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Among U.S. office workers, RealNetworks is the most popular streaming media product on the market, according to the latest numbers from measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings (Dec. 2001). RealNetworks streaming media player has an estimated 16.9 million viewers or listeners, while Microsoft’s Windows Media has 11.2 million users, followed by QuickTime, with five million users. The Nielsen numbers also showed the Web site for Britain’s BBC was the seventh-ranked news domain among U.S.

Apple has re-issued the NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium press release after retracting yesterday’s announcement. The two releases are identical; Apple PR told MacMinute that yesterday’s retraction was a result of the press release hitting the wires earlier than it was supposed to.

Willow Design today introduced the iBook 14 Sylph, a minimalist carrying case for Apple’s 14-inch iBook. The Sylph weighs just 1.2 pounds and sells for US$52.

Bitstream Inc. has released its fourth set of fonts from the New FontCollection program, which includes nine display and text fonts frominternational designers Brian Bonislawsky, John Downer, Julien Janiszewski,Masoud Nejabati, and Ronna Penner.

Scripting Matters, Inc. has announced thatits Macintosh AutomationSeminars, which include “Automating Your Mac with AppleScript” and”Automating Publishing in InDesign and QuarkXPress,” will be held February12 at the Marriott Courtyard Airport in Baltimore, MD. Registration costsUS$125 each or $200 for both sessions together. The seminars will also beoffered in the coming months in Charlotte, Nashville, Atlanta, Boston,Cleveland, and Louisville.