MacAuthority, an Apple Specialist in Nashville, Tennessee, has started an online store for Mac-oriented apparel and collectible gifts.
“We are selling these unique items to Mac enthusiasts worldwide,” Lucas Leverett, art and promotions director, told MacCentral. “The store offers shirts, hats, coffee cups and various other cool Mac items. We’re pleased to bring this type of merchandise back to our customers as we get many requests for such items — and it is even better since we can bring the store to the world via our Web site.”
Some examples include a shirt making fun of the Dell “Dude…” campaign, Jaguar-themed merchandise, and Unix humor items. Certain items will be limited editions, and the store will always be changing, Leverett said.
The store also wants feedback on what sort of apparel and gifts Mac users would like to see. E-mail them your suggestions.
Corel Corp. has committed to a partnership with The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The partnership will result in the integration of Corel products — including Painter 7, Bryce 5, KnockOut 2 and KPT Effects — into The University of the Arts’ curriculum. The value of these tools is estimated at more than US$132,000. The University of the Arts is home to more than 2,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
This partnership is part of the Corel Educational Art Development Program.
Fastware has announced a final sale on their BridgeIt FireWire to SCSI converter. Until the limited inventory is sold out, BridgeIt is now priced at US$129.95, a $50 savings. The BIT box has been targeted to go “End Of Life,” and as a result no further production will be scheduled. BridgeIt! is a combination FireWire to SCSI converter and FireWire hub-repeater that lets the user to connect SCSI devices to the FireWire port on a host computer.
NCS Integrated Solutions, a UK graphics arts solution provider, has entered into a distribution agreement with Group Logic Inc. This agreement gives NCS the rights to supply Group Logic’s two key software products, MassTransit and ExtremeZ-IP.
MassTransit is a Mac OS X compatible secure file transfer solution that can manage external communications through almost any network infrastructure. ExtremeZ-IP is a specialized file and print services system that uses the TCP/IP protocol to increase throughput between Mac clients and Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows NT servers.