DoubleTwist, the longtime project of the infamous Jon “DVD Jon” Lech Johansen, is finally available for download for Mac users.DoubleTwist doubles (sorry for the pun) as an online service and an offline desktop application that can access, convert and transfer most media you throw at it. Plug in a supported device and the program will convert the file for that device and sync it automatically. You can also one-click upload to video and photo sharing sites such as YouTube, Flickr and Facebook.

Users can share and stream videos with other doubleTwist users and videos can be streamed from the service’s own Web site or right from inside the app.

There is no support for DRM-restricted files, and no way to strip the DRM but fortunately most labels and online stores are selling their music without DRM these days.

Source from Afterdawn.com.

Fujitsu has announced that they have inked a deal to transfer their HDD business to Toshiba, helping to soften the blow of a potential $112 million USD loss in the division for the fiscal year.
Fujitsu will spin off the division into a separate company which will then be purchased in full by Toshiba.
Although the agreement is already set, the actual deal will not occur until April at the earliest as Toshiba wants to have the deal happen in their Q1 fiscal 2009.

The deal should give Toshiba a stronger push into the smaller HDD market, including those for HDD-based media players and those found in laptops. The company also noted it will use the opportunity to “branch out” into solid-state drives and “other business-class storage.”

Source from Afterdawn.com.