Arabic media channel Al Jazeera has been voted the world's fifth most influential brand in a poll of branding professionals that gave the top slot to U.S. iPod and computer icon Apple.In the survey of almost 2,000 ad executives, brand managers and academics by online magazine Brandchannel, Apple ousted search engine Google from last year's top spot, but the surprise to many will be Al Jazeera's entry into the top five.
"With all the news from Iraq and Afghanistan and the 'war on terror', a lot of people are really tuned into the news, and the major news sources have a western bias," Brandchannel Editor Robin Rusch said.
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iPod2PC enables you to copy MP3-songs from your lovely iPod back to a PC's harddisk. Transfer easily your music library to another PC to play them there or make a backup of your songs. Even if you use your iPod as a "transfer medium" and copy songs without iTunes to your iPod, or if your iTunes DB-file became corrupt or unreadable - it shows them to you because all information are read from the ID3-tags in a MP3-song.Features:

· install iPod2PC on your iPod, no need to install on every PC

· autoselect & autoscan iPod at programstart
· check all songs after scanning automatically, ready for a full backup · scans all ID3-versions (1.0, 1.1, 2.2.0, 2. ... more

As rumored, Apple released Mac OS X 10.3.7 today. It it available via Software Update. Standlone installers will also be available, for updating from Mac OS X 10.3.6 to 10.3.7 and for updating from Mac OS X 10.3.x to 10.3.7.The 10.3.7 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users.
Key enhancements include:
* improved AFP support for saving documents with long file names

* improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
* improved FireWire device compatibility * updated Preview application * improved compatibility for third party appli ... more

From tcmagazine:

"This is the first beta of the new MacOSX Transformation Pack for Windows by Danimator. With this program you can transform your Windows to MacOSX without having to install all kinds of other tools. This pack works only on Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Media Center 2004 with SP2! Please read the included readme files when you install this pack."Description:

- For Windows XP Professional WITH SP2 ONLY!
- And Windows Media Center Edition 2004 SP2! - Modded system files - Trillian iChat and iChatAV Skins - Tiger, Panther and Jaguar Windowblinds skins. - Aquadock skin - Windvd skin - Cursors - Sounds ... more

Today Apple has released an updated version of its iTunes program intended to fix bugs encountered by some Windows users. The new build is version 4.1.1.54.



As previously reported, some Windows users were reporting bugs with the software, including a problem that caused some Windows 2000 Professional machines to crash after installing the iTunes software.
Whats new : -Addresses an isolated incompatibility with Windows 2000 and older third-party CD burning software, as well as problems caused by corrupt MP3 files on some users' PCs Download : ... more

iTunes 4 is the best software jukebox in the world, with a great music store inside. With it, you can create your own personal digital music library to manage and listen to your music collection, all with drag-and-drop simplicity.iTunes encodes high-quality MP3s as well as pristine AAC, all in a free application. If you don’t like getting charged a subscription fee or paying for additional features like fast CD burning, your digital music experience is about to get a whole lot better.



iTunes 4.1 is available for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows 2000
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DivX is a package that includes all the DivX codec, player, utilities, and documentation that you need to play DivX files. DivX codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec can reduce an MPEG-2 video (DVD format) to ten percent of its original size. DivX is a digital video compression technology based on the ISO MPEG-4 standard.
Changes in Current Version:

DivX AVI Importer now handles the importing of DivX AVIs with MP3/IMA ADPCM/AC3
audio
Problem with DivX Player and AVI playback compatibility Problem with audio encoding from a DV audio source in iMovie Problem that caused Camino to crash on startup Problem that caused some DivX ... more

Power Mac G5
Based on the 64-bit PowerPC 970 processor from IBM, the G5 desktop features a 1 GHz front-side bus and supports up to 8GB of memory. The new systems utilize 400 MHz 128-bit DDR SDRAM, PCI-X, AGP 8X Pro graphics and dual Serial ATA hard drive interfaces. Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Monday at WWDC 2003 in San Francisco, ushering in a new era of 64-bit desktop computing. Jobs offered developers a first look at Apple's upcoming release of Mac OS X version 10.3, code-named "Panther" and put to rest a myriad of rumors and speculation with the introduction of the Power Mac G5.



"The 64-bit revolution has begun and the personal computer will never be the same again, ... more

QuickTime 6 is Apple's cutting-edge digital media software for both Mac and Windows-based computers delivers unparalleled quality for creating, playing and streaming audio and video content over the Internet. Besides playing MPEG-4 and MP3 content, it supports timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. It also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, it supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. It also features built-in support for digital video, including the DV camcorder formats, as well as support for AVI, AVR, MPEG-1, H.263, and OpenDML.Download : ... more