Year: 2002

XtremeMac today announced that it is now shipping the Get Connected iPod Audio Kit and the Ultimate iPod Bundle. The bundles offer iPod users several devices to enhance their iPod listening experience. The 6-Piece Get Connected iPod Audio Bundle enables connectivity to car stereos, home stereo systems, cassette players and computer speakers and includes three audio cables, a cassette adapter and a FireWire car charger.

Kevin Browne, the head of Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit, provided further details to MacUser on the comments he made a few days ago in a Wall Street Journal article (paid subscription required).

Feelorium today announced the release of Tatoo 1.2, the latest update to its QuickTime interactive movie editor. Version 1.2 adds a new special Slider button action and other feature enhancements. In addition, Feelorium has posted two tutorials on creating skinned QuickTime movies. Tatoo costs US$23.

A story by William Selway on Bloomberg.com this morning looks at the computer industry slump in general and Apple Computer in particular during these challenging economic times. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is quoted in the article as saying, “Not losing a lot of money is, unfortunately, a shining achievement in today’s PC market.” Apple is due to announce their quarterly financial results later today.

Smile Software has announced the release of Page Sender 1.2, an update to the company’s software that allows users to easily email or eFax a document from any application that supports the Print command. Version 1.2 offers Japanese localization, as well as a number of bug fixes and feature tweaks. Page Sender costs US$19.95; a 30-day demo is available.