A new version of HandBrake - the free, open-source DVD to MPEG converter - is now available.
HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many changes, including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware.
Download it now.
Features for Apple fans:

Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV [...]

There’s a lot of misinformation going around the Internet as a result of a report in the Washington Post that suggests that the RIAA is suing people for ripping music for personal use:
In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings [...]

AnyDVD has been updated to handle the latest updates to Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the DRM standard used to limit how next-generation DVDs can be used. Many upcoming HD DVD & Blu-ray DVD releases will use the latest revisions to AACS.
AnyDVD is designed to help users rip protected DVDs into unprotected formats so that [...]

Makayama Interactive has released version 3.0 of iPod Media Studio, an application that streamlines copying video or DVDs to iPods.
The upgraded software supports new video formats, such as Youtube content and subtitles are rendered much faster then before. Windows Media files (wmv and dvr-ms) and Flash video, such as Youtube content, may now be converted.
The [...]