According to a report on the Red Herring Web site, France’s National Assembly voted last night and approved a maximum fine of about €40 for those who illegally download music or other files, notes Macworld UK.
Read MoreApple has made new iChat AV icons available to .Mac members. The company notes: “If you’ve never played around with iChat AV you may not have discovered how easily you can switch among icons when you use the application. We’ve created a page that explains how it works and, as long as you’re a .Mac member, lets you download some distinctive icons to play with. You can use what you download as long as you like, but we can only offer some of the sets for a limited time.
Read MoreApple has posted a new iPod TV commercial, this time without the well-branded “silhouette” style consumers have come to expect. The new ad, which features the iPod nano, shows a collection of CD covers overlapping each other, only to end with them all being funneled into an iPod nano. The ad ends with “1,000 songs in your pocket.” The advertisement is available to view in QuickTime, and it can be downloaded to your iPod.
Read MoreLikeMac Group has released Disk Order 2.1 (US$22.57), the latest update to its utility for advanced file management on Mac OS X. New features in version 2.1 include: command buttons for copying, moving and trashing that appear at the bottom of main window and pulldown drives menu, similar to same menu in Total Commander; now every operation in Disk Order has a disclosure triangle with piece of useful information — this gives the ability to, for example, see how much time is left to complete file copying/moving; and more.
Read MoreSony Electronics today introduced a 20″ PC/TV display that integrates computing and home entertainment applications, offering an all-in-one solution for viewing a variety of multimedia content — from a PC and a TV — on one high-definition widescreen display.
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