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When you think “dance music,” do you think “disco”? Do you think “techno”? Gabriel & Dresden don’t. For this San Francisco-based duo, music driven by a dance groove needn’t sacrifice emotive melodies and meaning. Created on Macs, their music certainly makes you want to move, but it also gives you something more.

When you think “dance music,” do you think “disco”? Do you think “techno”? Gabriel & Dresden don’t. For this San Francisco-based duo, music driven by a dance groove needn’t sacrifice emotive melodies and meaning. Created on Macs, their music certainly makes you want to move, but it also gives you something more.

Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers, is now available for download. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife ’06 and iWork ’06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services.

Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers, is now available for download. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife ’06 and iWork ’06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services.

Is it a toy store for adults? A collectibles store for kids? A decidedly oddball design boutique? Or a potentially mainstream entertainment powerhouse? Like a handful of true business originals, postmodern toymaker Kidrobot made a name for itself not by safely burrowing into an established niche, but by following the peripatetic instincts of one individual.

Is it a toy store for adults? A collectibles store for kids? A decidedly oddball design boutique? Or a potentially mainstream entertainment powerhouse? Like a handful of true business originals, postmodern toymaker Kidrobot made a name for itself not by safely burrowing into an established niche, but by following the peripatetic instincts of one individual.

Eric Dahl writes for PC World, “Refinement: that’s what you get out of Apple’s latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the $349 iPod — the 80GB flagship of the revamped line — and found a music player that’s about as good as there is.”

Eric Dahl writes for PC World, “Refinement: that’s what you get out of Apple’s latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the $349 iPod — the 80GB flagship of the revamped line — and found a music player that’s about as good as there is.”

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. joined a growing list of computer makers recalling Sony Corp. batteries in the latest blow to consumer confidence in Sony’s reputation as a manufacturer.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd. IBM.N are recalling more than half a million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. Comments Off