Briefly: Apple's new second-generation ("2G") iPod shuffles have begun to arrive early at customers' houses, despite a formal announcement from the company that it won't be available until Friday.... On the heels of the introduction of its new Flash-based QID tool, Quark today announced the appointment of Raymond Schiavone, a veteran software company CEO and former GE executive, as President and Chief Executive Officer and said that President Linda Chase will remain with the company in her ongoing capacity as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Products.... WebAssist today released Dreamweaver Tools for Google, a free Dreamweaver extension for easily integrating Google Checkout, Google Maps and Google Search to any website; it free and compatible with Dreamweaver 8, Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX.... MacForce is offering on November 7th a free lunchtime seminar with Apple’s Jim Kantor on Aperture, Apple’s professional photo-management solution... Paperless Technologies announced it will integrate its leading paperless solutions — PT Medical and PT Dental — with MacPractice, the Mac OS X-based practice management programs (but did not provide a timeline).