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Symantec and Intego have posted the July virus definitions for Norton AntiVirus and VirusBarrier. Virus definitions can also be downloaded for Norton AntiVirus with the software’s LiveUpdate feature, or through Intego’s NetUpdate application.

Apple has posted a comprehensive recap of NECC, including photo galleries, video interviews with educators who use Apple products, and Apple’s presence at the show as a whole.

Some Windows users are reporting that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, which is currently in beta, can conflict with QuickTime 5. Some posts in this discussion thread, which was pointed out by MacMinute reader Scott Stevenson, describe QuickTime as being disabled after installing Microsoft’s new browser.

Analyst Susan Byrne calls Apple a “safe pick,” noting that last year, Apple was hurt by the slowdown in the PC market while failing to deliver some key product features. Despite that, the company maintained a strong balance sheet. “Apple currently has upside potential that outweighs the limited downside risk by a factor of four to one,” says Byrne.

USA Today is conducting a poll asking visitors to vote for their favorite TV commercial. According the USA Today Web site, a panel of ad agency creative directors chose 22 commercials as the “most innovative, creative and effective in the last 25 years” — one of which is Apple’s 1984 ad. The results of the poll will be shown on America’s Favorite TV Commercials, airing Friday, Feb. 8, 2002 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on The History Channel.