Briefly: iPod sales; Graphisoft; eBook

In brief: Goldman Sachs today warned that shipments for iPods may drop at least one million units in the first half of 2006, even as American Technology Research suggested that iPod sales may be higher than expected, possibly reaching 8.8 million units for the quarter.... Graphisoft is sponsoring a new seminar series focused on sustainable design using the "virtual building" technology in its ArchiCAD BIM application.... The Take Control series has added "Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac" ($10) by Joe Kissell, an eBook written as a guide for maintaining a Mac.... Disney is planning to hold its first annual gathering under the leadership of CEO Robert Iger at its own Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, CA.... XFX Graphics has signed a licensing agreement to develop and deploy a range of NVIDIA GeForce-based Shader Model 3.0 graphics accelerators to upgrade Apple G4 Macs.

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