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Pixelmator: Image Editing for Mac OS X is Released

Pixelmator, image editing software for Mac OS X is now available for purchase. Pixelmator is taking advantage of Mac OS X Core Image technology.

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It retails for $59.00 at http://pixelmator.com/buy/.

The demo is available for download here (http://pixelmator.com/download/).

Beta testing of Pixelmator was made available to 2007 MacHeist participants.

System Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later
  • Core Image supported graphics card (recommended)
  • Some features require iLife.

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Apple’s “Mum Is No Longer The Word” Special Event

Thanks to my insomniac life, I’m up hitting the refresh buttons on Apple’s “Mum Is No Longer The Word” special event coverage.

  • Apple UK Store is closed for product updates!
  • 8GB iPhone, O2 as carrier in The UK, £269 (including VAT)
  • Will arrive in the UK on November 9th, 2007
  • GPRS and EDGE, no 3G – US Customers rejoices!
  • Visual Voicemail and Unlimited data with £35, 45, 55 plans
  • From Endgadget:
    10:16 – Steve gets back on stage for Q&A. We ask: Why not 3G networks?Steve: “The 3G chipsets are real power hogs. Handset battery life cuts power to 2-3 hours.” Yeah yeah, we’ve heard it before. “Our phone has a talk time of 8 hours and that’s really important when you want to use your phone for internet and music. 3G needs to get back up to 5+ hours, something we think well see later next year”
  • Free HotSpots provided by Cloud in The UK
  • From Slashgear:
    “The contract for the phone will be 18 months, and unlimited data usage actually means 1400 web pages per day.”
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Apple Releases iTunes 7.4.2

UPDATE:
Yep, the ringtones added using the .m4r method are moved out of the ringtones folder to the music library. Still looking for a workarounds.

Hot off the grills, iTunes 7.4.2 is out.
We’ll see if this Update closes the ringtone loophole.

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Apple posts iTunes 7.4.1 for both Mac and Windows.

iTunes 7.4 for Mac (38.3MB) | for Windows (49.1MB)

About iTunes 7.4.2
With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively for iPhone with many of your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Store. You can now also play purchased videos with closed captioning (when available), easily rate your favorite albums from one to five stars, and watch videos at a larger size inside the iTunes window.

What’s New in this Version
iTunes 7.4.2 addresses an issue with creating ringtones using iTunes Plus song purchases and includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.

iTunes 7.4.1 was released on September 7th.

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Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5

Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 was released on September 03, 2007.

On of the earliest and free Anti-Spyware program. I have been using Spybot since late 2002, and couldn’t be anymore thankful to the developers. They have been the saving grace for many times. Countless numbers of Windows running computers were saved using Spybot. Granted that I use more than one program to fight spyware, but Spybot is in the permanent roster.

Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 is compatible with Windows Vista.

Get Spybot – Search & Destroy from Safer-Networking.org and don’t forget to donate to the developer who provides this wonderful software for free.

http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://spybot.info/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/donate/index.html

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Apple Posts iTunes 7.4.1

Apple posts iTunes 7.4.1 for both Mac and Windows, just a little over a day after iTunes 7.4 was released.

iTunes 7.4 for Mac (38.3MB) | for Windows (49.1MB)

This update adds support for the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create customer ringtones exclusively for iPhone.

About iTunes 7.4.1
With iTunes 7.4.1, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively for iPhone with many of your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Store. You can now also play purchased videos with closed captioning (when available), easily rate your favorite albums from one to five stars, and watch videos at a larger size inside the iTunes window.

This is odd, because I just installed iTunes 7.4 on September 5th.

Not sure what Apple “fix”, but I can no longer add my own ringtones using the “.m4r” extension method.

How to add your own custom made ringtones to the iPhone:

  • Encode the file into 128kbps AAC, smaller file size is preferred.
  • Rename the file extension from “.m4a” to “.m4r”; for Mac OS X “Get Info” the file, then change the extension name there.
  • Add the now “.m4r” file into iTunes, preferably have iTunes to copy the files into the library.
  • Look for the “Ringtones” folder, usually inside the “iTunes/iTunes Music/Ringtones” folder.
  • Rename the extension of the files back to “.m4a”.
  • Connect your iPhone, go to the “Ringtones” tab, and check the ringtones you want to send to the iPhone.

So far it is possible that Apple has just plug this “.m4r” extensions hole, or it is just a “side effect”.

iTunes 7.4.x is no longer supported under Windows 2000