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Apple iTunes 4.8 is out

iTunes is a media player, written by Apple Computer, for playing and organizing digital music, video files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. The iTunes Music Store (also sometimes referred to simply as “iTunes” or “iTMS”) is the component of iTunes through which users can purchase digital music files from within iTunes.

iTunes can currently encode to MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4 AAC, and Apple Lossless, and can play anything QuickTime can play (even video formats, as long as they have audio), including Protected AAC files from the iTunes Music Store, plus Audible.com audio books. It can be extended to play other formats such as the free Ogg Vorbis audio format through the addition of QuickTime components.

iTunes can automatically synchronize its music library with an iPod or other supported digital music player every time it is connected. New songs and playlists are automatically copied to the iPod and songs which have been deleted from the library on the computer are also deleted from the iPod. Ratings awarded to songs on the iPod will sync back to the iTunes library and audiobooks will remember the current playback position.

The company has just updated the software to the version 4.8. The requirement for the Windows Platform is:

Windows XP or 2000
500 MHz Pentium class processor or better
QuickTime 6.5.2 (included)
128MB MB RAM minimum/256 RAM recommended
Latest Windows service packs recommended
Supported CD-RW drive to burn CDs, video display card, soundcard
DSL, cable modem, or LAN-based high-speed Internet connection recommended for buying and streaming music

For Macintosh:

Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later; Mac OS X v10.3 required for AirPort Express
400MHz G3 processor or better
QuickTime 6.2 required to encode AAC
QuickTime 6.5.2 and latest iLife updates required to use purchased music in iLife ‘04
256MB RAM recommended
DSL, cable modem, or LAN-based high-speed Internet connection recommended for buying and streaming music

Relevant links: Apple iTunes Website | Apple iTunes 4.8 for Windows | Apple iTunes 4.8 for Mac