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Toren Valimir and ResExcellence are teaming up for a contest giving away three of Valimir’s scheme packages — I/OS X Special Edition. The package includes 5 Kaleidoscope schemes, as well as free updates and advance access to all his future schemes for life. The contest runs from June 18-23.

The Apple Store has a supply of refurbished 22″ Cinema Displays in stock for US$2,199. The displays come with a full 1-year warranty from Apple. One year ago, the same display carried a $3,999 price tag. Other refurbished items include iMacs and older iBooks. (Click on Special Deals at the bottom right of the Apple Store.)

Napster CEO Hank Barry discussed the copyright issues surrounding Napster and the entire peer-to-peer file swapping idea on Saturday, pointing out that Napster’s fee-based service that’s currently in the works will not clarify the very grey legal area surrounding copyright.

Adobe has posted an update to their Stroke and Fill Plug-in for InDesign. The updated plug-in changes how dashed lines are positioned at the corners of rectangular paths. With this update, InDesign will now center a solid dash on each corner to create clean L-shaped corners. InDesign adjusts the dash array between the corners, as necessary, to achieve optimal results. System requirements include Adobe InDesign 1.5.2 and Mac OS 8.5.x, 8.6, and 9.x.

TARGET=”_top”>VersionTracker notes that RioVolt 2.01 is now available. This firmware updater for the portable MP3/WMA player offers improved MP3 performance at a sampling rate of 32KHz, reduced noise between the songs and revised overlapping folders and unstable playability. [558k]