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Apple has pulled iPod Updater 1.0, after first posting the software last night. Compatibility issues are likely to blame; MacMinute’s iPod ceased to play songs correctly after applying the update.

Microsoft has released Outlook Express 5.0.3, as noted by VersionTracker, an update to its free email client that fixes bugs, adds MSN email support, MSN Inbox Guardian support, and more.

On the eve of the iPod launch, some users who have already have received theirs are complaining of the ease with which the silver, metal backing can be scratched. continued…

A new version of iDVD has been announced today, but it’s not from Apple. RAVISNET has taken the wraps off its own iDVD, which it describes as “a suite of software solutions [that] enable PC users in real-time to capture, encode, edit, author, and burn home video on recordable CD or DVD drives.” The iDVD suite includes RAVISENT’s CinePlayer DVD 4.0 and MedioStream’s neoDVDstandard 2.0. The software will sell for about US$150.

UK reseller MacLine, which earlier this week entered into receivership, has been acquired by Cancom, according to Macworld UK. MacLine is “up and running” again, following the deal. Earlier this year, Cancom acquired MyGate, another major UK reseller. “Our goal is to become the number one Apple Reseller in the U.K.—in both size and quality of service. Our parent company in Germany, Cancom AG, has already achieved that in Germany,” Cancom’s managing director Max Write told the publication.