Tech Shout!

Apple is going the DRM-free way, as yesterday, the Cupertino-based company officially announced that it will offer EMI Music’s entire digital catalog of music on its iTunes Store worldwide in May. The entire catalog will be available for purchase DRM-free from the online store.
These DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality […]

Palm Inc. has decided to take on Apple’s iPhone threat by recruiting their ex-employee, Paul Mercer. He has now been working with Palm since the last three weeks on a line of new products.

Mercer had joined Apple as an engineer way back in 1987, but left it in 1996 to start Pixo Inc. It […]

On Thursday, Apple released an update for AirPort Extreme, the Cupertino, CA-based company’s wireless-networking product. According to Apple, the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 enhances compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks, as well as fixing a potential security hole.
Apple stated that update improves compatibility for the MacBook Core 2 Duo and the MacBook […]

Today, TwinMOS Technology announced the launch of the “Apple Series” DDR2 modules for Mac computers. The newly launched Apple Series DDR2 modules have been manufactured by deploying TwinMOS’s leading-edge technology and know-how.
Computers that run on the Macintosh operating system have always been popular among photographers and those who work on graphic-intense projects. The […]

If you own a laptop, you must surely be irritated with the fact that particles, dust and sometimes food (yes, a lot of us eat while working at the same time) enters through the keyboard, causing much harm and obstructions while using the keyboard. However, with iSkin’s ProTouch line of keyboard protectors, the above mentioned […]

Apple and Microsoft have constantly been in a tussle to gain a sense of one-up over the other. Be it Apple’s iPod, which just received its share of competition in the form of Microsoft’s Zune digital media player, or even when it comes to Apple’s Mac computers, Apple has gone all out in many a […]

AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon X1900 Mac Edition, a next generation graphics that blends workstation-class creative productivity and 3D game performance.
The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition represents a high-performance PCI Express graphics upgrade card for the Power Mac G5 Quad and Power Mac G5 Dual.
According to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company, upgrading to […]

On Friday, Symantec detailed a new proof-of-concept virus that has come up for Mac OS X. Though the malware has been giving a very low risk rating, researchers say it highlights the fact that no operating system is immune from viruses.
The virus called ‘OSX.Macarena,’ infects files in the current folder on the compromised computer. […]

Sling Media has released SlingPlayer for Mac OS X beta, a software download for users of the Slingbox who would want to watch their home TV comfortably on a Mac.
With SlingPlayer for Mac OS X, customers can now watch and control their home TV from any Mac laptop or desktop located just about […]

On Thursday, Apple released MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1, meant to address sudden shutdowns, which have been taking place on a small percentage of its laptop computers.
The SMC Update improves the MacBook’s internal monitoring system and addresses issues with unexpected shutdowns. Specifically, the update deals with what has been called RSS or Random Shutdown […]