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Apple Address Book Importer 1.0 is a new utility for Mac OS X that imports contact information from LDIF files to Apple’s Address Book. The utility has been tested with Netscape Communicator 4.7.

Freeverse Software has released a demo of WingNuts, its upcoming OpenGL-based top-down 2D action game. In WingNuts, available for OS 8/9 and Mac OS X, players take off from an aircraft carrier and hunt Baron von Schtopwatch’s robot planes in 30 levels of arcade action. The game features 360 degrees of movement with side-to-side strafing, OpenGL graphics effects, spectacular particle explosions, and a patriotic soundtrack.

Proxim has announced its new Harmony Fast 802.11a product line, which doubles the speed of 802.11a networking to 108Mbps (although real-world performance is about one-third of that). The higher speed is only achieved when Harmony Fast products are used in conjunction with each other, otherwise they operate at the standard speed of 54Mbps. The product line will consist of a US$249 PC card and a $695 base station, with a dedicated PCI card also in the works.

Diasoft Corporation today announced the release of FileReplication Pro 2.0, a new version of its backup, replication and synchronization solution for multiple operating systems, including Mac OS X, Windows NT and Unix. The software, written in Java, is designed to be a prime component of any corporate disaster recover and data backup solution.

The Los Angeles Times’ Jim Heid writes that iTunes 2, the new version of Apple’s digital music player, is the real power that provides an intuitive experience with Apple’s new portable MP3 player, iPod. In addition, he prasies the device’s sleek design and exceptional speed.