MacNN | hardware News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us hardware, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Products, international sales to save AAPL? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/09/sales.products.save.aapl/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/9-slowdown-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is ready to rise in the stock market again, as the company rolls out international iPhone releases, which analysts predict may bring balance a slowing US economy. According to financial news site The Street, worldwide demand for the iPhone remains high, after a poll conducted by ChangeWave revealed that the iPhone is the most popular choice for those looking to buy within the next six months... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/09/sales.products.save.aapl/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:25:00 GMT Nvidia to acquire Ageia, PhysX software, hardware http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/04/nvidia.to.acquire.ageia/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/4-ageia-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nvidia today announced an official acquisition of Ageia Technologies, the company behind the PhysX software and hardware components. The acquisition will give Nvidia a physics element for its Cuda parallel processing systems. The PhysX technology is currently in use in many Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii games, as well as many gaming PCs worldwide. Nvidia will be hosting a quarterly conf... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/04/nvidia.to.acquire.ageia/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:25:00 GMT HighPoint adds Leopard support to RAID adapter http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/10/raid.adapter.for.leopard/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/hig_080110_3120sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HighPoint Technologies today updated its RocketRAID 3120 to support Apple's Power Mac G5 and Mac Pro systems under both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. The RocketRAID 3120 is a PCI-Express x1 dual port SATA RAID controller featuring the Marvell 5182 (400MHz) hardware RAID engine and with 128MB of DDR2 local memory. The RocketRAID 3120 is available for $170.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/10/raid.adapter.for.leopard/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:05:00 GMT Macrovision joins CinemaNow to offer downloads http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/macrovision.cinemanow/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/mac_080103_macrovisionsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Macrovision, the company largely responsible for modern DVD copy-protection schemes, has officially integrated its technologies with CinemaNow to offer downloads of CinemaNow premium video directly to Macrovision-enabled consumer electronics devices. Users who have registered Macrovision-enabled hardware at CinemaNow.com can use those devices to watch movies, TV shows, and music videos from Cinema... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/macrovision.cinemanow/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:35:00 GMT HP unveils two BrightView LCDs for CES http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/hp.brightview.lcds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/2-hp2-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In addition to four new multimedia PCs, HP is introducing two new widescreen LCD monitors at CES 2008. Using HDMI and VGA to connect with hardware, the w2207h and w2408h use HPís BrightView technology to provide vibrant image quality. The w2207h is a 22-inch model that supports a maximum screen resolution of 1680 by 1050; the display is also able to pivot 90-degrees for either a portrait or landsc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/hp.brightview.lcds/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:05:00 GMT