iTunes 8.1 available [Update]

As foreseen (this new version is indispensable for the Shuffle announced yesterday), iTunes 8.1 is available:

iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive. You will enjoy noticeable improvements when working with large libraries, browsing the iTunes Store, preparing to sync with iPod or iPhone, and optimizing photos for syncing.
In addition, iTunes 8.1 provides many other improvements and bug fixes, including:
• Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation).
• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ.
• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows.
• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs.
• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods.
• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus.
• Includes many accessibility improvements.
• Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

It is accompanied by an update of Front Row:

This Front Row update provides improved iTunes 8.1 compatibility.

[Update] We dug up for you a link allowing you to listen to what the voice synthesis gives on French Shuffle:
http://www.apple.com/...#French