Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Amazon.com, Apple, Arik Hesseldahl, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Operating system, Snow Leopard, Windows XP
Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader device, which costs $359, is “a pleasure to read because it’s as readily portable as a newspaper,” writes Arik Hesseldahl, in a product review. However, it’s “an imperfect replacement for the daily newspaper.” Pictures “don’t register well on the screen.” (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2008/tc20080623_917645.htm 6/24)
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Due to customer demand, Dell will sell PCs equipped with Windows XP and XP Professional a little bit longer. The company, which had said it would stop selling XP-loaded PCs on June 18, has extended the cutoff to Thursday, June 26, at 5:59 a.m. Central time. (InfoWorld/Computerworld 6/23)
Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system, expected to debut next year, will be faster and more stable because of less disk space tied up by key applications, according to this report. Apple reportedly is trying to whittle down the size of Snow Leopard’s Utilities Applications from 468MB to 111.6MB. (CNET 6/23)
Eton has introduced a tabletop stereo system in the U.K. that the company says captures the essence of Porsche design as well as high-end audio. Selling for about $950, the system includes three 1.5-inch full-range drivers and a 3-inch active subwoofer. (Pocket-lint.co.uk 6/23)
Mitsubishi has partnered with graphics processor Nvidia Corp. and Aspen Media Products, a maker of media servers, to produce a 3-D home-entertainment technology. The group will try to integrate Mitsubishi’s 3-D-ready Diamond TV monitors, Nvidia’s PC-gaming technology and a server that can exploit the increasing amount of 3-D content being developed. (ElectronicHouse.com 6/23)
