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Addonics Technologies today announced a Combo CD-RW/Copier that features a 52x source CD-ROM drive and a 32x12x40 CD-RW as the destination drive, and a 16x Pocket CD-RW. The Combo CD-RW/Copier can be used as a standalone CD duplicator or as an external CD-RW drive, and is available with a FireWire interface for US$520. The 16x Pocket CD-RW is a small, lightweight CD-RW that reads at speeds of 24x and re-writes at 10x.

The potential for profitability has returned for memory makers as prices have risen over the past five months, according to c|net. The price hikes in memory can be partly attributed to Fujitsu and a series of smaller Taiwanese manufacturers exiting the PC memory market or curtailing production, while other manufacturers are trying to sell excess production facilities. In 2002, the number of memory cells is expected to increase 40 to 45 percent, while demand is expected to grow by 55 percent.

FrontBase has released FBScriptAgent, a free, AppleScript-savvy application for Mac OS X that forwards commands to a FrontBase database. The application can send raw SQL commands in addition to starting, stopping, creating, and deleting FrontBase databases.

Bear Stearns technology analysts Andrew Neff and Ted Chung have issued a report that predicts that the proliferation of 802.11b (AirPort) wirelesstechnology can change the face of computing over the next five years. Neffand Chung believe that the primary demand for the technology will come frommarkets where users spend a vast amount of the day away from their desks,such as sales, factory floor, service, and delivery personnel. Apple isamong the companies profiled in the report as a potential benefactor of thewireless surge.

EarthLink has announced plans to offer high-speed Internet service over AT&T’s broadband cable network, according to c|net. The new service will first be available in the Boston and Seattle areas later this year, followed by additional cities by 2003. EarthLink already offers cable access over Time Warner’s lines in many parts of the U.S.