Year: 2001

A new version of iDVD has been announced today, but it’s not from Apple. RAVISNET has taken the wraps off its own iDVD, which it describes as “a suite of software solutions [that] enable PC users in real-time to capture, encode, edit, author, and burn home video on recordable CD or DVD drives.” The iDVD suite includes RAVISENT’s CinePlayer DVD 4.0 and MedioStream’s neoDVDstandard 2.0. The software will sell for about US$150.

UK reseller MacLine, which earlier this week entered into receivership, has been acquired by Cancom, according to Macworld UK. MacLine is “up and running” again, following the deal. Earlier this year, Cancom acquired MyGate, another major UK reseller. “Our goal is to become the number one Apple Reseller in the U.K.—in both size and quality of service. Our parent company in Germany, Cancom AG, has already achieved that in Germany,” Cancom’s managing director Max Write told the publication.

MacMinute has learned that Microsoft is readying for release the final version of Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. Sources confirm the Carbonized product has gone ‘Golden Master’ with version 7.1.01.0261 and that, except for an Aqua look-and-feel, no significant new features are included over its Classic counterpart. Microsoft announced back in July that it was working on a Mac OS X version of the product, but wouldn’t speculate when it would be released. Sources believe the new Media Player could be announced within the next few weeks.