Type of Article: MacTech News Article

PowerLogix RapidFire FireWire/USB PCI Card

MACWORLD TOKYO, JAPAN — February 16, 2000 — Powerlogix, the leader in
Power Macintosh G3 and G4 processor upgrades, today announced the release
of the revolutionary new RapidFire FireWire USB Multifunction PCI card
(photo attached).

FireWire (or IEEE1394) is a special interface for connecting high speed
computer peripherals like digital cameras and camcorders, audio recorders
and storage devices.

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Apple Unveils New ibook, PowerBook and Power Mac G4 Lines

Apple Unveils New iBook, PowerBook and Power Mac G4 Lines

New iBook Special Edition in Stunning Graphite Leads New iBook Lineup

Mac OS X to Include Highest-Quality Japanese Fonts

MACWORLD EXPO TOKYO -February 16, 2000-In a keynote presentation here,
Apple today unveiled new iBook, PowerBook and Power Mac G4 lines, and
announced that the forthcoming Mac OS X operating system will include the
highest-quality Japanese fonts available.

The new iBook line builds upon the success of the most popular consumer
portable on the market* and includes the debut of iBook Special Edition.
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SkyLINE 11Mb Wireless PC Card

Farallon Announces SkyLINE 11Mb Wireless PC Card for Macintosh PowerBooks
and PC Notebooks

11Mb 802.11b HR DSSS LAN connectivity for cross-platform networking without
wires.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. February 16th, 2000 – Farallon Communications, Inc.,
developer of reliable, plug-and-play networking solutions for Macs and PCs,
today announced an 11Mb version of their popular SkyLINE Wireless PC Card
for portable computers.

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SecurePass 2.0

February 14, 2000. Highwinds Trading Company unveils upgrade to SecurePass
(http://www.highwinds.com/products/securepass.html) for the Macintosh.
Version 2.0 of SecurePass raises the strength of encryption (with
“Blowfish”) to 512 bits. It is available only to US and Canadian users.

SecurePass(tm) is an encrypted database utility (strong encryption) for
storage and management of passwords and security keys.

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