iTunes Music Store Downloads Surpass 300 Million

Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 300 million songs from the iTunes Music Store. Additionally, the benefit single “Across the Universe,” available exclusively on the iTunes Music Store, debuted as number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart making it the most successful exclusive digital track ever in its first week of release.

“We’re honored to offer “Across the Universe” exclusively on the iTunes Music Store with all proceeds going to tsunami survivors and their families,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Applications.

The iTunes Music Store features more than one million songs and continues to add great music in all categories, including this week’s addition of classic live recordings from the Grateful Dead—the two-track “Dick's Picks” series and the multi-track “Vault” series —and an exclusive version of Jack Johnson's new album "In Between Dreams" which includes a digital booklet.

the itunes music store just keeps getting better and better. and if you're looking to download the latest version of itunes which is 4.71 you can download itunes here

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lost 1984 macintosh videos part 3, full video

here is the third and final series of the lost 1984 macintosh introduction videos. you can view the introduction by steve jobs, the original showing of the 1984 commercial, and 5 tv commercials. you may download the spots in parts, or the whole video click the video link to get the videos. this is a great piece of apple computer history.

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firefox 1.01 is out for the mac

mozilla today released a new update to the firefox web browser. this includes a number of security fixes, as well as better stability. from mozilla:

"Prior to installing Firefox 1.0.1, please ensure that the directory you've chosen to install into is clean and doesn't contain any previous Firefox installations.

Once you have downloaded the Firefox 1.0.1.dmg file, double click the Firefox Disk Image to open it in Finder, and then drag the Firefox application onto your hard disk. Drag the icon to your Dock if you want it to appear there."

check out the firefox for the mac link to download firefox 1.01, this is a great browser.

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new updates for apple's ipod photo

the 30 gig model is now just 349.00 and the 60 gig is now 449.00 (thats a nice price drop, thanks apple!) features:

-30 gig holds up to 7,500 songs
-60 gig holds up to 15,000 songs
-both will hold up to 25,000 digital photos

the new ipod photo will also support another new product apple announced today, the optional ipod camera connector. from apple:

"The new iPod Camera Connector is an optional accessory that enables customers to connect their digital camera to iPod photo and import their photos into the iPod. By simply connecting the iPod Camera Connector and a digital camera, customers can easily transfer digital images to their iPod photo, providing tremendous storage space so they can take more pictures. Imported photos are immediately viewable on iPod photo's crisp color screen, and can also be brought back to iPhoto® on the Mac or various photo applications on the PC. The iPod Camera Connector is expected to be available in late March for $29."

each ipod photo includes: earbuds, usb 2.0 cable, a usb power adaptor, and a cd with itunes 4.7.1 for mac or windows. and all models are availble now at the applestore

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apple offers new ipod mini

the new 2nd generation ipod mini starts at 199.00 for the 4 gig version and 249.00 for the 6 gig. features:

-up to 18 hours battery life
-usb charging
-four colors: blue, pink, green, and silver
-includes: earbuds, beltclip, usb 2.0 cable, and itunes 4.7.1

this is a nice little upgrade, and the price is even lower. now's the time to get one.
ipod mini is available now at the applestore

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free music sampler album from itunes

check out the new free music sampler from itunes (atlantic/lava edition) with 16 songs from artists such as: john butler trio, skindred, no address, unwritten law, moments in grace, toby lightman, and more.

you can download the entire album at the itunes music store

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itunes: how to copy music between authorized computers

want to safeguard those hundreds (or even thousands) of songs you've purchased from the itunes music store? well you can, by simply transferring a copy to another (authorized) computer, or burning a copy to media. from the knowlegebase:

"You can download a song once when you purchase it from the iTunes Music Store. If you want to listen to it on another computer, you can copy it from the computer you used to purchase the song, but you can't download it again. You are allowed to play each song on up to five authorized computers."

-copy to a cd or dvd
-save songs to your .mac idisk account
-send files to an external hard drive
-Turn on file sharing to copy files over a network
-transfer to iomega zip or jaz drive

please be sure to backup those songs you've purchased from itunes so that you never loose them. you can get an external hard drive now for just over 100 bucks. it makes sense to protect your songs from data loss. do it now.

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