Without any announcement, the new iPod U2 is now available.
It is a iPod 5G featuring 30GB of storage capacity and sold 359€ (taxes included).
It includes an iTMS code allowing the owner to download a 30 minute video.
Apple has officially recognized that some MacBook have been shipped with a piece of plastic covering the vent of the notebook, leading to overheating issues.
Apple is recommending the removal of this plastic trip as described in a dedicated TechNote:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303848
For once, Apple has acknowledged the problem promptly and provided comments on the issue. It would be nice to see such quick reactions concerning other issues reported by customers with other Cupertino products, such as the on-going APX defect (see
here
JCJ
Intel is talking up its new CPU models.
Today, they announced a Core Duo consuming less than 1W. This Ultra Low Voltage model will be clocked at 1.06GHz, feature 2Mb of L2 cache and its price should be US$289.
Apple could use this processor in many devices — some that are already available and some still to come... a Mac nano, with a size of an Airport Express base station, for instance ;)
A MacPocket?? an Ultra-portable MacBook??
Microsoft Office 2007 was expected to allow PDF export and had been advertised as such. But Adobe did not see it like that and firmly opposed the implementation of its proprietary format in Microsoft suite unless it is optional and charged an extra fee.
Unable to reach an agreement, Microsoft simply gave up.
While Adobe justified its stand through its purposed will not to favor Microsoft's monopoly, this was indeed probably but a step in the format battle to come between PDF and its Microsoft competitor XPF.
