Bring it on: Sonic ships DVDit! 5.(industry news)

In June, Sonic Solutions announced DVDit! 5, the first upgrade to the company's presumer DVD authoring tool since 2002. What's more, it's the first upgrade of any kind since version 25. According to James Manning, senior product manager for Sonic's desktop group, they skipped a couple of numbers to match DVDit! up with Sonic's ubiquitous popular entry-level product, MyDVD, which is also in version 5. The alignment makes sense, given Sonic's positioning of the product, "DVDit! 5 builds on the ease of use of MyDVD with more pro features," Manning says. "It's a great upgrade for MyD