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iTunes Store Goes DRM Free

While bowing to studio pressure to offer variable pricing on iTunes tracks, Apple has also finally convinced all the big labels to release their music as DRM-free 'iTunes Plus' tracks at the same 99 cents.

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iTunes Store goes DRM-free

Apple has re-encoded its iTunes Store catalog to offer 8 million songs without DRM; the remaining 2 million are expected to follow by the end of March.

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Apple iWork '09 - Productivity software suite, now with Numbers spreadsheet. (Demo)

Apple iWork '09
iWork '09 is a significant upgrade to its productivity software suite featuring new versions of Pages and Keynote word processing and presentation applications, and introducing a new spreadsheet application called "Numbers." Numbers introduces the concept of intelligent tables on a flexible canvas, a new approach that makes it easy to organize information, create calculations, analyze results and make spreadsheets look as great as they work. Pages '08 now features distinct modes for streamlined word processing and flexible page layout, a new contextual format bar and change tracking, and Keynote '08 now includes text effects, transitions and themes that help users easily compose spectacular presentations, and Smart Builds with easy-to-set-up A-to-B animations that make impressive animations easy for anyone to create.

WHAT'S NEW
Keynote 09 introduces advanced object transitions, which automatically animate objects with a choice of effects and Magic Move, an innovative way to create sophisticated animations just by applying a simple transition. Pages 09 features a new Full Screen view that helps you focus on your writing and an outline mode to organize your thoughts. Numbers 09 introduces a quick way to group and summarize data and a dramatically simplified way to create complex formulas. Apple also announced iWork.com public beta, a new service Apple is developing to share iWork 09 documents online.

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Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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formZ 6.6.2 - Solid and surface modeler. (Demo)

formZ 6.6.2
formZ is an award-winning general purpose solid and surface modeler with an extensive set of 2D/3D form manipulating and sculpting capabilities, many of which are unique. It is an effective design tool for architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, animators and illustrators, industrial and interior designers, and all design fields that deal with the articulation of 3D spaces and forms. formZ is highly responsive to the needs of mature designers and, at the same time, novices can use it with ease.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 6.6.2:

Interface and General

  • Printing to a specified scale now scales the printed page correctly.
Import/Export
  • STEP files containing assemblies are now imported at correct scale when using the option to Preserve Assembly Hierarchy.
  • STEP files containing assemblies now work properly on Windows and Mac Intel.
Network Rendering
  • The Render Client and Render Server no longer prevents the screen saver and monitor sleep on Macintosh
  • Network render jobs no longer incorrectly error out.

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iTunesShut 4.8.1 - Shut down/sleep/restart your Mac, pause iTunes when playlist finishes. (Free)

iTunesShut 4.8.1
iTunesShut can shut down, sleep or restart your Mac or pause/quit iTunes, if the playlist has finished.

Shut down, sleep or restart your Mac or pause/quit iTunes, if a given number of songs are played or repeated. Performs the actions after a given time (duration in minutes) has elapsed (=timer). Fade-Out the volume of iTunes automatically. And tell iTunesShut, if it should quit automatically after it has done its job, or not.

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Things 1.0 - Elegant personal task management. (Demo)

Things 1.0
Things is task management solution that helps to organize your tasks in an elegant and intuitive way. Things combines powerful features with simplicity through the use of tags and its intelligent filter bar. A Leopard style source list allows for quick and easy focusing. Together with a beautiful user interface, Things aims at the seemingly impossible: making task management both easy and fun.

Ian Beck's screencast is a great introduction. Learn from our users why Things is different ? either on i use this or Newsvine.

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MailCM 1.1 - Copy Mail.app message properties to the clipboard. (Shareware)

MailCM 1.1

MailCM is a contextual menu item for copying Apple Mail message properties of multiple messages to the clipboard.

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MacRumorsLive Hacked

Our MacRumorsLive keynote coverage was hacked today, inserting inappropriate content into the text and photo feeds. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore our services. The hack appears to be limited to the MacRumorsLive serv...

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IBM readying Lotus Symphony for Mac

Yet another variation on the OpenOffice codebase available now in beta. Final code expected later this month...

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Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork

Apple updated iWork, adding new features to Numbers, Keynote, and Pages.

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Skype 2.8 beta arrives

A worldwide wifi access deal with Boingo and the beginnings of screen sharing...

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Apple introduces iWork '09, iWork.com

Users of Apple's updated iWork office productivity suite will find new location features in their desktop applications and a new online document sharing service at iWork.com, the company announced Tuesday.

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Checkout 2.3 - Point of sale system for the rest of us. (Demo)

Checkout 2.3
Checkout is a powerful, easy to use point of sale system for the Mac. Use Checkout to take orders, make sales, print invoices and accept payments. Checkout records all in-store transactions to generate a range of interactive reports. Together with a Mac and the right peripherals, Checkout offers a perfect retail solution.

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release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

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Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later.

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Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam Widget 3.1 - Mt. St. Helens webcam widget. (Free)

Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam Widget 3.1

Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam Widget is more than just a simple webcam, this widget displays a half-size static image from the Mount St. Helens Volcanocam, as well as the current volcano Alert Level as assigned by the US Geological Survey. The Alert Level is not available on the volcanocam site, but the widget displays both the image and the Alert Level in a single, easy to access place.

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VideoDrive 1.7.6 - Add movies to iTunes without converting them. (Shareware)

VideoDrive 1.7.6

VideoDrive makes it easy to add videos to iTunes without converting them or losing quality. VideoDrive supports all current formats, including mpg, mpeg, mp4, avi, wmv, swf, m4v, m2v, flv, wma, mkv, asf, divx, xvid, dv and YouTube video formats.

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Expo: Apple introduces iLife '09

Apple has introduced a new version of its iLife application suite, including iPhoto '09.

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Best Buy selling iPhone refurbs from $149

Joins AT&T; in gouging for product that doesn't carry a full warranty, but still requires a full two-year contract...

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Apple introduces iLife '09

Apple on Tuesday used its final Macworld keynote address to announce a new version of its iLife digital media suite. Some live notes follow ahead of a formal overview