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Apple has made available online its new iPhoto television commercial, dubbed “Baby Jack.” The ad was first shown during this morning’s Macworld Expo keynote.

During this morning’s Macworld Expo keynote address, Aspyr Media President Michael Rogers announced The Sims: Hot Date and Star Wars: Galactica Battlegrounds, both for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. The Sims: Hot Date is the third expansion pack for Will Wright’s groundbreaking game that focuses on the dating lifestyle for your Sims.

Equilibrium today released DeBabelizer Pro 5 for Mac OS X, a new version of its software for preparing images, animations and digital video for delivery in virtually any medium. DeBabelizer Pro 5 enables users to automatically process, optimize, and convert images and multi-frame files from one medium to the next.

At CES today, Moxi Digital unveiled a new set-top box multimedia system that incorporates a variety of digital media functions, ranging from recording and playback of digital video to online capabilities such as instant messaging, e-mail, Web browsing and chat through the television.

Procreate and The Art Institutes have teamed up to provide conference attendees of this week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco a hands-on, digital life drawing class in booth #2139 on the show floor. The class will feature live and virtual models, professional instructors and digital artists using procreate Painter 7, Wacom Intuos2 tablets and a HP Designjet 5000 series printer on Macs running Mac OS X 10.1. Space is available at the Digital Art Class booth on a first-come, first-served basis.