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from ilounge.com

Apple has released iPod Reset Utility 1.0.4 for Windows, the latest version of its iPod shuffle utility. The software can be used to restore both first- and second-generation iPod shuffle models back to factory settings when iTunes is unable to do so.

from ipodhacks.com

Apple has released a small update to iTunes, version 7.3.2 for Mac OS X and Windows.

from ipodhacks.com

Purple Ghost Software has released TuneJack 2.4 for Windows. TuneJack is an easy to use utility to recover songs off your iPod. Simply start up TuneJack and wait for it to tell you to connect your iPod, connect your iPod,

from download.com

iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalog, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs.

from ilounge.com

In an interview with iLounge [this morning], Apple Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak disclosed that the company has discovered and taken steps to fight a Windows virus found on a small number of enhanced, fifth-generation iPods sold since September 12, 2006.

from taylorhayward.com

Here's a little known tip for Windows iTunes users that may make controlling your music a little easier. This 3-step process allows you to minimize the iTunes window all the way down into your Windows desktop's bottom application bar.

From iLounge

Apple could once again tap Synaptics to provide the touch-sensor components for the iPod’s click wheel. Cowen and Company said Synaptics will likely receive a “meaningful but minority role” as a supplier to Apple as early as the first quarter of 2007.

In his latest Wired News column, Eliot Van Buskirk says that Microsoft’s Zune player is doomed. “Prior to Friday’s announcement, some were calling the new device the ‘mPod’ (Microsoft + iPod) killer.

From iLounge 

Avanquest Software has announced the release of iGadget , new software which the company calls the “ultimate tool and companion for your iPod.” The $30 software allows users to move iPod music files and playlists to and from any PC, as well as download Outlook e-mails, contacts and appointments, RSS news feeds, Podcasts, driving directions, weather forecasts, horoscopes, movie showtimes and more to an iPod for on-the-go viewing. iGadget works with Windows 98/2000/XP and requires Outlook 2002/Office XP or later for Outlook integration. The company said the software is compatible with all iPod models in the marketplace.

Finally, iPod software that integrates your iPod into Windows the way it should have been, and then brings you tons of cool features you won't find anywhere else. All in a 1MB package. What could be more natural, simple, and powerful than accessing your iPod as a device in My Computer? Browse your iPod using Explorer folders, right-click menus, and drag and drop, it's all there, just like you expect it to be. The less energy you waste figuring out how to interface with your iPod, the more you can enjoy your music....and sharing your favorite fitLists, we might add.

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Interval runner Jeff Welch developed a script which creates an iTunes playlist in which songs stop and start at timed intervals so he knows when to switch from running to walking without checking his watch.

Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP. Read all about it.