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Adam Kudurshian has released HTML Creator 3.0, a new version of his WYSIWYG HTML editor for Mac OS 8/9 that features a simple, intuitive interface, built-in assistants, and powerful editing tools. Version 3.0 adds support for Style Sheets and Framesets, a batch find and replace system, and a number of other improvements and bug fixes. HTML Creator 3.0 sells for US$15.

Blizzard Entertainment recently announced the Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Collector’s Edition, a special version of its upcoming real-time strategy game for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X that will ship in limited quantities upon the game’s release, according to Inside Mac Games.

Shane Stanley of Myriad Communications and Ray Robertson of Scripting Matters will be offering five days of AppleScript Pro Sessions in Monterey, CA, May 13-17. The first day of sessions will be an introduction to AppleScript, followed by four days of sessions focusing on scripting specific applications such as InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Photoshop 7, Mac OS X, and the Finder.

EZQuest has released its 40x12x48 Boa FireWire CD-RW, which features a 2MB buffer, buffer under-run technology for eliminating under-run errors, a built-in auto-switching power supply, cable, and software. The CD-RW is available now for US$269.

Cable modem subscribers in the U.S. grew by 13 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001 to 7.2 million, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. The increase comes despite the folding of Excite@home, the once leading provider of cable access. Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday is expected to classify cable-modem access as an information service, thereby subjecting it to fewer regulations.