iPods sworn off, podcast

In brief: One Apple blogger has vowed to swear off his iPods for one month after receiving negative feedback from a blog entry, and will instead use Microsoft's Zune player to see if he will become a Zune believer.... The creator of the Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast has announced its one-millionth download, and said the show is on track to reach its 100th episode just after January 1st of 2007.... Dover Studios has begun offering download editions of its visual effects training products covering topics such as modeling, rendering, and texturing in Autodesk Maya with free worldwide shipping on all DVD orders placed until December 19th.... The SCALE 5X 2007 Southern California Linux Expo has opened for registration with early bird pricing through January 24th; the Expo boasts more than 40 seminars and tutorials, with presentations from various industry experts.... GraphicCARE has released a short video tutorial on how to compile, install, and use myODBC drivers on an Intel-based Mac to fill the need in the absence of supplied binaries.... Ecma International has approved Office Open XML Formats as an Ecma standard, and has voted to submit the new standards to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for consideration as an ISO standard through the fast-track process.

by MacNN Staff