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VersionTracker notes the release of Agfa ScanWise 2.0fc1, an update to the scanning software for the SnapScan 1212u, 1236u, 1236s, SnapScan Touch, and e20-52 models. Users, however, report difficulties getting the software to function properly.

Andy O’Meara has post G-Force 2.1, an update to the popular visual plug-in for MP3 players under Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. G-Force Standalone 2.1, for Mac OS 9, has also been posted. The Standalone version allows G-Force to work independently of an MP3 player by monitoring audio from a line-in source.

Several MacMinute readers report that their local Apple dealers did not receive any shipments of the Mac OS X 10.1 update. “Every CompUSA in the Philadelphia area reports that they have the upgrade in stock by phone, but once you get there you find out they never received their shipment. They are blaming it on Apple,” wrote one reader. “I checked seven ‘local’ authorized dealers (I live in Vermont, the closest one is 45 minutes away), and Apple has not gotten the 10.1 upgrade CDs to any,” bemoaned another.

Macintosh dealers and Apple Stores are being inundated with customers looking for the free Mac OS 10.1 upgrade. A check of Apple Stores in Tysons Corner, VA, Tampa, FL, Columbus, OH and Peabody, MA revealed that all stores ran out of the upgrade. The Tysons Corner location had more than 200 customers lined up outside the mallstore at 07:00–three hours before its opening–to get their hands on theupdate, and were out of stock within an hour, a store employee told MacMinute by phone. Many independent Mac dealers, however, report having some stock of the upgrade still available.

VersionTracker notes the release of Quake III Arena 1.3.0. No further details are available on this release. [Updated 06:09 ET — MacMinute reader Sam let us know that a Read Me file is available for this release.]