Year: 2002

Apple UK has seen a 21.2 percent year-over-year growth in sales, according to a new report from IDC, as noted by MacUser UK. The growth, which is attributed in part to new retail partnerships, has boosted Apple’s UK market share from 2.5 percent to 3.2 percent. Overall PC shipments fell 4.0 percent in the UK during the same period.

Microsoft is preparing to launch another volley against America Online with the release of TrueSwitch, a new service that allows AOL subscribers to move their AOL address book, AOL Mailbox, and AOL calendar over to MSN. TrueSwitch can also notify contacts of a user’s new e-mail address, forward email, and cancel a subscriber’s AOL account. TrueSwitch will work with Windows users only; Microsoft recently began testing a very limited version of MSN for Mac.

A Reuters report recaps the recent filings by four Apple executives to sell more than US$25 million worth of stock. Nine Form 144 filings have been made so far in May with the SEC, which represent an intent to sell shares, including three additional filings by executives on Monday.

Apple Network Assistant 4.0.5, the company’s network management software, has been released, as noted by VersionTracker. Version 4.0.5 improves performance and reliability for copies performed via the Copy Items and Copy Hard Disk commands.