Year: 2001

Adobe Premier 6.01, a new beta version of the company’s professional video editing solution, is now available for download. The 6.01 updater contains a number of performance improvements and bug fixes, but you will need version 6.0 installed to use it. [614k]

In a press release issued yesterday, Advanced Technology and Systems Co., Ltd. (ADTX) out of Yokohama Japan announced that they have opened an office in Garden Grove, California to introduce their storage products to the United States. ADTX U.S. acquired many of its regional managers in the US from MicroNet Technology, which closed its doors in February of this year. The current Macintosh storage products include a line of RAID systems, mirrored drives, the FireWire Direct Recording Disk (DRD) and several products for the OEM market.

The Mac Show, an Internet-based live radio show focusing on all things Mac, has announced their guest lineup for tonight’s broadcast (9:00-11:00 pm ET). Tonight’s guests include Rob Scheschareg, VP IDG World Expo; Andy Ihnatko, reporting on the MacHack convention; and Chris Breen, with tips on Expo survival.

VersionTracker notes the release of Apple Authoring Support 1.1.2 on Apple’s servers. This update adds compatibility for the Que! Fire 16x10x40x drives which use the Teac or Plextor drive mechanism, the VST 8x Bus Powered FireWire CD-RW drives which use the Teac drive mechanism as well as the Logitec 12x10x32 LCW-P1210BF.

At PC Expo today, Panasonic announced that it has begun shipping the industry’s first DVD-RAM/R drive to OEM customers. The drive supports 2.6GB/5.2GB and 4.7GB/9.4GB DVD-RAM discs, as well as 4.7GB DVD-R media. The internal drive is expected to sell at retail for under $600, bringing DVD recording capabilities to a wider audience than the current “SuperDrive” DVD-R/CD-RW drives that sell for around $1000.