New and Noteworthy: Intel's "Viiv" technology to show up in new Macs?; New PowerBook: Picture-perfect package; more

Intel's "Viiv" technology to show up in new Macs? Reuters speculates that Intel's Viiv technology -- "a collection of its dual-core microprocessors, chipsets, software and networking capabilities. PCs based on Viiv will work with high-end monitors and a TV-like remote control" -- may show up in upcoming Macs. More.

New PowerBook: Picture-perfect package ComputerWorld praises Apple's recently refreshed PowerBook G4 line as one of the best sets of portables ever built. "In what may very well be the last of the G4 processor-based PowerBooks, Apple has created its best overall laptops yet. True, the processor speed is stuck at 1.67 GHz, something unlikely to change until the company moves to Intel processors over the next year or so. But no one buys a PowerBook expecting a speed demon. You buy it for Mac OS X, for the seamless integration of hardware and software, and for the elegance of Apple's industrial design." More.

Site offers 3000 iPod-ready videos Veoh Networks, Inc. is a new Web site, self-dubbed an "Internet Television Peercasting Network" which has begun offering 3,000 videos for download and transfer to Apple's fifth-generation iPod. A press release reads "Veoh allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to broadcast their own TV show, or channel of shows, in full-screen television quality. Individuals and companies are broadcasting compelling content -- from original cartoons, like Superman and Popeye, to comedies like The Three Stooges, feature-length films, and more than 10,000 user-produced videos on every subject imaginable." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• Apple releases Security Update 2005-009 for Mac OS X 10.4.3 and Mac OS X 10.3.9; Update recommendations
• Special Report: Troubleshooting the PowerBook G4 Double-Layer SuperDrive
• Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0 (#2): Most report increased throughput; Reduced throughput speed for some; Uninstall instructions

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