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Macworld was asked, “Is there a way to have QuickTime 7 play in full screen without paying for the pro version?” Yes!

iTunes 7.0.2 adds support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle and addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1.

This is a 25.7MB update and you can get your copy via Software Update or a direct download

In a post to his blog, Adobe Senior Product Manager John Nack attempts to justify the company’s decision to make Soundbooth an Intel-based Mac-only product. “Here’s the reality: Apple’s migration to Intel chips means that it’s easier to develop for both Mac and Windows, because instead of splitting development resources optimizing for two different chip architectures, you can focus on just one. That’s all good, and it makes Mac development more attractive. Users benefit from having developers’ efforts go elsewhere (features, performance tuning, etc.), rather that into parallel, duplicate work. In the case of Soundbooth, the team could leverage Adobe’s expertise in building great audio tools for Intel chips (namely Audition) to bring the app to market faster and with a richer feature set. Now, if you were Adobe and had started developing a new application at exactly the time when Apple told you, ‘This other chip architecture is dead to us,’ would you rather put your efforts into developing for that platform, or would you focus elsewhere?’” More …

Apple has released Boot Camp 1.1.2. Among other things, this release is said to offer the following:

• Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers
• Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes
• Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk
• Support for built-in iSight cameras
• Support for built-in microphones

Boot Camp is still a beta and can be download here

If you are a .Mac member, you probably already know that Apple updated the .Mac webmail interface on Friday. The new interface is nearly identical to that of Mac OS X’s Mail application. One can choose a 2-pane or 3-pane interface with the latter including a preview pane.

The .Mac webmail one-ups Mail by including the beginning of every message in the subject line space. One can choose “Short” or “Long” message previews–the latter takes up two lines.

The .Mac webmail also contains an Address Book that can be sync’d with Mac OS X’s Address Book. More …

Erik Eckel covers the 10 things you should know about when connecting Macintosh OS X systems to Windows networks. Eric starts by saying “Thanks to improvements within Apple’s OS X operating system, admins face fewer headaches when they need to connect Macs to Windows networks. But there are still some issues to deal with, like enabling File Sharing and creating Windows user accounts on the Macs, configuring printer sharing, and working with File Services For Macintosh.” More …

You can create a PDF by printing the article and choosing “PDF” (if you have a Mac) in the print screen. The “PDF download” on the web page will take you to a “free subscription” page.

Mercury News reports “If a recent patent filing is any indication, Apple Computer may abandon the iconic wheel that has become virtually synonymous with its popular iPod music players. The company had previously explored replacing the click wheel with a virtual one as part of a touch-sensitive display. But now Apple appears to be looking at a third option: a touch-sensitive frame surrounding the display. Rather than click a physical button or press a virtual one on the screen, users would touch an area on the frame to operate their iPod.” More

Netcraft has discovered that the social networking site MySpace appears to have been compromised by phishers who have presented a spoof login form on the main site. This modified login form submits the victim’s username and password to a remote server hosted in France. More …

…, San Jose Mercury News asks? The author answers, “With company’s switch to Intel chips, it must finds ways to stay distinctive” Caparisons with Dell are constant now, and performance comparisons are truly helpful. More …

Is virus free not enough?

According to Beatnik Pad, processor-specific optimizations of Firefox 2 are now available. These are once again the creations of Neil Lee

G4-optimized Firefox 2.0
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G5-optimized Firefox 2.0
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Intel Mac-optimized Firefox 2.0
• w/ Firefoxy form widgets

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