Year: 2001

The San Jose Mercury News has published an article that discusses the Megahertz Myth, with focus on AMD and Apple.

Totally Hip Software today released HipFlics 1.1, which it bills as the most economical video compression tool supporting all QuickTime 5 codecs for Mac OS and Mac OS X. HipFlics sports a drag and drop interface, timeline based control, cropping, watermarking, and filters. Version 1.1 adds support for VP3, the open source codec from On2, as well as the Sorenson Video 3 codec. HipFlics is available for US$99.95; a demo is also available.

Apple today announced the availability of iDVD 2, which quietly started shipping yesterday. iDVD users can upgrade to iDVD 2 for US$19.95, which includes a DVD installer with more than a gigabyte of new themes. iDVD 2 requires Mac OS X.

Panic has released Audion 2.6.1, a maintenance update to its MP3 player/encoder that fixes several bugs, includes the latest LAME and Fraunhofer encoders, and improved performance under Mac OS X. The company also said it is looking into adding support for the iPod.

PC shipments in Japan are expected to drop 12 percent during the current business year, which ends March 2002, according to the Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). JEITA had originally forecast 12 percent growth for the year, saying they believed PCs would be immune to the downturn in economic conditions.