Apple’s “New Music Tuesdays” continue today with additions to the iTunes Music Store from AM Radio, Cyrus Chestnut, Minus Driver, Buddy Jewell, Ray Price & Willie Nelson, Paloalto, and Sense Field. Apple has also added new music from Buddy Guy, Glenn Miller, Groove Armada, Julian Bream, The Temptations, KRS-One, Benny Goodman, and James Brown. In addition, exclusive tracks were added from Dido, Matchbox Twenty, and Vivian Green.
Read MoreGefen today announced the Ex-tend-it USB-500, which enables USB devices to be operated up to 1,650-feet from a computer. The US$799 USB-500 uses “Extreme USB” technology, has a four-port USB Hub built-in and employs fiber optic cables to connect the sender and receiver units. According to Gefen, the sender is connected to the computer; the receiver is connected to the USB peripheral. Both units are connected with fiber optics in lengths up to 1,650 feet.
Read MoreIconographer 2.5 is the latest version of the Mac OS X icon editor. The new release adds support for importing and exporting of individual icon members and entire icons to TIFF, PNG, Photoshop and other graphics formats. Version 2.5 also brings several other enhancements and bug fixes. Iconographer is US$15 shareware.
Read MoreREAL Software today announced the release of REALbasic 5.2, a free update to its software design environment for Macintosh and Windows. “This update delivers what our customers have been asking for: improved reliability and faster compiling for large projects,” said Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of REAL Software. “Version 5.2 is by far the most stable and feature-rich REALbasic ever.” REALbasic pricing starts at US$99.95.
Read MoreForbes.com today announced that Guy Kawasaki, former Apple Fellow, entrepreneur, author and chief executive of Garage Technology Ventures, has signed on as a regular columnist. His column, “Art Of The Start,” will appear twice monthly in the Business and Work channels of the Web site.
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