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Removing DRM from an iTunes Purchase Costs 30 Cents [Drm]Today

Any track bought prior to today from iTunes' store can upgrade to a 256-kbps, DRM-free version for 30 cents. Once in your library, it's also a right-click to convert to MP3. [via]

WattzOn Gets Geeky About Saving Energy (and Money) [Screenshot Tour]Today

Energy-use tracking site WattzOn isn't the only site to measures personal energy consumption, but it offers seriously slick charts and data to suggest ways you might save cash, and the environment while you're at it.

You don't have to sign up at WattzOn's site to get a readout and nifty/revealing numbers, but snagging and confirming an account lets you save your data for later comparison—with friends, WattzOn users, or estimated users around the world and historical use. Either way, arriving at the page shows a bunch of gray boxes at the top, which you'll click through to fill in.

Some categories—like "Government"—don't offer you too much input or customization other than educated guesses. Living in New York state, for example, is all I get to say about how many watts the government(s) spend on my person. But others let you get specific on how and why you live, such as the food tab:

The unique thing about WattzOn, for those who want to get really specific about reasonably paring down their life, is the "Stuff" tab. You'll make a series of average estimates about the things you own and the power they draw, but you can add a

Enigma Desktop Customization Update Now Available [Featured Windows Download]Today

Reader Kaelri—famous for the beautiful and functional Enigma desktop—has packaged and released version 1.1 of the customization files.

What's changed? Kaelri explains:

I've added:

• RSS reader.
• Gmail notifier.
• Calendar by ~limpet.
• System/battery graphics using ecqlipse 2 icons.
• Tray clock replacement.
• Quick-edit button for Notes.
• Application launcher. Useless to anyone with Launchy or StandaloneStack, but it's pretty, and way too much fun to play with. (You can see what it looks like in the deviantArt screenshot.)
• Assorted doodads and revisions.
• Fixed the Location bug plaguing Enigma and HUD.Vision.

The Enigma 1.1 ZIP archive includes config files for Samurize and Rainmeter, fonts, a Windows theme, and more. Unzip it to get the full installation instructions. Nice work, Kaelri! The Enigma 1.1 customization package is a free download for Windows only.

Enigma by ~Kaelri [deviantART via

Apple to Take on Google Docs with iWork.com [Iwork]Today

Apple's moving iWork onto the web with iWork.com, a web-based version of their desktop office suite which will offer "transparent integration" into the desktop app.

Sting, Sarah McLachlan Teach You How to Play Instruments in GarageBand '09 [ILife]Today

The new release of GarageBand '09 includes "Learn to Play"—piano and guitar lessons from artists like Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, and Sting, Gizmodo reports from their live-blog of the Macworld keynote.