A report on TechWeb today notes that Apple has seen some significant traffic increases on the iTunes Music Store over the holidays. “Christmas Day brought a dramatic surge in online traffic to sites that offer music downloads,” notes the story. “Hitwise, which monitors Internet traffic trends, reported a 413% increase in traffic to iTunes on the holiday in 2006 over 2005.
Read MoreEscient today announced it is shipping the FireBall FP-1 Music Manager with Universal Dock for iPod. The FP-1 provides a full color on-screen user interface for managing and controlling an iPod in the home. The company says unlike typical home iPod docks the FP-1 provides access to a user’s PC- or Mac-based music collection and free Internet radio streams even when the iPod is not docked. The FP-1 is priced at US$599 and will be demonstrated next week in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel.
Read MoreProsoft will be exhibiting at Macworld Expo in San Francisco next week and will be demonstrating two new products at the show (booth S637). The company will introduce Data Backup 3, a major release for its award-winning backup software. A new application “geared for fun and entertainment” will also unveiled for the first time.
Read MoreToThePoint Software has announced the release of TaskTime 4.3.2, the latest update to the company’s utility for tracking time spent on client’s jobs. It can generate personalized invoices which can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk. This release features: a Page Setup option to the Print button on the Invoice window; the removal of superfluous menu items; escape key functionality to Cancel button in new project window; and more. TaskTime 4 is priced US$20 ($5 upgrade).
Read MoreRadTech today announced new Impact 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA-based hard disk drive enclosures featuring eSATA, FireWire and USB connectivity. The DriveMate 1-inch HDD-based compact data storage solutions, available with and without hardware-based, secure token encryption, is now boosted in capacity to 8GB in X-Wall hardware encrypted configuration.
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