac for education is available immediately and will replace the eMac, Apple’s last CRT based computer.
Featuring a 17-inch widescreen LCD display, [...]

Sonica Audio Labs has introduced the VHPextreme audio workstation, a Windows XP machine powered by the Intel Pentium D965 Extreme Edition Dual Core Processor running at 3.7GHz per core, with 4MB of cache memory and with a 1066MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). In addition, the VHPextreme workstation incorporates Extreme XMS II DDR2-800MHz memory, SATA II [...]

Audion Laboratories has released VoxPro 4.1, a professional recording application for Windows. Version 4.1 adds a publication wizard that generates RSS files, compresses audio and uploads audio files directly to the web.
VoxPro 4.1’s features were added to let it be used as an all-in-one production tool to record, edit and publish professional quality broadcasts to [...]

Wondering where to put all those humongous podcast media files?
Other World Computing (OWC) may have what you need. They’ve introduced a dual-HD external FireWire drive RAID monster-drive storage system. The system is available in sizes up to 1.5 terabytes (TB) (1,500 gigabytes).

The 1.5TB Elite-AL 800 Pro RAID model, priced at $1,149.99, comes in a [...]