Posts Tagged ‘ Windows ’

Rain Recording UK Intros Nimbus Pro Audio Workstation

Jun 2nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Hardware

Rain Recording have released the Nimbus Pro audio workstation line. The two versions, Q1 and Q2, utilize quad-core processor technology and new acoustical engineering to give the user power with near silent performance.
Description:
Nimbus Pro is built around Intel’s powerful Core2 Quad processor. Add to that up to 8GB of RAM, a Terabyte of recording space [...]



Running Windows On A Mac Just Got Easier

Jun 1st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware

The team at SWsoft has announced a new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac. Named Desktop for Mac 3.0. The forthcoming update,due in a few weeks,has over 50 new features….including Windows 3D graphic support (that’s Quake 4 running under vritual Windows XP on a Mac above).
Parallels lets you run Windows apps on a Mac, without [...]



Jobs: iTunes On Windows Is Like Giving Someone A Glass Of Ice Water In Hell

May 31st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Steve Jobs made some interesting comments in his discussion with Walter Mossberg at the Wall Street Journal’s D conference. He saves the best comment for last:



Microsoft Updates Vista To Be Compatible With iPods

May 9th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware, iPods & Portable Media Players

Microsoft has released a patch for Windows Vista to fix serious compatibility problems with iPods:
Today we’re publishing at the Microsoft Download Center a recommended final compatibility update for users of Windows Vista and the Apple iPod; this same update will be automatically available via Windows Update on Tuesday 22 May.¬† The release is for users [...]



Mac Sales Growing At 10 Times The Rate Of Other Computers

Apr 20th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Podcasting Hardware

Sales of Apple Macintosh computers grew 30% year-to-year in the first quarter of 2007, despite interest in Microsoft’s newly introduced Vista operation system.
The growth in units sold for all computer vendors was 2.9%, making the growth in Mac sales 10 times the industry average.
Microsoft’s official consumer launch of Vista in January had very limited impact [...]



Akimbo Intros Internet Video PC Application

Apr 10th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV

Akimbo Systems today announced that its Internet video-on-demand service will be available next week in beta release for Windows XP and Vista-based PCs. Users will be able to download Akimbo to access thousands of videos for viewing on their PCs. The service was previously available through set-top boxes. The Service will let users bypass the [...]



Microsoft Updates Vista For iPod Compatibility

Mar 28th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Microsoft has released several bug fixes for Windows Vista bugs, including one to resolve an issue where an Apple iPod can be corrupted by using the Safely Remove Hardware feature on a system running Windows Vista.
Earlier this month, Apple updated iTunes to Version 7.1.1 to patch several Vista-related problems. At the time, Apple said it [...]



Rain Recording Intros Massively Powerful Audio Workstation

Mar 12th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

Rain Recording has introduced the Element Pro, the first in a series of Quad Core-based Element digital audio workstations. Element Pro is designed to ensure optimum performance of all components, providing maximum audio throughput in the most demanding digital audio applications.
If you need to or prefer to use Windows for audio work, Rain’s computers look [...]



iTunes + Vista = Hosed iPods

Feb 3rd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Upgrading to Vista may result in the inability to play songs purchased from the online iTunes store and may corrupt your iPod.
Apple Computer is warning customers who use the Windows version of its iTunes software to hold off upgrading to Windows Vista until it can release a patch to fix a number of serious compatibility [...]



Could A Podcast Hack Windows Vista?

Feb 2nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Strange

A vulnerability in Microsoft’s recently released operating system appears to let an audio¬†podcast hack Windows Vista. Vista’s speech recognition feature can let attackers run malicious programs using recorded audio commands.
Microsoft has confirmed the vulnerability:
Microsoft’s initial investigation reveals that this vulnerability could allow an attacker to use the speech recognition feature in Windows Vista to verbally [...]