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Bare Bones Software has posted Mailsmith 1.1.8, an update to its email client that improves compatibility with SMTP servers, adds an “Export” scripting command, and includes several bug fixes. Mailsmith sells for US$79.

Apple Australia has published a feature on the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, which recently outfitted a lab with Power Mac G4s running Final Cut Pro 2 to teach its multimedia course. “Two years ago, an attempt to update the course would have been too expensive to even consider, but Apple’s technology platform has provided GCIT with an easy, cost-effective solution to achieve our goal,” commented Basil Harvey, Education Manager at the GCIT.

Charles Haddad’s latest column in Business Week takes a look at the smaller Mac developers who introduce ideas and concepts into software that others, including Apple and Microsoft, have borrowed and taken most of the credit for. Similarly, Haddad takes a gander at a couple pieces of software that he finds offer innovation not yet seen elsewhere.

A Post-Crescent article discusses one Wisconsin school district’s adoption of PowerSchool, the student information system owned by Apple. After investing in a solution that failed to meet its needs, the district implemented PowerSchool, and has thus far given the system very high marks. Apple purchased PowerSchool earlier this year.

Shares of Apple will open today at their lowest level in more than six months, after closing at $17.81 yesterday. Shares have traded as high as $26.50 during the same period.