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MacMinute’s Executive Briefing for September 1 — a recap of all the news we have posted over the past week — is now available. If you think you may have missed something, here is your chance to catch up…

MacNN notes that Steve Jobs has attended the Henrico County, Virginia’s school year convocation. You may remember that this is the same district that leased 23,000 iBook’s for their students recently. High school students will get the iBooks this year, while middle school students will have to wait until next year. Further information is available in a report on the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Alco Blom has posted URL Manager Pro 3.0b17 for Mac OS X — an update to the Carbonized beta version of the excellent bookmark management utility. URL Manager Pro 3.0b17 will work with Mac OS 9 and higher if you have CarbonLib 1.1 installed, but it is recommended that users of Mac OS 8 use URL Manager 2.8. URL Manager is US$25 shareware.

Cyberian Outpost has announced that it has ironed out a deal whereby Fry’s electronics will acquire the online reseller for US25¢ per share in cash. Cyberian Outpost became a very popular place for consumers to purchase technology products — and more — over the Internet when the company started offering free shipping the in United States.

MacNETv2 has published their September Issue today, replete with some controversial opinion pieces, columns, reviews and more — definitely worth a look. Other features of the MacNETv2 Web site include a gallery, bookstore, and reader forums.