Pioneer has posted firmware updates for the company’s DVD-R/RW drives that correct a problem that occurs when the drives are used with new 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW high-speed discs. The updates are only for after-market Pioneer DVR-A03/DVR-103 or DVR-A04/DVR-104 drives, and the drive must be installed internally. The updates are not for SuperDrives found in the Power Mac G4 and iMac.
Read MoreQPict Media Organizer 5.2 is the latest version of the easy-to-use media asset manager. The update adds a host of new features, including digital camera support, Quartz text rendering, improved performance, XML export, improved PDF and fonts support, JPEG 2000 support, and Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. A complete list of improvements can be found in the application’s version history. QPict Media Organizer is available for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, and is US$35 shareware.
Read MoreMCE Technologies announced today that it is now offering an internal CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive designed to replace the original CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or CD-RW optical drive currently inside Apple’s iBook. The Combo Drive is available for both the 12.1″ and 14.1″ Dual USB iBooks, and records to CD-R discs at up to 8x speed, records to CD-RW discs at up to 8x speed, reads DVD-ROM discs at up to 8x speed and reads CD-ROM discs at up to 24x speed.
Read MoreBlizzard today released a new patch for Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos, the company’s popular real-time strategy game. Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos 1.0.4 includes several bug fixes and improvements, all of which can be found here. The update is currently only accessible by logging into Battle.net. Blizzard is expected to post the update to its FTP server soon.
Read MoreJonathan Ive, Apple’s vice president of design, is among the 43 innovators Esquire magazine has named to its “Best and Brightest” list of emerging leaders who are “reshaping our world.” For more than a year, Esquire editors researched, interviewed, discussed, and identified scores of pioneers who are “blazing the trail to a better world.” Others cited in the issue are Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley, CEOs David Neeleman (JetBlue) and Ed Breen (Tyco), NASA’s Mars specialist Dave Lavery, and genetic scientist Eugene Chan.
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