Standard & Poor’s Equity Research reiterated a “hold” rating on Apple after news that the company may introduce a video iPod by September, notes Forbes. “We believe the evolution of the iPod as a platform for video content was largely expected, and market speculation, we believe, started with the introduction of a color screen on the iPods last year,” the research firm said in the report.
Read MoreA report in The Wall Street Journal (paid subscription required) says that Apple has been talking to record labels about the possibility of selling music videos online. According to the report, Apple has spoken with Warner Music Group, EMI Group, Vivendi Universal, and Sony BMG and the videos could go on sale in September for US$1.99 each.
Read MoreBains Software today announced the release of SpamSweep, a new spam filter for Mac OS X. The software is an advanced bayesian spam filter offering several filtering technologies, including domain and relay blacklists, sender whitelisting, and a bayesian filter to automatically delete spam messages before they’re downloaded by an email client. SpamSweep is priced at US$20 and requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
Read MoreApple over the weekend hit its target of 500,000,000 songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. The company had previously announced its countdown to half a billion songs promotion. The company gave away an iPod mini and an iTunes gift card for 50 songs to the iTunes customer who purchased the winning song at each 100,000 interval.
Read MoreKAE Labs has announced the release of VocalWriter 2.0, an update version now supporting Mac OS X. In addition, this release features increased vocal polyphony to 20 voices, downloadable PDF documentation and a lower shareware registration fee. VocalWriter can automatically sing unrestricted English lyrics. Combining an advanced software vocal/instrumental synthesizer with an interactive music editor, VocalWriter is a MIDI file editor, player and synthesizer in a single integrated environment. VocalWriter is priced at US$39.
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