Drums on Demand ships Vol. 2

Drums on Demand is now shipping Volume 2 of its drum samples collection in the Apple Loops format

Music festival to utilize iTunes shared playlists

This year's South by Southwest music festival, which takes place March 17 to 21 in Austin, Texas, will offer this year's music library free via iTunes' shared music playlist, reports Wired

NVIDIA graphics card firmware update released

Apple has posted NVIDIA FCode flasher 1.1, a firmware update for Mac OS X users (v10.2 or later) with an Apple Cinema HD Display and a Power Mac G4 with one of the following NVIDIA graphics cards: GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX TwinView, GeForce3, or GeForce4 MX...

Apple acknowledges Power Mac G5 noise

Apple confirmed this week that there was a noise issue with some of its dual-processor Power Mac G5s and said the issue has been fixed on new machines.

SubRosaSoft FlashRestore restores erased image files

SubRosaSoft.com has announced the immediate availability of FlashRestore version 1.0. FlashRestore has been designed to recover image files that have been deleted intentionally or accidentally from your digital camera's media. It is compatible with most Memory Sticks, SmartMedia, CompactFlash I & II, and SD/XD Cards.

FreeHand MX and FireWorks MX Updates

Macromedia has updated FreeHand MX to v11.0.2 and FireWorks MX to v7.0.2. Both updates focus on improving performance.

Ubisoft buys Shadowbane developer Wolfpack

Video and computer game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it has acquired Austin, Texas-based Wolfpack Studios. Wolfpack Studios is the developer behind Shadowbane, the massively multiplayer online game for Mac a

iDVD 4.0.1 update released

Apple has updated one of the core applications included as part of its iLife 04 suite, iDVD. The new version of iDVD, 4.0.1, is available for download through the Software Update system preference p

Paraglyph publishes 'Little Black Book' for Panther

Paraglyph publishes 'Little Black Book' for Panther

Paraglyph Press, which distributes its titles through fellow tech book publisher O'Reilly, recently announced the publication of Mac expert Gene Steinberg's "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Little Black Book." The latest edition of his "Little Black Book" details the more than 100 new features found in Panther and offers tips and tricks for getting the most out of the OS. It's aimed at both those who are upgrading to Mac OS X with Panther as well as seasoned users who want to learn about everything the new OS has to offer.