Following the industry's recent push into 3D, Roxio's latest Creator software bundle gives users the chance to convert their 2D photos and videos into 3D, as well as manage and edit 3D content.

Consumers can import files from 3D cameras and camcorders, edit the video, save it to a number of popular formats and finally burn it to DVD, or Blu-ray if you have the proper hardware.

If you have a large collection of 2D video and photos (like everyone does), you can convert it over to 3D using a few clicks.

Gizmodo reviewed that section of the software and had this to say: "The standard amateur 3D rules apply—things work best when you leave a good distance between you and your subject; when there's a well-defined foreground, midground, and background, etc.—but on some of the examples I saw, there was a decent 3D effect (on others it was less successful, but as always, practice makes perfect)."

Outside of the new 3D upgrades, Creator still allows for management, editing and sharing of a variety of file formats.

Roxio Creator 2011 is out now and sells for $100, while a Blu-ray enabled version sells for $120.

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Apple has sent out invites for a music-themed event on September 1st, leading many to speculate that the company will finally announce an updated iPod Touch, likely one with a camera.

Historically, Apple has announced updates for their iPod lineup and for the iTunes media store in September.

Furthermore, many believe Apple will announce a new generation Apple TV, one that uses flash memory instead of a HDD, an ARM processor, and relies more on the "cloud."

Apple is currently negotiating deals with CBS, Fox and Disney that would allow iTunes users to rent TV shows for 99 cents an episode. All appear close to signing off, at least for some of their programming.

While still speculation, it is believed Apple will add at least one camera to the updated iPod Touch, while updating the display to a higher resolution.

Apple declined to comment further on the event.

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Garmin has announced they are recalling 1.25 million GPS devices due to potential fire hazards from overheating batteries.

The navigation company was quick to tell investors that the recall would not hurt quarterly results.

Garmin had narrowed down the affected units to its Nuvi range, using third-party supplied batteries within a specified date code range. Each uses the same specific printed circuit board design.

The unnamed battery supplier agreed to split the costs of replacing the batteries.

Says one analyst: "I don't think it means much. Product recalls in the consumer electronic space are not unusual and recalls involving battery issues are fairly common."

Almost 800,000 of the recalled units were sold in the U.S., and Garmin says the battery has overheated in only 10 cases, with none causing injury.

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According to RIAA President Cary Sherman, the DMCA doesn't work for the content industry because it doesn't make service providers responsible for policing copyright infringement.

In statements made as part of a panel discussion at an event hosted by the Technology Policy Institute, Sherman said, "the DMCA isn't working for content people at all."

He went on to explain, "You basically cannot monitor all the infringements on the internet," later adding, "everybody has to do something about piracy."

This line of reasoning is nothing new for the RIAA, but it remains as flawed as ever. It requires that you accept a number of assumptions which simply don't hold up to any real scrutiny.

The most obvious is that there's any way to stop piracy. It's easy to say somebody has to do it, but there's no evidence anyone actually can.

According to the Sherman the solution is for everyone from ISPs on up to do get involved. But this creates some significant legal problems.

How does an ISP monitor the content of on their network without violating federal wiretapping law?

And that's without considering that figuring out whether fair use is involved requires human intervention, which would automatically disqualify the provider from DMCA safe harbor protection.

So if ISPs can't find infringement what about services like RapidShare? Sure they could use a filtering system like YouTube has implemented, but what's to stop people from switching to a new service with no such arrangement in place?

And who is going to pay for all these proposed changes?

Technology doesn't just appear out of the ether and start working. The RIAA 'plan' would require a never ending cycle of development, testing, implementation & troubleshooting. That means an equally never ending cost in man hours and hardware.

You won't find any offers from the labels to pay for it in their talking points, so apparently it's not just everybody's duty to lend a hand. It's also our responsibility to foot the bill.

Which leads to the most obvious question of all. What does the public get for a major overhaul of our legal system and significant financial investment?

It appears we get to help the RIAA pretend it's still 1998.

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