Briefly: Front Row glitch, SI Swimsuit

In Brief: Mac OS X 10.4.5, released yesterday, appears to have fixed the well-publicized video glitch with FrontRow software in Apple's Intel iMacs, according to ATR analyst Shaw Wu.... Sports Illustrated is offering eight SI Swimsuit videos on iTunes feature "a more in-depth showcase, including videos on invididual models.... Apple's dual-core iMac notebooks and MacBook Pro desktop PCs will hit store shelves in Taiwan between the end of this month and the middle of March and the new 1GB iPod nanos will be available this week for NT$5,300.... For the second consecutive year, Peachpit and the Pearson Technology Group are recognizing Scott Kelby, who published 11 titles in 2005, as the No. 1 computer book author in the U.S., according to research based on Nielsen BookScan data.... Readers note a new 'coming soon' sign for a new Apple store inside Toronto's Eaton Center shopping mall, the second store in Canada, which one reader speculates may open as early as June 1st.... Virgin Mobile is first European cellular operator to deliver live TV to its customers, a move that could impact the Apple's own move into the digital video world.

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