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LimeWire 2.0 is the latest version of the popular client for the Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing network. Version 2.0 adds a number of new features, including a simplified interface, the ability to swarm downloads from multiple hosts, a new Ultrapeer technology that reduces bandwidth requirements, support for browser and file launching in Mac OS X, and more.

David Pogue, Technology Editor of The New York Times, explores $300 digital cameras from Sony, Minolta, Fuji, Toshiba, Kodak, Olympus and Hewlett-Packard in his latest column, on a mission to discover how much “trickling down” of features has occurred since last year, when cameras with similar features retailed for twice as much.

Bare Bones Software has posted BBEdit 6.5.1, an update to its powerful text editor that adds dozens of new features and enhancements—as well as countless bug fixes—all of which are detailed here. BBEdit 6.5 sells for US$119.

Apple has ranked fifth in the Nielsen//NatRatings list of the top 15 e-tailers for November, accumulating 6.1 million unique visitors and outpacing several other PC makers, such as Dell (5.7M), HP (5.2M) and Compaq (3.6M). Amazon.com, meanwhile, dominated the competition with 31.4 million unique visitors, a 32 percent increase from the same period last year and over three times its closest competitor. The study also found that about half of all online shopping is done from work.

Blue World Communications today announced that it has partnered with Co-Media Marketing to publish the Lasso Resource Guide, a comprehensive print listing of resources available to the Lasso community. Over 30,000 copies of the guide will be distributed via in-box, direct mail, trade shows and events over a 12 month period beginning in March 2002.