Year: 2002

Alien Skin Software this week announced Splat!, a new collection of filters for Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, and other image editors. Splat! offers various frames, textures, edges, borders, mosaics, and more, and is scheduled to ship by the end of March for US$99.

An interesting BBC article examines the technology behind the 2002 Winter Olympics, which kicks off tonight with opening ceremonies. C|net reports that only a limited number of sites will be covering the games online, led by MSNBC’s Olympics.com, while NBCOlympics.com will support U.S. television coverage.

Apple and Circuit City this week mutually agreed to end their relationship with one another, MacMinute has learned. During the coming months and over the course of the remaining year, Circuit City stores will phase out the iMac, iBook, and other Apple products that they carried. Circuit City locations contacted by MacMinute report having already removed their Apple displays, after having been told to do so on Wednesday. “This is a mutual decision.

Apple will be exhibiting at the 54th annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) meeting, as noted by MacSurfer. Apple will be offering a number of classroom sessions at the convention, as well as showcasing Mac OS X and its mobile computing and digital media solutions at its booths. The meeting is being held February 23-26 in New York City.

VueScan 7.5 is the latest version of Hamrick Software’s popular scanning software for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. The new version adds support for the Scan Elite II, Epson Perfection 600, document feeders on Epson and Umax scanners, and more than a dozen other improvements and bug fixes. VueScan sells for US$40.