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SmartDisk today introduced a new line of USB flash media readers, available for CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, and Secure Digital/Multimedia Card formats. Each flash reader includes a one meter detachable cable for convenience, sits vertically for easy loading and ejecting, and carries a price of US$39.95. The readers will ship in July, with the exception of the Secure Digital/Multimedia card reader which will ship later this year.

Blizzard today announced that the highly anticipated Lord of Destruction expansion pack for Diablo II will be released on June 29. The expansion pack adds two new character classes to the game, the Assassin and the Druid, a new act with six new quests, and thousands of new items. The expansion pack will ship in nine languages for about US$35.

MacEdition has published an interesting article that details how to hook up a digital camera to a telescope and achieve good results. The article also includes a myriad of interesting information on the procedure and digital cameras themselves.

Dantz has posted Retrospect 4.3 driver update 2.2, notes VersionTracker. The release primarily fixes outstanding bugs, and is compatible with both Retrospect 4.3 and Retrospect Express 4.3.

WebEvent, a Web-based calendar and scheduling service, has added support for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. The software runs on a number of other operating systems, including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.