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New & Noteworthy: Herbie Hancock Interview; Apple

New & Noteworthy: Herbie Hancock Interview; Apple

CNET staff
Invokes DMCA; Newton Revival

Herbie Hancock interview Apple has posted an interview with music legend, and long-time Mac user Herbie Hancock. An excerpt: "In this interview, the Grammy and Emmy-winning musician, singer, songwriter and producer explains how he caught the bug for technology, how Macs and virtual instruments have taken over his studio, how mixing in surround has enhanced the live tour experience and how he feels technology can be used to take the world to a higher level." More.

Apple invokes DMCA In a spat with reseller Other World Computing, Apple Computer has invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives. CNET reports the issue centered around Other World Computing's distribution a product called DVD Enabler with its external Mercury Pro DVD-R/RW FireWire drive. DVD Enabler modified iDVD so the application would save completed DVDs to a FireWire-connected drive. More.

Newton Revival Wired News has a profile of one user who switched from a Handspring PDA to a Newton, and found the features to be leaps and bounds above any other device currently on the market: "In January, Jonathan Wise's Handspring Visor organizer died, so he decided to get a different handheld. After shopping around, he found a machine that did it all: Web, e-mail, calendar and address book, but it could also recognize ordinary, cursive handwriting that wasn't as awkward as graffiti. It was a Newton." More.