Hoping to stop the downward spiral they’ve been experiencing as of late, AMD has just announced plans for a new line of PCs aimed squarely at business and enterprise clients. The new Business Class line of machines will sport a host of mid-level features, including ATI graphics chips, Phenom and Athlon processors, and more. The components will be rebadged by a number of AMD’s high-level business distributors, including Dell, Acer, Fujitsu, HP, and Lenovo. The systems will come complete with a 2-year warranty, while the processors themselves will be guaranteed for 3 full years. No word on pricing, but we should see the desktop line available in the near future, with a notebook line forthcoming by sometime this Fall. Is it too late, though?

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We can’t remember the last time a company had to spend so much time proving that it was real. We recently posted about a telephone interview with Psystar president Rudy Pedraza, a man becoming webfamous for all the wrong reasons. In the interview, Pedraza insisted that Psystar was the real McCoy despite a flurry of internet chatter and a host of evidence to the contrary. The Psystar site stated clearly that boxes were shipping as of over a week ago so in theory, people should be coming forward with some support for the witch-hunted open computer manufacturer any day now. At this point however, we’ve yet to come across a single testimonial from any customers. In the meantime, the video above was posted by Psystar this past week and it depicts each of its three Open Computer models. They certainly look real, but we want to see them in the wild.

[Via MacRumors]

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After the blogosphere did nothing short of tear Psystar apart limb from limb, rottweiler style, Forbes managed to wrangle an interview with the man behind the [alleged] myth. Psystar, for those recovering from a coma, might be is a hardware vendor out of Doral Florida. It claims to be offering two models of "Open Computers" - well equipped, cheap and available preloaded with Apple’s Leopard OS. In fact, a well-specced Leopard OS-equipped Open Computer can be had for as little as $555. Thanks to some sketchy details, no Apple consent and an eager army of citizen journalists, Psystar was almost immediately torn apart. Brian Caulfield of Forbes.com managed to to score a short phone interview with Psystar Founder and President Rudy Pedraza and while Caulfield still isn’t entirely convinced, Pedraza insists that his company is the real deal. Pedraza states, "It’s not that we can’t provide the product or [that] Apple can stop us from providing the product. The truth is, we can’t process your credit card." This in response to the fact that Psystar’s payment gateway disappeared late last week as news of fraudulent dealings swarmed around the internet. Still Psystar managed to process a large number of orders before the payment gateway fell off and they supposedly just moved into a new larger facility (the somewhat-sketchy explanation for several address changes on the Psystar website last week). The proof is in the putting.The following blurb is up on the Psystar site, but only if you hit psystar.com and not www.psystar.com:

It is our pleasure to inform you that our store is up and running thanks to our new high volume payment processor. To all, we challenge you, let’s see if we can max this one out. Regarding shipping, orders placed the week of April 7th are currently being shipped. We will be shipping units out of our new facility starting Monday, April 21st, including those orders placed the week of April 14th. Orders are being shipped in the order that they were received, don’t worry, you’ll get yours soon. Upon shipment an email notification including tracking information will be sent to you, no need to ask.

If you’re one of the brave souls willing to fork over some cash to Psystar, definitely hit us up with some details if your box is received.

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ShoZu, creator of the extremely popular smartphone application bearing its name, has just announced a public beta of a new desktop application. For those who have not sampled the ShoZu mobile application / service before, it essentially provides users with a single portal through with media can be uploaded to a variety of sharing sites. It also features zero-click sharing whereby media can be captured and automatically uploaded in the background without any user intervention. A few integration issues on various devices have plagued the app in the past, but recent versions reportedly play a bit nicer with handsets in general. ShoZu’s freshman desktop offering is compatible with Windows and Mac computers and is as user-friendly as they come. How user friendly? We’re talking drag and drop here, so simple that your grandmother could probably handle it. ShoZu software makes it simple to name, tag and enter descriptions prior to upload as well. Other nice touches include a CC feature that makes uploading to multiple destinations just as effortless as a single destination. In terms of supported services there are over 30 including Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, MySpace, Blogger, TypePad and more. As many content sharing services as people subscribe to these days, apps like ShoZu’s desktop solution are becoming more and more of a necessity.

[Via IntoMobile]

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Ever have the feeling that your current computer system has an inferiority complex? Having seen this new machine, you might be on to something. The Eazo Luxury PC is a high-end personal computer with an incredible amount of attention payed to aesthetic and functional detail. The company has crammed their luxury box full of some pretty impressive equipment, including an Intel liquid-cooled 3GHz Core 2 Quad processor, 2 duplexed 8800 GTX video cards, 4GB of RAM, a 150GB 10,000 RPM drive, and an auxiliary 500GB drive. Whoa. Granted, you could probably put together a machine like this yourself, but you’d be hard pressed to piece together your own machine in such a classy package. Cost? $9,000. The fine things in life ain’t cheap.

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