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WALL•E + EVE hard drive icons posted at Iconfactory

wall e 20090113 201329 WALL•E + EVE hard drive icons posted at IconfactoryIconfactory artist, Louie Mantia, has submitted an icon set inspired by Pixar’s robots WALL•E + EVE. The set of 18 hard drive icons contrasts the industrial design of the sleek Apple-like EVE with the “industrial accident” look of the garbage bot WALL•E.

The icons are freeware so go download them and check them out. And if you find that you don’t like them, you can feel free to toss them into space.

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iTunes 7 released

Apple today released iTunes 7 which includes new album and Cover Flow views of music, TV shows and movies, enabling users to quickly find titles in their library as well as casually browse through and re-discover titles they already own. In addition, the iTunes Store is now offering over 75 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, that customers can purchase and download to watch on their computers and iPods, and soon on their flat screen televisions with Apple’s upcoming iTV (the project’s internal code name and will not be the final product name) player. Movies will become available on the iTunes Store the same day they are released on DVD, with new releases priced at USD$12.99 when pre-ordered and during their first week of availability, and USD$14.99 thereafter, and library titles available for just USD$9.99 every day.

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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan For Maya 1.0

61494772 31bd73ddb3 m Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan For Maya 1.0Pixar Animation Studios today announced the release of RenderMan for Maya, the studio’s next-generation 3D rendering plug-in. Now all Maya artists can enhance their productions with the functionality and prestige of Pixar’s Academy Award-winning RenderMan, the benchmark against which all other rendering solutions are measured.

RenderMan for Maya can be purchased directly from Pixar’s online store USD$995. Optional floating licenses are available on purchases of 5 or more copies at no additional charge.

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