Tell a Friend Share QuickTime News with a friend or colleague. “While I’ve had my share of techno devices and toys (including an original iPod),” writes David Kirkpatrick for Fortune, “it wasn’t until someone gave me an iPod shuffle last week that I fully joined the new digitized masses. It’s giving me new insight into how technology is changing our daily lives...With the iPod shuffle, it’s infinitely easier for me to live in a world of music. In the first five days that I’ve owned it, I’ve listened to about three times as much total music as I would have otherwise.” “Logic 7 is a stellar upgrade to an already top-of-the-line digital audio workstation,” writes Len Sasso for Electronic Musician. “Many user requests have been fulfilled; there are a number of clever, time-saving new features; and the new plug-ins alone are worth the price of admission.” Reviewing the second generation iPod mini, CNET editors gave it an 8.7 out of 10 rating, stating “The iPod brand has become synonymous with excellent portable audio players, and the second-generation Apple iPod mini carries on the tradition with its fashionable, intelligent design. Apple has made precious few (but all necessary) updates to its stylish microdrive player, which is a good thing since it was already a winner.” More news The video for Papa Roach’s new break-up song, “Scars,” has a fiery twist. If you enjoy this powerful ballad, preview more music from “Getting Away with Murder” at the iTunes Music Store. “Somewhere beyond the sea, Somewhere, waiting for me, My lover stands on golden sands, And watches the ships that go sailing” Enjoy Bobby Darin’s charismatic live performance of “Beyond the Sea,” as well as the audio preview of the newly-released album, “Aces Back to Back.” Visit the iTunes Music Store for more music by Bobby Darin. Vocalist Michael Bublé makes his music video debut with “Home” from his latest album, “It’s Time.” Have a friend who would like the video? Send your friend a special videogram. You can buy “It’s Time” and earlier albums from Michael Bublé at the iTunes Music Store. Following up on his ode to the ’70s album, “1972,” songwriter extraordinaire Josh Rouse just released “Nashville” — the opus to his home of 10 years before a recent move to Spain. Check out his latest video, “Winter in the Hamptons,” from “Nashville.” You’ll find seven albums, including “Nashville” and “1972,” from Josh Rouse at the iTunes Music Store. Over the past several years, Dierdre has come to worldwide renown for her imaginative, wordless vocal flights of fancy with her world/electronica ensemble Ekova. The Parisian diva just released her debut solo album, “One,” which you can download at the iTunes Music Store. Watch the video for Dierdre’s single “Firefly” and enjoy an audio preview of “One.” “Adapt or Die: 10 Years of Remixes” by Everything But the Girl features 14 of the group’s favorite songs remixed, including “Missing,” “Mirrorball” and “Corcovado.” Listen to the entire album now. You’ll find these remixes and more from EBTG at the iTunes Music Store. Superfly. It only takes one word to describe the 10 funk/soul remixes on “Mayfield: Remixed — The Curtis Mayfield Collection.” Enjoy the all-star lineup of mix masters and club culture icons remix Mayfield classics. Don’t miss an exclusive remix on the iTunes version of the album, too. Wales-native Jem does a gravity-defying astronaut striptease in the video for her single “They.” If you like the song, preview the “They” mixes and Jem’s new album, “Finally Woken,” at the iTunes Music Store. Some people stay young at heart no matter how old they are. Basement Jaxx proves this in the sizzling hot geriatric video “Oh My Gosh.” Check out some earlier albums by Basement Jaxx at the iTunes Music Store, too. Looking for a tutorial on Microsoft Office applications, AppleWorks 6, KidPix Deluxe 3, Inspiration 7, Easy Grade Pro or HTML? LearningElectric.com has what you need in easy-to-follow streaming QuickTime videos created by certified teachers for teachers and students.				To get inside the mind of the Great White shark, Fabien Cousteau is getting inside its body. Not such a strange endeavor, perhaps, for a third-generation oceanographer who was practically born with fins. “I did my first dive on my fourth birthday,” says Cousteau. “My father found me on the bottom of the pool buddy-breathing — a pretty advanced technique for sharing an oxygen tank — with a family friend.” “When I was seven years old I read a Tintin story called ‘Rackham le Rouge,’ where he makes a sub in the shape of a shark and goes underwater,” recalls Cousteau. “Since then I’ve always wanted to build a shark sub.” “Troy [Cousteau’s shark sub] uses the latest-generation equipment,” says Cousteau, who assembled a team of crack engineers and scientists to advise the project. It’s an anatomically correct, 14-foot-long, 1,000-pound, one-man “wet” sub (there’s water inside) that Cousteau operates in full diving gear. Troy’s experimental motors haul as fast as five knots. “The sub is an observational platform that lets me swim along at shark speed,” says Cousteau. “The whole point is to fool them into thinking I’m a shark.” Read more about Fabien Cousteau’s adventures as a shark. Don’t worry if you missed the South by Southwest 2005 Film, Interactive and Music Conferences & Festivals in Austin — you can get all the highlights online at the SXSW site. SXSW Music Conference showcases nearly 1,300 musical acts from around the world on 50 stages in downtown Austin. Read more about and listen to music from each group. Dip into the SXSW Film Festival trailers for a taste of the latest independent films. Also enjoy video coverage of the festival featuring panels, interviews, film premieres and band showcases. Music, movies and technology await you at the SXSW 2005 site. A long way from the “Barber Shop,” Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) uses her cutting-edge hairstyles to make a name for herself at a posh Southern salon in Atlanta. When her flamboyant, egotistical boss (Kevin Bacon) pushes her too far, she decides to open a shop of her own with a brand new crew. From the producers of “Barber Shop” and “Bringing Down the House,” “Beauty Shop” opens in theaters on March 30. Put your tissues away. Although “Xena: Warrior Princess” had its final season, you can now relive the 22 dramatic adventures from the sixth season whenever you start feeling teary-eyed. The 10-disc collectors edition DVD set features more extras than any other “Xena: Warrior Princess” box set, including original featurettes, recently discovered deleted scenes and revealing season-specific interviews with cast and crew. Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew in three clips from the “Xena: Warrior Princess: Season Six” set. With hilarious performances by Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Arsenio Hall, George Wallace, A.J. Jamal and others, “Before They Were Kings, Volume 1” gives you the rare opportunity to experience the material of now-legendary comics when they were struggling young artists and relatively unknown. Preview stand-up material from Chris Rock and Steve Harvey. More on DVD Digigami just released its “Master Your Moving Picture Pro” bundle, a software collection which combines Digigami’s three most popular MPEG compression tools for Mac OS X: MegaPEG.X Pro Batch, MegaPEG.X Pro QuickTime plug-in and Digigami MPressionist.X Pro. Increase your DVD compression choices with MegaPEG.X Pro. It provides solutions to difficult-to-solve problems, such as reducing the bit-budget for supplementary materials. MegaPEG.X QT Pro QuickTime export plug-in adds support for all MegaPEG.X encoding templates with direct integration into many popular Mac OS X applications, including iMovie, that support the QuickTime movie export architecture. You’ll discover MPressionist.X Pro serves as a quantitative tool for demystifying hard-to-understand compression concepts such as bit rate, quantization, GOP structure and for assessing MPEG picture quality. Learn more about these three native-Mac OS X professional products by Digigami. The championship game put the madness in March. In 1985, Georgetown University had the NCAA Championship locked, but someone forgot to tell Villanova. Marking the twentieth anniversary of the ultimate underdog story, HBO Sports revisits one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history with the documentary “Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship.” Don’t miss “Perfect Upset,” debuting on March 28. One nation, decimated by ethnic rage. Two brothers, divided by marriage and fate. “Sometimes in April” tells the unforgettable story of the tragedy in Rwanda. In April 1994, one of the most heinous genocides in world history began in the African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of 100 days, close to one million people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen. Preview HBO’s gripping drama “Sometimes in April.” In February, United States dignitaries, including President Bush, travelled to the European Union capital to discuss important United States-European Union issues. Watch President Bush, Condolezza Rice and European Union leaders in action at meetings and press conferences. The planned release of QuickTime 7 and its support of the H.264/AVC video codec is generating a great deal of excitement. In the video industry, many companies are developing products and services to maximize the amazing potential of the technologies in H.264/AVC. Most of the major companies in the video industry, including Apple, have joined the AVC Alliance. United to create AVC-based products and services that work together seamlessly, the AVC Alliance members showcase tremendous solutions at major industry events, such as IBC and NAB. Be sure to visit the Apple booth (SL1902) and AVC Alliance booth (SL4101) at NAB 2005 to see the latest developments with H.264/AVC. Want to know what music your favorite celebrities are listening to these days? Look no further than the Celebrity Playlists at the iTunes Music Store, featuring playlists from artists such as Lee Ann Womack, Jack Johnson, the Hives, John Mayer, Ciara, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jennifer Garner, Maroon 5, Snoop Dogg, Nelly Furtado, Minnie Driver, Nick Hornby and more. Download the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week — “Telescope Eyes” by Eisley. Check back every Tuesday for a new free download. If you haven’t already, download the new version of iTunes (v4.7.1) — which provides support for iPod shuffle and a number of other performance enhancements — for Mac and Windows. It’s free.
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