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Fidelity Media has released MegaSeg 2, a new version of its professional-caliber DJ software for mixing MP3s. The new version boasts real-time beat mixing, a new mixer interface, an auto-beat-match feature, and more than 50 other new features and improvements. During the month of June, MegaSeg 2 can purchased for US$119, $30 off its regular price. Upgrades from version 1.x are $49.

By forcing silicon atoms further apart, thereby reducing resistance, IBM says it has developed a technology that could boost processor speeds by up to 35 percent. The manufacturing process, which could find its way into processors in 2003, could mean a big boost for Macs, many of which currently use PowerPC processors from IBM.

Apple has put together a collection of eight photographs from this week’s JavaOne conference in San Francisco.

Apple has posted a feature discussing a new History Channel documentary on the Vietnam War that was made with Macs and Final Cut Pro. “It was all pretty seamless and out of the box using the Macintosh. I digitized it in, edited, made a print to video, made a master on DV-cam.”

Purchasers of Handspring’s new Visor Edge in the UK will receive a free back-up module, valued at &pound35, in a new promotion, as noted by Macworld UK. Handspring offered a similar promotion in North America nearly two months ago, and currently offers a number of other incentives for US customers.