Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple has released iTunes 10.0.1. You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.

The update adds a Ping sidebar in which you can “Like” or “Post” about music from your iTunes library. Plus, you can see the recent Ping activity of a selected artist in your library, or of all artists and friends you follow on Ping. iTunes 10.0.1 also fixes several bugs; namely it:

° Addresses an issue where the picture quality of a video changes depending on whether the on-screen controls are visible;

Apple, Google and four other companies are negotiating an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end practices that limit hiring of each other’s employees, reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-24/google-apple-intel-said-poised-for-u-s-agreement-on-hiring.html?), quoting “people familiar with the emerging accord.”

Toon Boom Studio (http://www.toonboom.com) has released Toon Boom Studio 6, a new version of its 2D animation software that adds bone rigging features. As a bonus, Toon Boom Studio 6 comes with several bone-ready templates that users will be able to incorporate into their own projects.