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A unit of electronics maker Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has started production at a temporary workshop in China (http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=3&ID=457566) as it prepares to build a permanent plant nearby to make iPhones for Apple, the Xinhua News Agency reports.

More than 500 employees are working on a rented production line, with construction scheduled to start later this month on the permanent $100 million plant. It will be owned by Hon Hai unit Futaihua Precision Electronics (Zhengzhou) Co.

The Abvent Group (http://www.abvent.com), publisher of Artlantis software, announced has released its newest media DVD, Animated People Workers 1 for Artlantis 2 and Artlantis 3. The CD includes ten 3D human models in work clothing, with five pre-calculated behaviors each.

Equinux (http://www.equinux.com) has released iSale 5.6.3, the latest version of the eBay auction tool. The new version works more reliably with eBay Motors

iSale costs US$39.95, though version 5.6.3 is a free update for registered users of version 5.x. Upgrades from previous versions to 5.x are $19.95.

iSale is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.