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FotoWire has added Bay Photo of San Francisco, CA as its 41st photo finishing center in the United States. The FotoWire client software, available for free for both Mac and PC, lets users choose from any lab on the network to upload and process their digital images for printing onto traditional, long-lasting photographic paper. FotoWire maintains a network of over 100 finishing locations in 20 countries worldwide.

CyberExtruder has announced that its Web-based CyberX-3D technology, which instantly converts a single two-dimensional facial image into a fully-developed 3D model, is now compatible with Mac OS X. The utility can be used to create personalized models for games such as Quake III Arena, The Sims, and Unreal Tournament.

Ashlar-Vellum has released a free, 2-week Beta Test-Drive version of Neon, its versatile 3D publishing tool. Neon enables the publication of any engineering-grade 3D file in the most popular Web and print publishing formats, including Macromedia Shockwave 3D, Viewpoint VET, Apple QuickTime, Adobe Illustrator, VRML, and more.

MacPlay has announced the release of Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. Bioware’s fantasy role-playing game is the sequel to the award-winning original Baldur’s Gate, and features an engrossing role-playing adventure set in the Forgotten Realms. Playing as either a good or evil character, players travel through the wilderness and dread caverns of the Underdark on a quest for artifacts and hordes of treasure.

Apple will announce its fourth quarter earnings this Wednesday, October 17, at 17:00 ET. As always, the conference call will be Webcast. As we reported previously, Apple appears set to buck the industry’s trend and report earnings in line with what it estimated last quarter, at 16 cents per share.