Briefly: drive review; new Keynote theme

In brief: MacNN has reviewed the Apricorn 60GB Aegis Mini Ultra USB Portable HDD ($190, shown at right), a portable hard drive that is compatible with Apple G3 or newer systems that requires only a free USB port and 32MB of memory; the device requires no external power supply, and comes with an integrated 4- to 5-foot USB cable.... Divine Fiat has released its "Red Stripe" Keynote theme in other colors due to popular demand; the company is offering its Stripes Redux theme set which includes Green Stripe and Blue Stripe (below).... The cost of an album at Apple's iTunes Music Store is likely determining the overall cost of physical CDs, according to an anonymous industry contact; the benchmark $10 price for an album through iTunes is has forced major record labels to heavily discount their higher-profile releases to compete.

Other World Computing (OWC) today reduced pricing on its Mercury On-The-Go SATA HD FireWire 800/400 _ USB 2.0 line of portable hard drives, offering models for as low as $160.... Google executive Rich Godwin has announced that all new commercials which air during Super Bowl XLI this Sunday will be hosted on YouTube after the game ends.... Imagine Products today released an update to its P2 viewer application for Mac users, adding new features for MXF video file repairs as well as searching native P2 media files and printing.

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