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VersionTracker notes that Apple has posted CarbonLib 1.4 — which is included with the Mac OS 9.2.1 update — as a seperate download. The extension is compatible with all Mac OS 9.x systems.

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, which will be integrated with Windows XP when the operating system ships in October. Among the features of Internet Explorer 6 is a media bar for playing audio and video content — a feature that was originally included with Internet Explorer 5 for Mac but was then pulled prior to release (and has yet to be added). On the Mac side, Microsoft is expected to include the final version of Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac OS X when Apple ships the Mac OS X 10.1 update next month.

Geek Cruises, a company that organizes cruises specific to groups of computer users, has seen MacMania — a seven day cruise planned for May of 2002 — attract the greatest interest to date. Macworld plans to co-host and co-produce the cruise, which will cost at least $1,100 for room and board, along with a conference fee of $600 to $1,250.

Motorolla has officially renamed the PowerPC G5 processor the PowerPC 8500, after originally denoting the processor as the 7500. “It’s a sign that Motorola is turning its sights even further away from the desktop market – represented by the ‘7’ in its chip nomenclature – to the embedded arena – which is essentially what the ‘8’ indicates,” explains The Register article. Targeted clock speed for the chip, which is still in development, has changed to 800MHz to 2GHz+, after being billed simply as “2GHz+” previously.

ADS Technologies today introduced the Pyro DV RAID, a removable dual-bay RAID enclosure that supports Ultra ATA-66/100 drives. The US$399 system (drives are not included) is available now and comes bundled with Charismac’s RAID Plus software.