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On Rhett Miller’s second solo album, “The Believer,” he doesn’t shy away from writing deeply felt, craftily melodic songs covering sex, war, love and death. Visit the iTunes Music Store to preview the 13 introspective tunes, including the iTunes Exclusive track “Victoria (When Will I).” 
Faced with giving a voice to a central character who does not speak, Universal Pictures turned to Jack Johnson to craft songs that captured the emotions of Curious George as he leaves the jungle to follow the Man with the Yellow Hat. As a new father, this gave Jack an opportunity to make an album for both parents and children. Listen to clips from the soundtrack and watch the “Upside Down” music video. You’ll get the exclusive music video, a remix of “Upside Down” and a coloring book when you download the album at the iTunes Music Store.
Enjoy the new video “Tear You Apart” from buzz band She Wants Revenge. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video with director Joaquin Phoenix and the band. You can download the addicting single and hear more tracks from the band’s self-titled debut album at the iTunes Music Store.
The Pretenders’s first-ever boxed set,”Pirate Radio,” features more than five hours of career-spanning music on four discs. The set also includes a DVD with previously unreleased performances from 1979-1995. Sample hits from the set, such as “Brass in Pocket,” “I’ll Stand by You” and “Back on the Chain Gang.” You can find these trademark songs and more from the Pretenders at the iTunes Music Store.
“Bitter Honey” — the solo acoustic album from Eef Barzelay, the singer/songwriter of Clem Snide — opens with “The Ballad of Bitter Honey,” an ironic take on the life of a hip-hop video vixen sung in first person by Barzelay. Listen to the entire album now. If you like what you hear, you can buy “Bitter Honey” at the iTunes Music Store.
An urgent, impassioned plea to not give up on love, “Because I Want You” is the first video from “Meds” — Placebo’s anxiously-awaited, soon-to-be-released first studio album since 2004. At the iTunes Music Store, you can hear earlier releases from Placebo.
Its poise, elegance and minimalist charm sets East River Pipe apart from the millions of bedroom recording artists now enabled by the advent of simple technology. F.M. Cornog’s lo-fi recording techniques reflect his lowlife subject matter, allowing a vulnerability and realism to shine through. Preview “What Are You On?” — the latest release from East River Pipe, available at the iTunes Music Store.
Following her BRIT Award nomination for Best British Female Performer, Charlotte Church releases her brand new video “Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That).” To hear earlier work from Charlotte Church, visit the iTunes Music Store.
Check out the listening post of William Orbit’s new ambient electronica album, “Hello Waveforms.” You can buy songs from this album and earlier releases from Orbit at the iTunes Music Store.
Still going strong 30 years later, and still doing it arguably better than anyone else, the godfathers of punk-pop — the Buzzcocks — are back with a new album, “flat-pack philosophy.” Watch the video for the new single “Wish I Never Loved You.” Hear more music from the band’s latest album and the “Wish I Never Loved You” EP at the iTunes Music Store.
Under the moniker of Destroyer, Dan Bejar just released a new solo album, “Destroyer’s Rubies,” that’s equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope, humor, self-referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy. Listen to the entire album, also available at the iTunes Music Store, now. 
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Initiated and supported by the European Community (DG Research), AthenaWeb provides a video portal for European scientists and researchers. The ultimate goal of AthenaWeb is to add value to scientific audiovisual programs produced in Europe — from the Avian Flu to nanotechnology to carnivorous ants and more — and encourage distribution to scientific professionals in EU countries. AthenaWeb gives its users access to an original audiovisual database and allows them to:
Preview the AthenaWeb video portal and learn more about its collaborative backoffice application created by Denali — the specialist of model driven development. 
Return to Hogwarts for the thrilling Triwizard Tournament in “Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” Preview four clips, including a segment
of the making-of featurette, and bring home the magic on DVD.
The DVD also includes more making-of featurettes, interviews with the cast and behind-the-scenes looks at “Harry vs. the Horntail: The First Task,” “In Too Deep: The Second Task,” “The Maze: The Third Task,” “Meet the Champions,” “He Who Must Not Be Named” and “Preparing for the Yule Ball.” And at the iTunes Music Store, you can download the soundtrack to the movie, as well as the audiobook by J.K. Rowling. 
Dive In with IMAX 3D. Discover sea life in a whole new way.
“Deep Sea 3D,” a new underwater adventure, transports audiences deep below the ocean surface. Through the magic of IMAX and IMAX 3D, moviegoers will swim with some of the planet’s most rare, dangerous and colorful creatures, and start to understand this inspiring underworld. Watch the high-definition trailer now.
Aloha. Quatro International opens the doors of its custom surf board factory in
Haiku, Maui, to you.
The company wants to show all surfers and windsurfers around the globe how they develop, design and build some of the best boards on the planet. In the virtual tour you’ll see designers shaping, glassing, spraying and finishing the boards, take a spin around the facilities in cubic QuickTime VRs and a lot more. Mahalo, and enjoy your interactive tour of the surf board factory.
Captured in an intimate setting in front of an enthusiastic Swiss
audience, the “Live In Geneva” DVD features the Corrs backed by their
touring band on guitar, bass, drums and additional keyboards. They
perform all of their hits and more in a unique concert experience that
confirms their position as one of the world’s best-loved bands.
Watch the Corrs perform “Breathless” and “Runaway” from “Live in Geneva.” If you like what you hear, you can download hits from the Irish sibling-based band at the iTunes Music Store.
To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.
In this charming romantic comedy, a slacker (Matthew McConnaughy) who still lives with his parents is about about to have his life turned upside down. His desperate parents hire the gorgeous and talented girl of his dreams (Sarah Jessica Parker) to get him to move out of the house. Trouble is, will she fall for him while trying to get the job done? “Failure to Launch” opens in theaters today.
Did you watch the 78th Academy Awards last weekend and hear about some
movies for the first time? Or perhaps you missed the show entirely? The
Apple Movie Trailer Theater comes to the rescue with a complete line-up
of Academy Award nominees and the winners, complete with trailers and
links to available soundtracks and audiobooks on the iTunes Music Store.
Have fun watching the trailers and starting a wish list of movies you need to see.
HD EXPO promotes the adoption and growth of high-definition video. Get a
sense of who attends, speaks and exhibits HD EXPO.
Sample the HD technology on display at the HD EXPO floor. See future technology and how it is used today in the production community, as well as how these technologies impact the entertainment and broadcast communities. Watch as the world’s most talented cinematographers and HD experts give their tips, advice and industry trends.
If you want to add beautiful H.264 video to your products, QuickTime 7
is available for distribution for software developers, game developers
and multimedia producers whose titles require that the user have
QuickTime installed. See the QuickTime Software Distribution Agreement
for more details.
Also, a QuickTime 7 Site License agreement is available for businesses and universities who wish to install the QuickTime Player on machines owned or leased by their organization.
Fans can now download COMEDY CENTRAL’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning
series “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on the iTunes Music Store for
$1.99 per episode or can choose the new Multi-Pass feature to buy the
next month’s worth of 16 new episodes for just $9.99. With Multi-Pass,
you can download the most recent episodes immediately and future
episodes as they become available.
Download the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week — “Dynomite
(Going Postal)” by Chicago hip-hopper Rhymefest. Check back every
Tuesday for a new free download.Download iTunes 6 for Mac OS X or Windows. It’s free.  QuickTime 7 for Windows introduces a completely new COM/ActiveX control that is fully scriptable from Visual Basic, C#, JavaScript, C++ and other applications that can host COM objects. This means that it’s even easier for Windows programmers to build standalone Windows applications that use QuickTime without needing to master QuickTime’s C/C++ API. Learn more. |
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