New and Noteworthy: Review of Verax GPU ventilator for ATI Radeon 9800 Pro; Liquid cooling technology explored; more

Review of Verax GPU ventilator for ATI Radeon 9800 Pro IT Enquirer has posted a review of the Verax GPU ventilator for the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, which is intended to provide quieter operation of the graphics card: "With the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Special Edition comes an on-board fan that makes more noise than most people with a Power Mac G5 are willing to tolerate. German manufacturer of computer cooling systems Verax made a fan specially for the ATO Radeon 98xx series video cards. Most other reviews rave about this fan replacement, but I found there are a few nasty characteristics to be taken into account before you install this ventilator system." More.

Liquid cooling technology explored A Boston Globe article looks at the current state of liquid cooling options for personal computers, including some notes about Apple's new liquid-cooled PowerMac G5. "Liquid cooling isn't a feature you'll find on many computers, but Apple likes to stay out in front. Indeed, the company is touting its new liquid-cooled machine as an engineering triumph. Perhaps it is, but it is one born of necessity. The dual microprocessors that drive the new G5 run hot -- so hot that the old cooling system was no longer adequate." More.

PowerPC G5 to go mobile An eWeek piece looks at the current prospects for a portable G5-based Mac. "IBM's PowerPC 970 family of microprocessors has quietly become a rarity in the computing world: a one-size-fits-all architecture used for notebooks, desktops and even low-end servers. The chip is based on the company's longstanding POWER architecture, a dual-core processor used in some of IBM's server lines." More.

RealPlayer 10 available this week RealNetworks will release RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS X this week. Available in beta, the newest RealPlayer from RealNetworks enables Mac OS X consumers to enjoy hundreds of hours of audio and video content in many of the major Internet media formats, including RealAudio, RealVideo, AAC, QuickTime and MPEG. Also included are an integrated browser window, video controls and a graphic equalizer. The RealPlayer for Mac OS X beta will be available this Wednesday, June 30th, for free download. More.

Last call for ADHOC (MacHack) sessions The final call for sessions at this years ADHOC (formerly MacHack) conference which takes place July 21-24, 2004 in Dearborn, Michigan. Already scheduled sessions include "Advanced Debugging for Mac OS X" by Eric Albert and "Cross Platform Networking with OpenPlay" by Shawn Platkus. More.

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