Version 2.0 of this MPEG movie player for PPC Amigas has now been released. From the homepage: "Although I've tried my best to make this release as stable and bugfree as possible, the number of changes are so big that I would have to spend several weeks to try everything out myself, so instead I'm hoping for the best and release this version just in time for the new year. If you have an MPEG which either crashes AMP, or just wont work, please let me know as soon as possible. And if the MPEG is available on the Internet, don't forget to let me know where to find it." AMP version 1.34 has now been made freeware and can be downloaded here.

Wired have now revealed this year's top 10 of vaporware products. Amiga didn't make it to the list this year (luckily?). The crown went to MacOS X.

From the homepage: "Just before Christmas Holidays I've managed to compile the final release of AmigaAMP v2.8. Shoutcast Streaming works much better now and I've fixed a few more bugs."

"This update can only be applied to full AWeb v3.x packages that are or have been updated to v3.3, and v3.3SE copies that have been upgraded to the full package. You will be required to provide your original AWeb disk for verification during the install procedure." Read about what's new in the update here.

Craig Hutchinson was the first to note that the latest executive update from Bill McEwen is now online. They've also now officially opened the Amiga Mall.

The Mac and Windows players for this new MPEG4-based movie compression codec and some test movies using the codec were released on the 15th, as was announced. The Amiga player is in development, but won't be released for a while, according to this interview. There is also a poll to determine what platform people will be running 3ivx on.