Monday, March 26, 2007

In the news Today 3/26/07

Apple TV - iResQ today announced that they have begun offering Apple TV storage upgrades. Apple released their first versions of the Apple TV with a 40GB hard drive and iResQ is offering several different levels of hard drive upgrades, including a 80gb for $209, A 120gb for $259 and a 160 for $299. As a option, you can also get the 40GB hard that came wit your Apple TV, drive put into a Firewire/USB case for $39.

The Sims 2 - Aspyr Media today announced that it will be publishing The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff for the Macintosh. It will be the first Sims 2 “stuff pack” to be released for the Mac and contains dozens of must-have items for The Sims 2. The company also plans on releasing other The Sims 2 stuff packs in 2007, with The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff coming in summer 2007, followed by The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff in fall 2007.
The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff will be available in April for $19.99.


Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) on track - In a report Friday Digitimes.com posted a story saying that, Apple postpone the release of the new OS till October to allow Apple to make Leopard support Windows Vista through an integrated version of its Boot Camp software.

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu downplayed the report, saying his checks showed that Leopard was nearing completion, and should be released in the spring, or during the company's June quarter.

"Our sources indicate that Apple's latest beta build has made noticeable improvements in stability and functionality from previous builds, and that Apple is likely one or two upcoming builds away from reaching 'final candidate' stage to be released for manufacturing," AppleInsider reported him as saying.

Wu expressed concern however on the so-called "top secret" features within Leopard, saying the company should soon publish them so they could be adequately beta tested before release.

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