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SanDisk has introduced several new products for the retail market inEurope, including three dual-slot memory card USB readers. The readers areavailable in the following configurations: CompactFlash and SmartMedia,CompactFlash and Memory Stick, and CompactFlash and MultiMediaCard/SD.

Your Mac Life, an Internet-basedMac radio show, has announced their lineup for tonight’s broadcast (21:00 -23:00 ET), which features Steven Levy, author of “Insanely Great:The Life and Times of Macintosh…” and senior editor at Newsweek; JulioOjeda-Zapata, a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press; and Wendy Seltzer,founder of ChillingEffects.org, who will talk about digital and onlinerights and responsibilities. As always, Your Mac Life will be giving awayseveral prizes throughout the show.

Buena Software has released Effect Essentials, a set of ten video effect plug-ins for Adobe After Effects 5.0 and later for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. The plug-ins include Super RGB Curves, Frame Manipulator, Pixel Manipulator, Camera Flash, and Radial Glow. Effect Essentials sells for US$349. A fully functional, 25 day demo is also available.

Freeverse Software has released WingNuts 1.1, a new version of its arcade shooter for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. Version 1.1 adds support for HID compliant USB game controllers under Mac OS X, enhanced bombs, more screen resolution and color depth control, improved support for Voodoo card owners, and numerous bug fixes. WingNuts sells for US$24.95.

Apple is offering refurbished iPods for US$339 from the Special Deals section of the online Apple Store, a $60 savings compared to new units. Additionally, three of Apple’s Hot Deals partners, J&R, Outpost, and CompUSA, all recently updated their specially priced bundles.