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The Mac Show: Apple’s “QT Guy,” Visor Trip, Super Passes and Adobe

The Mac Show, an Internet-based live radio show focusing on all things Mac, has announced their guest lineup for tonight’s broadcast (9:00-11:00 pm ET). Tonight’s guests include Alan Graham of Visor Central; Frank Casanova, Apple’s Director of QuickTime Product Marketing; Ben Discipio, Sales Manager for PWR Systems; Peter Cohen, of MacCentral; Colin Smith, Technical Resource Manager for Adobe Canada; MacMinute publisher, Stan Flack, and more.

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ATI bets new strategy will increase market share while prices fall

ATI today announced a new business strategy that will see several different board makers manufacture, distribute, and brand video cards featuring ATI’s technology. Rival chip maker nVIDIA has successfully employed a similar strategy, managing to take away a significant amount of market share from ATI. ATI anticipates the move will increase the proliferation of its cards while the inner-brand competition will lower prices.

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Bertelsmann targets Myplay

Bertelsmann AG, the company that acquired online music reseller CDNow and invested US$50 million in Napster, will announce on Wednesday that it has acquired Myplay, a Web site that allows users to store digital music online. Myplay has attracted more than 5 million users since it debuted in May 1999 — the company was founded by two former Apple employees.

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