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MacNETv2 has released its 1st annual Holiday Gift Guide. Available as a PDF file, the Gift Guide offers the site’s perspective on gift ideas for the upcoming Holidays.

IDG World Expo today announced the addition of My Show Planner to the Macworld Expo Web site, a service that allows visitors to personalize their conference schedules and engagements at the Expo. Users can search more than 170 Macworld sessions to select those that best suit their needs.

Most of the 18 states suing Microsoft are set to reject the antitrust settlement reached this past Friday by Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department. Among the states that oppose the settlement are California and Massachusetts. Critics call the settlement rife with loopholes and say it also enables Microsoft to remain tight-lipped on the details of its anti-piracy, security, anti-virus or encryption technology.

Chronos LC today announced Group Organizer 4.0, a network organizer for Mac OS 8, 9, and X. According to Jerry Halls, V.P. of Sales at Chronos, “Group Organizer 4.0 is a dream come true for those who want to quickly and easily get their business organized. The new setup wizard literally makes it as easy as one, two, three.” Chronos calls its product the “Swiss Army Knife” of productivity software. A 30-day trial version of Group Organizer 4.0 can be downloaded from the Chronos Web site.

A recent San Jose Business Journal article, as noted by MacSurfer, discusses the risk that Apple is taking with the iPod by gambling on strong consumer demand during rough economic times.