Michael Castellon

Osman Ratib, professor and chief of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Geneva, has co-created a computer software program called Osirix. It enables medical professionals to view medical images on their iPods, saving them and the hospitals they work for thousands of dollars in expensive equipment. (more)

Mozilla Corp. has had to delay the first release candidate of Firefox 1.5 by a few days to smash some late-appearing bugs, a company employee announced late Monday. (more) michael castellon

From Red Herring: Consumers angry about what they say is the iPod nano screen’s tendency to scratch easily have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Computer, saying they want their money back plus a share of the company’s profits on the music player’s sales. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern…

From the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required): Stanford University unveiled an arrangement with Apple Computer on Thursday that makes hundreds of Stanford podcasts available free to anyone through the company’s popular iTunes Music Store. The podcasts include lectures by the university’s professors, music from its students, and play-by-play descriptions of its football games. Though…

From Newsfactor: The Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser has reached 100 million downloads only five months after hitting the 50 million mark and just a few weeks prior to the one-year anniversary of its formal release. While the browser has seen download rates spike over the past year, the adoption of the browser mainly has been…

Before you dash to your nearest Apple Store, consider these facts about the fifth-generation video-capable iPod: The black model’s face is made of the same polycarbonate as the iPod nano, making it obscenely susceptible to scratches. To say that the black model is a scratch magnet is an understatement. This model does not come with…

Apple has released a released a TV ad that showcases the newly released iPod video. You can read more about it here, and here. From the press release: The new iPod combines all of the ground breaking features that have made the iPod the best music player in the world with revolutionary new features such…