Briefly: MacNN review; MacLive events

In brief: MacNN has reviewed the Griffin EarThumps ($20, shown at right), a set of headphones designed for portable music players.... MacLive today announced two special events for attendees of the three-day conference to be held May 11-13th in New York.... MacDeveloper.net has launched a subscription service for software developers coupled with a free service for businesses or individuals looking to outsource projects to a pool of Mac developers.... Following the massive success of the Discreet Inferno visual effects system on Linux in Japan, Autodesk is planning to offer Discreet on Linux worldwide.... Some avid Mac users have discovered that Apple reportedly underclocks the MacBook Pro Radeon X1600 card to conserve battery life, running with 34 percent less core clock speed and 41 percent less memory clock speed.

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