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Ross Scott Rubin, an analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix, believes that Apple’s iPod serves well as an attraction that will lure customers into its new retail stores, according to statements made in a NewsFactor Network article published today. Rubin suggests that Apple’s retail stores will be a success this holiday season because the company can make sales on either new Macs or iPods, as well as third-party digital cameras, camcorders or other peripherals.

Marathon Computer is now shipping its retractable rackmount for the 15″ Apple Studio Display, according to MacNN. While in use, the display rests in front of the rack, but when not in use, the display is easily slid safely away into its own 2U drawer with two spring-loaded latches to secure it in place.

Epic interactive has announced the release of Earth 2140 Missionpack: The Final Conflict, an expansion pack for its futuristic real-time strategy game for the Mac that adds 80 new single- and 30 new multi-player missions, as well as six new units, two new buildings and a new terrain. The game, which requires the original Earth 2140 and is expected to cost about US$20, will be distributed in North America by Mac-O-Rama.

MacExpo, the three-day show that took place last week in London, is being hailed as a success, attracting 21,163 attendees, according to Macworld UK. The show represented the first UK event in more than three years that Apple attended. “MacExpo 2001 has been a highly successful gathering for the Macintosh community in the UK,” Mark Rogers, GM and Sales Director for Apple UK and Ireland, is quoted as having said.

Chaotic Software has released Clipboard Manager 1.0 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, a new, US$20 shareware utility for managing multiple clipboards. Chaotic has also posted MP3 Rage 3.9.3, an update to its MP3 multitool that adds several new features and fixes, including the ability to add ID3 tags to an MP3 based on the name of the folder it is located in.