Qualcomm today announced the commercial release of Eudora 6.0 for Macintosh and Windows, the latest version of the company’s e-mail client. Version 6.0 features automatic spam protection, an e-mail thread condenser, automated type formatting tools, and mailbox organizational shortcuts. The new “SpamWatch” feature, available in paid mode only, is a whole suite of ready-to-use tools designed to get rid of unwanted junk mail.
Read MoreSony is planning to launch an Internet music service in the United States and Europe next spring, according to a Dow Jones report. A company spokesperson said that the service would be compatible with Windows-based computers, but no mention was made of Macintosh support. The service will give access to all of Sony’s music catalog and the company is in talks with five other labels to include their offerings. Howard Stringer, chairman and chief executive of the company’s U.S.
Read MoreApple Computer is “one of the coolest companies in America,” according to youth marketing experts, notes an article on Wired. Researchers attibrute this primarily to the iPod, iTunes Music Store, and the new PowerMac G5. “Apple comes up consistently in our research,” said DeeDee Gordon in the article, co-president of Look-Look, a youth marketing and research firm in Los Angeles. “Apple is one of the top five brands for young people.”
Read MoreSonnet Technologies today announced the Aria Extreme, a CardBus adapter that provides 802.11g wireless networking for certain PowerBook G4 and G3 models. It is compatible with Apple’s Airport Extreme Base Station as well as other 802.11g hubs. The Aria Extreme is also backwards-compatible with previous 802.11b Wi-Fi network devices, and supports both 64-bit and 128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption. It is priced at US$79.95 and will be available later this month.
Read MoreApple has once again updated its .Mac Web site with a new gift for its members, this time adding a free copy of StickyBrain 2 (a US$40 value), the organization tool from Chronos that lets you easily store and retrieve text, graphics, URLs and more. The software is only available until October 1, 2003.
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