If anyone's curious, DVD Jon points out that the root USB Node is still identified as "Pre, " so we very likely could see another round of these shenanigans in the not-too-distant future.

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He's become known as DVD Jon.

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Of course, iTunes video is still wrapped in DRM, so we'll see if DVD Jon has any tricks left up his sleeve to make it play nice with non-Apple devices, but for a first shot out of the gate it looks like extremely promising -- too bad it's Mac-only for now.

ENGADGET: DVD Jon's DoubleTwist device-management software enters public beta

It's been nearly a year since DVD Jon made some noise about doubleTwist by promising to "liberate" iTunes purchases from their DRM, and while that's no longer particularly relevant in light of Apple's decision to go DRM-free, we're actually really digging this newly refocused public beta of the doubleTwist app, which promises to seamlessly manage all your devices from a single interface.

ENGADGET: DVD Jon's DoubleTwist device-management software enters public beta

"We wanted the best presentation of any film in the history of the Blu-ray and DVD formats, " said AVATAR producer Jon Landau.

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