March 29, 2005

KLIPSCH IFI iPod Speaker System for Apple iPod

2.1 Channel / Engineered to maximize the Apple iPod as a plug and play setup that fits almost anywhere / 2 Satellites and Subwoofer - J&R

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Pre-Order

Amazon is taking Pre-Orders for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger . Price: $129.99

Features:

Expected to be available in first half of 2005.
Surf, receive RSS news-feeds, personalize content, and view Web pages in 1 place
Safari RSS consolidates most recent news and info from the Web
iChat AV multi-way video and audio conferencing with a stunning 3D interface
Open and close Dashboard instantly using function key to access Widget mini-applications

March 25, 2005

Apple Vs PyMusique round two

Just one day after Apple Computer announced a fix to the 'security hole' in itunes, the programmers behind PyMusique on Tuesday announced that they had found a new way around the copy protection in Apple's iTunes. By using the PyMusique utility a customer can purchase songs from the iTunes catalog and store them on their hard drive without any form of copy protection. It also means those audio files can be played an any AAC compatible MP3 player and exported to any number of machines reports PCMag. This software also permitted a re-download of the same songs without making a second payment.

John Lech Johansen on his blog said "The iTunes Music Store recently stopped supporting iTunes versions below 4.7 in an attempt to shut out 3rd party clients. I have reverse engineered the iTMS 4.7 crypto which will once again enable 3rd party clients to communicate with the iTMS."

March 22, 2005

Apple iTunes Leaks no more

Just a few days after a hole was found in Apple' iTunes Online Music Store that allowed users to purchase songs without digital rights management technology (DRM) attached, Apple has confirmed that its online music downloading breakout star, iTunes is all sealed. The company now requires all users who purchase tracks from iTunes to use iTunes 4.7.1 When Travis Watkins, Cody Brocious and Jon Johansen AKA the guys behind the DVD Content Scrambling System to decrypt DVDs, discovered the hole, new software called PyMusique was developed to hack into Apple's online music store iTunes to offer its songs free of anticopying protection. PyMusique allowed iTunes subscribers to purchase and re-download tracks that are free of Apple's Digital Rights Management (DRM) copyright protection. Apple has blocked PyMusique users with the changes to close hole. Previous versions of iTunes added the protection after the download was complete, and PyMusique can block that installation.

"The security hole in the iTunes Music Store which was recently exploited has been closed, and as a consequence the Music Store will now sell music only to customers using iTunes version 4.7.1," Apple said in a statement.

March 8, 2005

DLO VoiceNote Voice Recorder for iPod

DLO's VoiceNote Voice Recorder and Microphone for iPod lets you record meetings, lectures, thoughts, ideas, conversations, or whatever you want through its built-in mic or external lapel microphone (both included). The included external Lapel Mic provides direct, crystal clear recording capability. The level settings can be adjusted on the iPod, allowing you to optimize the quality of your recordings. Recordings are played back through the built-in speaker or they can be downloaded to your computer. Thanks Sando

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March 4, 2005

FireWire Depot announces the G-SATA and G-Drive-Mini drive enclosures

FireWire Depot has announced the availability of G-SATA and G-Drive-Mini external drive enclosures from G-Tech. The G-SATA features the latest serial ATA (SATA) disk technology for ultra high data transfer rates to 135 MB/second. It also comes with 7200 or 10,000 RPM disk drives and is available with storage capacities up to 800 GB. The bus powered and ultra-portable G-DRIVE mini weighs less than 9 oz., up to 100 GB of storage space and FireWire or USB 2.0 connectivity! via Mac Merc

March 1, 2005

iPod Camera Connector

The folks from Apple Japan on Friday showed off a few of the company's new iPod offerings, including the Apple's new iPod Camera Connector. The optional accessory enables you to connect your digital camera to iPod photo and import photos into the iPod. By simply connecting the iPod Camera Connector and a digital camera*, you can easily transfer digital images to your iPod photo, providing tremendous storage space so you can take more pictures. The iPod Camera Connector is expected to be available in late March for $29.