Dot.Tunes 3.0 offers flash playback

Dot-Tunes has released Dot.Tunes 3.0 Beta 2, a major new release of the Web-based iTunes music sharing service. The update features a new logo with a revamped Web and application design, as well as a revised Web interface. Two skinnable flash players built into Dot.Tunes ensure members' websites, blogs, and MySpace pages can play tracks from their iTunes Music libraries. Users can publish artists, albums, playlists, or their entire music library with one click, according to the company, and can share music securely with usernames and passwords. The upgraded service also features the ability to publish audio as well as video podcasts, and serves as a remote control via iTunes/AirTunes setup. Dot.Tunes requires any modern Web browser such as Safari or Firefox, with registration priced at $30.

Splasm ships Audiobook Builder 1.0

Splasm Software has released Audiobook Builder 1.0, an easy way to combine your Audiobook CDs into a single iPod-friendly Audiobook file. "Now you can take data directly from audio CDs, iTunes and/or QuickTime-compatible audio files and creates files that your iPod accepts as actual Audiobooks, visible in the Audiobooks menu. Tag your Audiobooks with a title, author and cover art. Set up enhanced chapter stops with custom artwork that you'll see while you listen to your color-capable iPod." The company notes that each Audiobook is bookmarkable -- both iTunes and your iPod remember the place when you take a break and resume listening later. Audiobook Builder is US $10 for single users and $15 for families. The Universal Binary application requires Mac OS X 10.4 and QuickTime 7.