Year: 2002

Apple has been handed a class-action lawsuit in the state of California brought by the law firm of King & Ferlauto, reports MacCentral.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is set to initiate a law enforcement campaign next week against fraudulent and deceptive junk e-mail, also known as “spam,” as noted by Newsbytes. In addition, the Direct Marketing Association will introduce new e-mail privacy standards on Monday requiring its 2,000 member companies to adhere to strict guidelines or face expulsion from the group. The FTC campaign comes largely in response to receiving over 10,000 individual pieces of spam per day forwarded from consumers to the agency.

A new research report from IDC reveals that the U.S. market for digital cameras with an LCD viewing screen increased to 6.5 million units in 2001 from 5.4 million in the previous year, according to c|net. Simple VGA models, which are priced below US$100 and lack a viewing screen, declined by nearly one million units to 1.5 million during the same period. Sony captured 23 percent market share, while Olympus and Hewlett-Packard captured 16 and 15 percent market share, respectively.

Trent Reznor of rock band Nine Inch Nails details his affection for Macs andApple’s new iPod in an interview with The Los Angeles Times, as noted by MacSurfer. Reznor owns nearly twentyMacs, which he uses both at his studio and at home. “I’ve never fearedcomputers. It’s more like, I’ve embraced them as a tool,” said Reznor.

Toon Boom Technologies has released Toon Boom Studio 1.1, a new version of its 2D Web animation applicationfor Mac OS X. Version 1.1 adds support for exporting animations as iMovieprojects, simplifies the workflow required to create an animated movie, andprovides several user interface enhancements. Toon Boom Studio sells forUS$374 in a boxed version or $349 as a download; a free, 30-day evaluationversion is also available.