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FileMaker Developer Conference 2001 will take place August 12-15 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Florida. The conference is expected to draw 1,500 FileMaker developers and feature 50 expert sessions, as well as a special “Revolutions of 2001” keynote from PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael Miller. Registration for the conference is US$1,099, with $100 off for those who register by June 29. More information is available from the link above, as well as the press release.

AMD today introduced the AMD-760 MP companion chips, which allows a PC system to use two Athlon chips, lobbying another shot in the PC performance war. Initially, dual processor systems will be available with 1 GHz and 1.2 GHz processors. Apple presently offers a dual-533 MHz Power Mac G4.

Apple has announced the winners of the WWDC Apple Design Awards, as noted by Macworld UK earlier this morning. OnmiWeb 4.0 took home top honors as the Best New Mac OS X Product, as well as the Best Mac OS X User Experience. Tenon’s Xtools won for Most innovative Mac OS X product, and was the runner up for Best New Mac OS X product. Finally, AutoCompleter 1.0 won the Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption award.

Apple has published a feature detailing how ColorSync technology helps the Kroger Food Company ensure that the image of the food product on the packaging is the same as the food itself.

Apple today kicked off an interest-free iMac promotion that allows customers to purchase an iMac with no interest and no down payment for six months. The promotion, which runs through July 8, also offers customers who opt not take advantage of the interest-free period a free Rio 600 MP3 player. Apple launched a similar promotion, minus the MP3 player, in the UK in mid-May.