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Largest Final Cut Pro User Group meeting set for NAB 2008
If you plan to attend NAB 2008 in Las Vegas, you might also like to participate in the largest Final Cut Pro User Group meeting in the world. That meeting — the 7th Annual NAB Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet — will occur on April 16, 6:30–10:30 pm, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Stop by and learn the latest news about Final Cut Studio.
Four mice to the new AirPort Express Base Station
In his review of the new AirPort Express, Dan Frakes (macworld.com) awards four mice (out of five) to the base station that’s “compact enough…to fit in a laptop bag and designed to plug directly into an electrical outlet” while providing a “full-featured 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless access point.” He calls it “the choice to make if you’re looking to extend your existing Apple-branded network wirelessly or to wired devices, to send your computer’s audio to a remote stereo system, or to use a Base Station in more than one location.
Survey says Apple brand has biggest consumer impact
According to a survey conducted by brandchannel.com, “the Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world’s consumers,” reports Rachel Sanderson (reuters.com). Asked “to identify the brands with the greatest impact on their lives,” respondents named Apple [the] overwhelming winner. The creator of the iPod and Mac computer triumphed in six categories including most inspiring brand and the one readers cannot live without.”
Safari 3.1 “sets the bar high”
After testing the latest versions of ten Mac OS X web browsers, Macworld’s Joe Kissell concludes that “Apple’s Safari emerged as a clear favorite, with its excellent standards support, its friendly user interface, and all the capabilities most people will need.” As a result of its performance in the tests performed, Safari earned a 4.5 (out of five) mouse rating.
