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QuickTime News
April 8, 2005
Volume 7, Issue 7
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In This Issue
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1. Roam Around the World
2. Tracks to Watch
3. QuickTime Showcase
4. Movie Trailers
5. DVD Spotlight
6. Get Creative
7. What's On?
8. The Buzz on H.264
9. iTunes Corner
10. Hot Tips
Read today's issue of QuickTime News online at:
http://www.apple.com/enews/currentqissue
1. Roam Around the World
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During the equinox from March 17 to March 20, more than 250 photographers,
mostly
strangers to each other, collaborated on an international photography
project. Working in 44 countries and spread out on six continents, they each
photographed and prepared a QuickTime VR panorama.
Participating photographers interpretated of the theme of "marketplace"
in different ways--capturing everything from actual local farmers'
markets to abstract concepts of marketplaces of ideas, such as the
"Marketplace of Ideas" at Istituto Europeo de Design in Milan.
The collection of QuickTime VRs kicks off the second year of quarterly
panoramic photography sessions for the World Wide Panorama project,
sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility at the University of
California, Berkeley.
The QuickTime VRs show amazing imagination and variety. Check them out
now.
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp.html
2. Tracks to Watch
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A Morrissey performance is more than a show; it's a live experience.
You're invited to immerse yourself in it by listening to his new live
CD, "Live at Earls Court," and watching a performance of "There Is a
Light That Never Goes Out" from the new DVD "Who Put the 'M' in
Manchester?"
Go to the iTunes Music Store and you'll find "Live at Earls Court," as
well as a bunch of other Morrissey albums, ready for download.
http://www.morrisseymusic.com/quicktime
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=383968
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Ben Folds will release the highly-anticipated new album, "Songs For
Silverman," on April 26. Classic Ben Folds, the first single, "Landed,"
shines with tasteful and dynamic instrumentation coupled with evocative,
well chosen lyrics.
Watch the exclusive live video now. If you like "Landed," you can
download the single at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.benfolds.com
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=463277
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Bad boy Billy Idol is hanging out in the Devil's playground. His first
new music in more than 10 years, "Devil's Playground" feels like a
journey through the musical mind, influences and taste of this original
punk rocker.
Spike your hair and prepare for the pleasure of hearing all 13 tracks
from the album, available at the iTunes Music Store.
http://billyidoltarget.com/quicktime/QTindex.html
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=550949
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R&B/Pop recording artist and actress Brandy rose to superstardom in the
'90s, when she was just in her teens. "The Best of Brandy" brings
together 16 tracks from her top-selling albums, including hit songs "The
Boy Is Mine," "Top of the World," "I Wanna Be Down," "Baby," "Almost
Doesn't Count," "Have You Ever?" and more.
Listen to the entire album now. For more music from Brandy, look no
further than the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/74647_PartyPlayer.lasso
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=17416
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"Our house is a very, very fine house, with two cats in the yard. Life
used to be so hard, now everything is easy 'cause of you."
Crosby, Stills & Nash just released their first "Greatest Hits" album,
featuring 19 tracks spanning 1969-1994, including "Suite: Judy Blue
Eyes," "Teach Your Children," "Southern Cross" and "Our House." Kick
back, relax, rub some mud on yourself and envision Woodstock as you
listen to the album.
Visit the iTunes Music Store to buy this album and more classics from
CSN.
http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/76537_PartyPlayer.lasso
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=1008844
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If "Southern Pop" existed as a musical genre, the hard-touring,
Tennessee-based band Ingram Hill would own it. Lead singer Justin Moore
calls the band's music "pop rock with a Southern twist."
Check out Ingram Hill's video for the single "Almost Perfect." Discover
more music from the group's new album, "June's Picture Show," at the
iTunes Music Store.
http://www.ingramhillmusic.com/site2003/video.html
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=5308452
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"Disconnection Notice," Goldfinger's fifth full-length album, is a major
departure from the group's past and a big step toward something great
and new. It's mature, it's power-pop, it's subtle and it's a lot of
things you wouldn't expect from one of the most influential punk bands
of the past decade.
Watch the California band's new video, "Wasted," and preview more music
from "Disconnect Notice" at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.maverick.com/goldfinger/quicktime/
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=2089079
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O'2L defies musical boundaries. A brilliant collaboration between
keyboardist Jane Mangini and guitarist Al Pitrelli, O'2L blends rock,
jazz and chill music in "Doyle's Brunch," the follow-up to the duo's
self-titled debut album.
Listen to the album in its entirety. To purchase "Doyle's Brunch," visit the
iTunes Music Store.
http://www.jazzonline.com/showhot.asp?id=293
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=3701565
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The five Britpop-obsessed oddballs of Kaiser Chiefs have gatecrashed the
UK singles charts, laid waste to huge crowds as far away as Moscow,
played triumphant support slots with Franz Ferdinand, made waves at US
radio and signed to Universal Records. Find out what the band is all
about in the "I Predict a Riot" video.
Keep an eye out for the Kaiser Chiefs on the European U2 tour this
summer. In the meantime, get your Kaiser Chiefs-fix at the iTunes Music
Store.
http://www.kaiserchiefs.net
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=39362944
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The Mars Volta found inspiration for its new album, "Frances The Mute,"
from a diary found by late bandmate Jeremy Ward. Singer/lyricist
Bixler-Zavala said, "The diary told of the author being adopted and
looking for his real parents. The names of each song are named after
people in the diary. Each person he meets sort of points him in the
direction of his biological parents."
Watch the video for the soul-wrenching single "The Widow" and preview
the band's new album, which you can buy, along with earlier albums from
the Mars Volta, at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.universalrecords.com/quicktime/themarsvolta
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=1645800
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Ever seen a robot rock? Let Daft Punk show you what robots can do in the
guitar-drenched video for "Robot Rock" from the group's latest album,
"Human After All."
You can hear more tracks from "Human After All" and earlier Daft Punk
hits, such as "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and "One More Time," at
the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunch.asp?vidref=daft003
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=5468295
3. QuickTime Showcase
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Enlight Software's "X2: The Threat" is the ultimate test of combat,
tactical, navigational and entrepreneurial skills. In this space
simulation of breathtaking depth and scope, you must take on the role of
a pilot indigenous to the X-Universe.
Trade your way to mogul status. Fight for your life and increase your
notoriety amongst your peers. Build your empire as you see fit. Think
before you let your fleet roam--your next move could be your last.
Enjoy the "X2: The Threat" game trailer.
http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/x2thethreat/
4. Movie Trailers
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Ever dated someone extremely passionate about a hobby or sports team?
Welcome to the world of Lindsay Meeks (Drew Barrymore), who after
tossing many bad fishes back into the sea finally snagged a keeper named
Ben Rightman (Jimmy Fallon).
Well, that's until baseball season starts and Lindsay must face the
reality that her boyfriend has another love. Well, actually a whole team
of them: the Boston Red Sox.
Can Lindsay win back her man and break his obsession with the team? Grab
a hot date for this romantic comedy. "Fever Pitch" opens in theaters
today.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fever_pitch/
5. DVD Spotlight
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Catch the latest wave in Asian filmmaking. Palm Pictures presents four
new DVDs from Japan and China--including "Last Life in the Universe," a
hauntingly poetic tale of converging fates directed by Pen-Ek
Ratanaruang; "Dolls," a movie by Takeshi Kitano about a woman driven mad
by the desertion of her fianc�; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future," a
story about two young men stuck in dead-end jobs at a Tokyo factory; and
"Purple Butterfly," a tour de force starring Zhang Ziyi ("House of
Flying Daggers," "Hero") about a 1930's underground resistance group
fighting against Japanese aggression.
Watch the trailers for each of these films.
http://www.palmpictures.com/palmasia/index_qt.htm
6. Get Creative
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Are you looking for some time-saving utilities for authoring QuickTime media?
Then look no further than Qtilities, home to applications such as QT Playlist
Maker 2.1, QT Tag Convert, Widgetmeister 1.5, QTRM Maker and the
newly-released QT Pointer Maker.
You'll appreciate QT Pointer Maker 1.0 as "a batch processing tool to create
QuickTime reference movies that point you to your RTSP streams or other
referenced content." Pretty hot.
See what Qtilities has to offer you.
http://www.qtilities.com/
7. What's On?
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Kicking off its fourth year, the radio program the Gamesome Mac provides
listeners with gaming news, reviews, commentary and interviews from many
of the most influential figures in the world of Mac and PC gaming.
Previous guests include Glenda Adams of Aspyr Media, Brian Greenstone of
Pangea Software, Graeme Devine of id Software, Ryan Gordon of Epic
Games, Jeff Tunnell of GarageGames, Peter Tamte of Destineer/MacSoft
and many others, plus composers Alex Dimitrijevic, Marty O�Donnell and
Andrew Tokuda.
You can catch the Gamesome Mac live broadcasts on Mondays from 6-8 p.m.
PDT and Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. PDT, but you can always find archived
broadcasts online.
http://www.macradio.com/monday/
8. The Buzz on H.264
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Apple and several leading companies co-founded the Internet Streaming
Media Alliance (ISMA) to accelerate the adoption and deployment of open
standards for streaming rich media content, such as video, audio and
associated data, over Internet protocols.
More than thirty of the largest companies in video and media are
collaborating to make sure their products and services work together to
provide a wealth of solutions based on standards, including H.264--the
amazing new video standard that you will see in QuickTime 7.
Check out the ISMA website. And don't miss QuickTime 7 in action at NAB
2005 in the Apple booth (SL1902) and as part of the ISMA
Interoperability demo at the AVC Alliance booth (SL4101).
http://www.isma.tv/
http://www.nabshow.com/
9. iTunes Corner
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Did you know that the iTunes Music Store is home to more than 9,000
audiobooks? Enjoy nail-biting suspense, action-packed thrillers,
gripping mysteries, side-splitting comedies, self-help books,
newspapers, public radio programs, language tutorials and more.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.app.store.DirectAction/viewGenre?id=50000024
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Download the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week--"One Evening"
by indie-rock veteran Leslie Fiest. Check back every Tuesday for a new
free download.
If you haven't already, download the new version of iTunes (v4.7.1) for
Mac and Windows. It's free.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=54889247
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/
10. Hot Tips
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One of the best things about moving from a film to digital camera is
never running out of film or having to reload. Instead you may find
yourself quickly filling up expensive memory cards. Well, forget about
dragging around a laptop on vacation or to other photography excursions.
Apple just released an inexpensive new solution to transfer your photos
and QuickTime movies directly from your USB digital camera to your iPod
photo, which can hold up to 25,000 photos. It's called the iPod Camera
Connector.
After you transfer the photos to your iPod photo using the connector,
you can view them in a slideshow with music on the brilliant
65,536-color display. (More fun than those delicate memory cards, don't
you think?)
When you get home, you can upload your photos from your iPod photo to
your computer using iPhoto on a Mac, Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe
Album on a Windows PC.
Purchase this fabulous gadget for only $29. Learn more.
http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9861G/A
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We hope you enjoyed reading this issue of QuickTime News. Look for your
next issue on April 22.
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