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Created by Moshi, the Zefyr is an accessory for your Macbook designed to keep the laptop’s temperature down. Moshi says:

“A MacBook under continuous demanding usage will become uncomfortably warm and the noise generated by the internal fans will become disruptively loud. Without proper thermal management, your MacBook may overheat to a point where it runs much slower or even locks up. As a subtle yet effective cooling solution, Zefyr is designed to maintain your MacBook’s system stability even under peak loading conditions.”

If you own a laptop, you can see where this can help. We have been using the Zefyr for about a week now, and we have noticed that it actually does help substantially. Read the rest of this entry »

Computer speakers to begin with are a mess. You are almost certainly overpaying no matter what product you buy and the chances of finding something remotely accurate is a rather large joke. Despite these problems, most users end up buying more speakers then they need at the expense of their wallets and sound quality. A flood of companies that have produced home theater equipment have made the transition into the market including the likes of Bose, Klipsch, Altec Lansing, Harman Kardon, Polk and JBL. It’s time to welcome one more: Swan. Chances are you have never heard of Swan; but, it’s time to take note, especially if you work for one of the aforementioned companies.

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We have previously suggested that Shure is a company that made a reputation for itself by making microphones. We finally got review the flagship (when we say “flagship,” we don’t mean the top-of-the-line, rather the one that made the name) product that gave Shure the reputation that it has today. With the legendary Shure SM58 microphone we got to review Shure’s newest product, the Shure X2u XLR-to-USB adaptor. Once again Shure enters a market that is dominated by the “big boys” who have dominated the market for decades, however, Shure once again creates a product that continues the reputation that was created so long ago changing the way we listen to sound.

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Speculation from many places, including the Guardian, over the Apple tablet, continues to resurface as we come close to Apple’s next launch event scheduled to take place in September. Many media outlets keep saying that Apple will surely have something revolutionary to launch. According to Engadget, credible  sources like, The Wall Street Journal, are now even jumping in on the Apple tablet rumor bandwagon.  They state that Steve Jobs, himself, is even overlooking the the tablet project.  However, even though this is still a rumor, we have a short wait ahead of us. Either way our obsession will continue until Apple gives into the netbook/tablet demand.

Apple Tablet Concept (guardian.co.uk)

Tom Bihn is a company that not everyone has heard of, yet their products have more quality than bags from other major manufacturers. Unlike many other companies, Tom Bihn does not let their products get produced in China or Vietnam.Theirs are created in their own Seattle factory.

“The Ristretto Messenger is a vertical messenger bag with an interior padded laptop compartment that protects from all sides and is sized specifically for your MacBook Air, 13″ MacBook or IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad X300. It is designed to be a highly portable bag that carries just the essentials and carries them elegantly: just like the MacBook Air.” Read the rest of this entry »

The much anticipated newest OS from Apple, Snow Leopard, ships August 28th according to a press release published this morning by Yahoo!™ Finance. Pricing has been set (for those who are already using OS X 10.5 Leopard) at $29 for an individual license, $49 for a family pack, and $9.99 if you’re eligible for the up-to-date program.

Of course, rumors surrounding the style of the box have proven to be quite true, with the image of a snow leopard appearing as the new box art from apple.

Over the past couple days numerous reports and indications have led to conclusions that Apple is going to release Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard before the announced September release. History has shown that Apple traditional waits until the latest possible date they can to release a product. A couple of historical examples in recent memory provide evidence to this: Apple’s late summer MMS announcement, the release of Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.

Despite history and logic, many seem to be speculating that we will see a Snow Leopard release this week. People cite examples such as the accidental release of a copy of Snow Leopard to a Japanese Mac Mini purchaser. This seems to be an accident and a controlled accident, yet one that is rather strange. It would seem as if a disc just fell down the assembly line into a box of a Mac Mini? The more logical explanation seems to be that Apple’s assembly lines are already preparing new computers with Snow Leopard. This has two implications:
A. Snow Leopard has clearly gone “Gold Master”
B. There will be no Mac Mini update around the Snow Leopard release

The more convincing argument is the updating of the shipping status for the UK customers that partook in Apple’s Up-To-Date program. Earlier this week the online Apple Store updated UK order to show shipping “no later then August 28.” The reason why this is convincing is that it does not seem this was an error, as the status has remained the same, despite being reported by numerous news outlets including TheMacFeed. However, the rest of the world’s orders seem to show still the September shipping date.

If we are go to see a release this week, we will see Apple announce it sometime in the next 48 hours. Apple’s production line has recently been backed-up and a significant amount of online orders have been affected, so Apple might just delay the UK orders until the rest of the worldwide release. It is safe to say that Snow Leopard has been Gold-Mastered, but it seems unlikely that we would see a release this week without word from Apple real soon. Apple’s track record shows little desire to release products early and it would seem odd that they would announce September and the break that commitment, even to be early. If they do, it will definitely revolutionize the way we as the Apple media/blogosphere have to cover Cupertino’s actions, as it would completely shatter the reputation that Infinite Loop currently has.