News Archive for 04/10/02

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iPod wins 'Gold' in Japan's 'Good Design Awards'

10/02, 2:55pm

iPod wins \'Gold Prize\'

  Apple's iPod mini received a 'Gold Prize' in Japan's "Good Design Awards". Japan's design evaluation and commendation awards offer awards in several categories, including Ecology, Interaction, Small/Medium Enterprises, "Long-selling", and Product Design, where Apple's iPod mini received the highest distinction, a "Gold Prize' in the Digital Audio Player category. In July, Apple's iPod packaging won a design distinction award.

Apple ends sale, development of iChat AV for Jaguar

10/02, 2:35pm

iChat AV EOL\'d for Jaguar

Apple has quietly ended development and sale of iChat AV for Mac OS X Jaguar, according to AppleInsider: "In a note to company employees, Apple's marketing division announced an end to the electronic sale and distribution of the software, stating that the Jaguar-based application is now EOL (end-of-life). Subsequent checks of product availability confirm the removal of iChat AV from the company's online Apple store. Likewise, a posting on the iChat product page, which once advertised the software to Jaguar users for a small fee, has also disappeared."

Mozilla.org releases Firefox security update

10/02, 2:05pm

Firefox security update

Mozilla.org has released Firefox 0.10.1, a security update the open-source browser that could allow a malicious hacker to trick a user into saving a file that could delete files from a user's download directory.