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”I’m Trouble” …the T-shirt for rebellious Mac users

trouble 20070820 211203 Im Trouble ...the T shirt for rebellious Mac usersAre you a rebel? To buck conformity? Do you hate being told how you must behave. Well, go ahead and yank that USB or Firewire drive out of your Mac without first dragging its icon to the Trash! REBEL!!! ….and buy a shirt!

The I’m trouble T-Shirt is available in Navy Blue in sizes ranging from Small to XX-Large. The shirt sells for USD$22.90 and is available now. For this and other awesome shirts, shoes and buttons, check out the MacMerc.com Store.

(MacMerc.com is not to be held responsible for any lost data or damage caused by the improper removal of hardware from your system)

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Elgato unveils the EyeTV 250 Plus

eyetv250plus 20070817 213803 Elgato unveils the EyeTV 250 PlusEyeTV 250 Plus is the first solution available on the Mac that contains a hybrid television tuner and a video converter with hardware encoding. In addition to containing a television recorder, the successor model to EyeTV 250 includes a high quality solution for digitizing video cassettes and other analog video material. The package also includes Roxio Toast 8 Basic CD/DVD recording software, so that recordings can be burned to DVD-Video with one click of the mouse.

EyeTV 250 Plus enables reception of ATSC (over-the-air digital television.) The USB 2.0 device features a standard coaxial input jack for ATSC reception via roof or indoor antenna (not included). In addition, EyeTV 250 Plus can receive analog television via antenna or cable through the standard connector. The package includes an adapter cable for Composite (RCA) or S-Video, which EyeTV 250 Plus uses to connect to digital satellite or cable receivers.

EyeTV 250 Plus is available immediately for USD$199 at the Apple Store, the Elgato Online Shop, as well as through resellers. The package includes EyeTV 2 software (CD-ROM), Roxio Toast 8 Basic (CD-ROM), User manual (PDF document), a breakout cable with Composite and S-Video as well as audio (RCA) inputs, a USB extension cable, EyeTV infrared remote control, and a printed Quick Start Guide. The EyeTV 250 Plus requires a Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel processor, 512 MB of physical RAM, integrated USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v. 10.4 or newer. The download of program guide data requires an Internet connection.

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VMware announces Fusion desktop virtualization

vmware 20070806 130655 VMware announces Fusion desktop virtualizationVMware, Inc. today announced the availability of VMware Fusion. Based on VMware’s desktop virtualization platform, VMware Fusion allows Mac users to simultaneously run Mac OS X, Windows and other PC-based applications on a single Mac. The software allows Mac users to take advantage of their hardware’s full potential by running both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, leveraging two processor cores at the same time and using a wide variety of USB 2.0 devices. VMware Fusion is also the only Mac virtualization software available today to provide full support for more than 60 operating systems and complete power management capabilities to safeguard virtual machines when laptops are running out of battery.

VMware Fusion is now available for a suggested retail price of USD$79.99. The software will soon be available at Apple’s retail stores and other authorized retailers worldwide.

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