Briefly: Apple VP nets $7m; DasBoot utility

In brief: Apple's senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson has exercised 130,000 shares of Apple stock which he purchased for $23.72 per share on February 2nd for $3,083,600. The executive sold the shares on the same day at prices between $84.36 and $84.50, netting Johnson a minimum of $10,966,800.... SubRosaSoft today released DasBoot, a freeware utility enabling Mac OS X users to turn an iPod into a Mac OS X diagnostic and maintenance tool. DasBoot uses any third-party boot CD to create a bootable diagnostic device that can contain custom utilities.... WCities has released a new application that that allows users to download its PodCityGuides directly to Apple's iPod portable players. The guides include hotel reviews, trendy restaurants, nightclubs, movie information, local events, concerts, weather information, news, and more.

Dosch Design today released Dosch 3D: Children & Teens, Fitness Equipment, Home Appliances, Interior Details, and Food & Groceries to serve as 3D models for designers. The company also released Buildings V2, Cars 2006, and Modern Furniture for Maxwell Render alongside a new bundle for Dosch Viz-Images.... MacTech Magazine today announced that it will release "Moving from Microsoft Office VBA to AppleScript: MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition" -- an extensive guide to help users make the migration from Microsoft Office VBA to scripting Office using AppleScript.

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