iLife '06 BETT, Zune error

In brief: Apple's iLife '06 software has been nominated for a BETT Award, the world's largest and most successful technology in education show taking place at Olympia, London from January 10-13th.... One user managed to purchase Microsoft's Zune player ahead of the launch date, only to encounter an installation error when trying to make the device work for the first time.... Llamapod Design is including a special surprise with every Llamapod shipment from now until the end of the year, announced that unless the company receives orders soon it won't order more stock, and launched a contest offering the first five people to send in photos of their Llamapod cases in use every other case made by the company.... Actual Technologies has released Actual ODBC Pack 2.5, a suite of ODBC drivers for connecting to Access, Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server databases.... Tricky Software is celebrating its first game -- Armado -- as well as the addition of the game trailer to Apple's website with an iPod contest.... Macessity has announced a new Power Grip Bracket ($6) for Apple's Mac mini, allowing users to mount the oversized power brick under a desk with built-in coil tabs to wrap up excess cabling.

by MacNN Staff