Mackie has released the OS of the Digital 8 Bus 5.0
A demo is available (7 minutes of discoveries). the main changes seem to be graphic. To test! ;)

The 8th, the software hosting the forums has been updated with some new functionnalities.
A new feature allows to be automatically notified by email when you create or answer a thread (email preferences). Note that the option is checked by default so you'll have to uncheck it if you don't want to be automatically subscribed to the threads you participate to. You can also unsubscibe to threads you are already affiliated in the "your topic subscriptions" page.

Dolby is working on getting sound from a simple PC to rival your hifi set, through two technologies.

Dolby Virtual Speaker technology (co-developed and owned by Lake Technology Ltd.) simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers. This is already available with the CyberLink and InterVideo DVD drives. Note that it only works for one listener sitting between 2 speakers.
Audigy 2 from Creative is thus the first card capable of reproducing the multi-channel sound of DVDs under Windows, in 24 bit / 192kHz, if the DVD allows. The card is labelled THX, and can use any DVD drive to decode the DVD-Audio.

Also Dolby Headphone technology is integrated into a variety of PC software applications, including CyberLink Power DVD, InterVide ...

Steve jobs keynote MacWorld San Francisco 2003

LinPlug announces the release of the CronoX 2. The CronoX 2 is a highly flexible, easy-to-use, VST sample synthesizer. The instrument is monotimbral, twenty-four note polyphonic and features a modular design that includes four types of audio Generator, a multi-mode filter, a modulation envelope, two syncable LFOs, an eight-by-eight Modulation Matrix and a stereo effects unit containing a Drive effect as well as six different effects processors.