[H]ardNews 2nd Edition

AMD Radio Ads Banned?

According to X-Bit Labs, Holland has asked AMD to pull ads touting AMD’s Enhanced Virus Protection claiming that it is misleading. I find it odd that, according to this article, the commission did not have any complaints against Internet, television, print-magazine ads...just the radio ads.

The organization that regulates advertising in Holland recently asked chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices to stop at least some of its radio ads aimed to promote AMD’s Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) capabilities. The association said one or all of the EVP radio clips were misleading, as the technology did not substitute the real antivirus software.

Sub $500 Mac?

Think Secret says they have info on a new Mac, codenamed Q88, that will retail for less than $500 without a monitor. The 1.25GHz specs are pretty tame, especially considering that the market is full of sub $500 complete systems (with monitor) from the likes of companies like Dell and Gateway.

With iPod-savvy Windows users clearly in its sights, Apple is expected to announce a bare bones, G4-based iMac without a display at Macworld Expo on January 11 that will retail for $499, highly reliable sources have confirmed.