New & Noteworthy: Apple hires FreeBSD guru; Final Cut pro creator speaks; Adobe Premiere beta; more

Apple hires open-source leader Apple has hired Jordan Hubbard, a key player in the development of the open-source FreeBSD version of Unix, to work on the elements of Mac OS X derived in part from FreeBSD. This CNET article reports that according to a post on an Apple mailing list, Core OS Engineering Director Brett Halle said Hubbard will be manager of BSD technologies at Apple.

Final Cut Pro creator speaks to user group Randy Ubillos, lead engineer and creator of Final Cut Pro will be the special guest at the next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, Wednesday June 27 at the LA Film School in Hollywood. Details.

Adobe Premiere 6.0.1 is out in beta version. This update adds performance improvements for three-point editing, and speeds launch time when using a realtime board with hardware filter effects. Video preview files are now preserved, pixel aspects are now properly stored, and it corrects sync problems.

Storyspace 2.0.1 is a Hypertext freeform writing environment. This version adds bug fixes, streamlined code, and plenty of small tweaks and improvements.

EarthLink price hike Effective August 1st EarthLink dialup subscribers will pay 2 dollars a month more for the service. New users will begin paying the new price next month. Only users who prepay for a year's service will be able to avoid the increase. As an incentive, EarthLink is adding additional email accounts and Web site storage space to each user's account. Details.

Brother intros three new personal laser printers The HL-1440, HL-1450 and HL-1470N each boast a 15 ppm printer engine, 1200x600 resolution, expandable memory, USB, and the 1470N also includes an Ethernet connection. Details.