Several MacMinute readers note that Apple began airing a new iPod/iTunes television commercial tonight featuring a remix of “Rock Star” by N.E.R.D (which, ironically, doesn’t appear to be available on the iTunes Music Store). Like the previous ads, the new spot features silhouetted people with iPods dancing in front of vibrant background colors. The new ad was seen during primetime on NBC.
Read MoreUnsanity has updated Silk with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther support. Silk enables Quartz text rendering and smoothing, allows substituting one font with another in your applications, and can change the theme font (the font used to display menus, window titles, and other interface elements). In addition to Panther support, version 2.0.4 of Silk no longer beeps in the preference pane, adds a default exclusion for Xcode, and offers a delete key to remove individual font substitution rules works again. Silk is priced at US$10.
Read MoreA small software developer has created a program called MyTunes that lets iTunes for Windows users download song files from other people over a network. “While iTunes’ main purpose is let people buy music online and play songs stored on their PC, the software also includes a feature that allows customers to listen to songs stored on another PC on their local network,” reports CNET News.com.
Read MoreApple is now offering two promotions for Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2. Now through February 28, 2004, you can buy any Mac and save US$300 when you purchase Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2 at the same time. Or you can save $150 if you purchase Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2 without a Mac. The offers are available only at participating Apple Authorized Resellers and require a mail-in rebate from Apple’s Web site.
Read MoreBare Bones Software today announced the release of BBEdit 7.1, a significant update to is award-winning text and HTML editor. Version 7.1 adds support for SFTP (the SSH File Transfer Protocol), FTP and SFTP server discovery via Rendezvous, and a “Preview in BBEdit” option, which allows customers to view a live rendering of their HTML code under construction in a window that automatically updates as the code is changed.
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