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Friday, May 11, 2007 6:00pm
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In brief: MacNN has reviewed Music Man from Mireth Technology, and Inside Mac Radio hosts are holding a free photo walk through San Francisco at the World Wide Developers Conference. MacJams.com in conjunction with BeatHive have released a free 40MB collection of Apple Loops, and a mock video has surfaced of a fictional Microsoft branded "oPhone." MacNN has reviewed Mireth Technology's Music Man ($30 boxed, $20 for download) audio software for organizing, ripping, converting, burning, and playing MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF, and MIDI files. Music Man features a simple tabbed interface that lets users prepare to burn discs, play media, and more.

"oPhone" mock Microsoft ad A mock video has surfaced on YouTube advertising a fictional "oPhone" presumably produced by Microsoft. The phone is shown as a strange triple-layered device that is difficult to use. The video also appears to interview the developers of the phone, revealing distorted engineering views and ironic statements from a would-be software developer.

Free Apple Loops, San Francisco photo walk Inside Mac radio hosts Scott Sheppard and Brad Write are preparing to lead a free photo walk through the city of San Francisco, allowing attendees to take photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset, as well as Alcatraz Island and other attractions; The walk will start at the Moscone Center where Apple is scheduled to hold its World Wide Developers Conference at 4:00 p.m. on June 11th.... MacJams and BeatHive have released a free 40MB collection of Apple Loops from BeatHive's recently announced "Best of BeatHive" DVD with more than 1,200 loops from community producers.