Apple.com came in at number five in B-to-B Magazine’s NetMarketing Top 100, a ranking of the top Business-to-Business Web Sites. The magazine said Apple’s Web site is “Beautifully designed, with unique look and feel. Easy to navigate. Well-executed basics plus great animations, technical support and product demos.” Apple scored a 96 out of a possible 100. Ahead of Apple was HP, 3Com, American Express, and Dell, respectively.
Read MoreWalt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal is the latest to pen a review of Apple’s iChat AV and iSight. “The image quality that iSight captured was remarkably accurate,” he writes. “Many other Web cams take dark, grainy images, but these were clear, bright and colorful… the iChat/iSight video chatting experience was vastly better than any other I’ve tried.
Read MoreOhio’s Beachwood Middle School will be equipping every student and teacher with an iBook when classes start this year. The 240 students and 40 teachers will use the laptops for class-related work at school and home, according to the Plain Dealer Reporter. “Apple seems to be more user-friendly for our kids,” said Edward Bernetich, principal of the new school.
Read MoreThe Omni Group has released OmniOutliner 2.2.3, an update to its popular outlining and organizational tool. The new version provides a number of small updates including a fix for an international text input issue. OmniOutliner sells for US$29.95.
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment today announced that Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne has surpassed 1 million units sold worldwide, according to EDI sell-through, internal company estimates, and reports from key retail accounts around the world. Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard games, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is now the eighth Blizzard product to sell 1 million copies and also to reach #1 in U.S. sales.
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