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Skype 2.6 for Mac Beta Hits, Adds Call Transfer Feature

Skype has just announced a public beta of its 2.6 version for the Mac OS X platform. The new version, a 29.6 megabyte download, adds the following new features: -User reminders and notifications for events such as appointments. -Call Transfer feature to bounce a call over to current Skype contacts. -Public chats can now be […]

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Opera Browser Hits Version 9.2

On Wednesday, Opera Software released version 9.2 of its free web browser. The new version, an 11.2 megabyte download, incorporates new features such as Speed Dial (a means of accessing favorite web sites in newly opened ab windows, then clicking on a site thumbnail to open a web site) as well as integrated BitTorrent support, […]

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MGM and United Artists Join iTunes Store

MGM and United Artists movies have started appearing on Apple’s iTunes Store this evening. The new movies are listed amongst the New Releases (iTunes link) on iTunes. Popular MGM Titles include (iTunes links) Mad Max, Bulletproof Monk, Rocky, Pieces of April, The Thomas Crown Affair, Dances with Wolves, and Robocop. Meanwhile, only one United Artists […]

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SanDisk and Yahoo Team Up to Develop iPod Competitor

Storage technology firm SanDisk and online search giant Yahoo have released an iPod competitor in the form of SanDisk’s Sansa Connect music player. The Sansa Connect, priced at US$249.99, ships with a 2.2″ LCD screen, weighs 15.2 ounces and ships with an eight gigabyte Flash-based hard drive as well as a microSD memory card slot […]

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iTunes Store Begins to Supply HD News Podcasts for Apple TV

On Tuesday, news site Washingtonpost.com began offering high-definition podcasts formatted for download and viewing on HD TV sets as well as Apple’s newly released Apple TV device. These files, which are shot with high definition cameras and encoded at 720p and include documentary pieces such as Ben De La Cruz’s “Being a black man” series, […]