New and Noteworthy: Intel using iBook in commercial?; New 1.5 GHz Cube upgrade; more

Intel using iBook in commercial? MacFixIt reader Brian Fountain reports that Intel is using an iBook in one of its more recent TV spots:

"I was watching the SciFi channel last night (Wed. June 16) and an Intel commercial came on. Here we see a young couple exploring some ancient ruins in Sicily and they are carrying a small laptop. The narrator is espousing the Intel wireless capabilities. They attach a camera to this laptop and we see several shots of the desktop, showing what the little Intel cameral sees. [...] It struck me how the blue desktop background looked a lot like the default OS X background. A few frames later you can clearly see the Dock at the bottom of the laptop's screen!

"I immediately Tivo'd the commercial. Since playing it back. It is clear from the start the they are using a 12 inch iBook, although it is modified to not look too much like an iBook."

Giga Designs offers 1.5 GHz upgrade for Cube Giga Designs has introduced 1.4 GHz and 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 upgrade cards for the PowerMac G4 Cube line. The new "M series G-celerator" uses the PowerPC 7457 which has lower power consumption and 512KB of on-chip L2 cache. The G-celerator M7 Cube will ship in June 2004 and is priced at US$599 for the 1.5GHz version and US$499 for a 1.4GHz version. More.

Apple inks deal with BMW The San Jose Mercury News reports that Apple and BMW are developing a device that will let users listen to songs from their iPod music players through the radios of BMWs and Minis. " A deal with BMW is likely to be the first among several pairings between Apple and carmakers as the computer maker, once mainly known for its Macintosh PCs, tries to increase the use of its products." More.

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• Security Update 2004-06-07: iDisk issues and solution
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