Versatile VLC media software finally turns 1.0

The open-source media-playback software VLC has finally hit version 1.0, eight and half years after the project began.

Mac News Briefs: CalDigit ships 1TB RAID systemThe CalDigit VR mini was first announced in April; it supports RAID Level 0 and 1, or JBOD configurations and costs $699. Also, Layers, RealBasic, and VideoFlashConverter all saw updates on Tuesday.
Mac News Briefs: wineCellar 2.0 adds cloud support for mobile accessThe new version of Cadent Computing's wineCellar software adds Cadent Cloud for mobile access. Other programs updated include Typinator, Clipstart, and Dictate.

Change color of BBEdit and TextWrangler 'invisibles' characters Learn how to change the color of the special characters that BBEdit and TextWrangler use to display invisible characters, such as tabs and line breaks.
Bugs & Fixes: Fixes for iLife problems Ted Landau looks at solutions to a pair of potential problems Apple has identified with the iLife suite.
Use QuickTime Player to create a video wall You've seen video walls at trade shows and airports, perhaps -- those large banks of monitors showing single or multiple videos. Today's tip uses AppleScript to create a video wall showing multiple video clips on your own monitor
iMovie and the uncooperative camera You've just purchased a spiffy new HD camcorder yet iMovie ’09 refuses to see its footage. Here are hints for finding and importing it.
Bugs & Fixes: Elgato's support solves EyeTV problems Ted Landau finds a pair of instances where a brief search of Elgato's Web site helped find the answers to problems involving the company's EyeTV Hybrid product for watching live television on your Mac.

DVD copying case: Why you should care RealNetworks and the major movie studios are squaring off in court over an application that lets users back up commercial DVDs. Here's how the outcome could affect you.
No more getting started with iLife ’09 Rob Griffiths discovers that the Getting Started manuals aren’t included with iLife ’09 as they were with prior releases. So what options do you have to learn more about iLife ’09? Rob discusses some alternatives.
The video industry just doesn’t get it Rob Griffiths takes a look at the differences between music and video in the iTunes Store, and he’s not thrilled with what he sees on the video side of the fence.
Opinion: The $169 Mac Box Set and Apple's motives Perhaps lost among all the discussions about iLife ’09, iWork ’09, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Box Set may well be one of the best things to come out of the Macworld ’09 keynote.
Adobe’s CS4 message Jonathan Seff attended Adobe’s launch event for the massive Creative Suite 4 upgrade to get the company’s takeaway message for what to expect in the latest updates to its creative pro products. And you can watch that same event on the Web to decide for yourself.

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