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A new report shows that Sony’s MemoryStick holds 25 percent of the removable flash-memory market, up 7 percent from the year ago. Meanwhile, CompactFlash has slipped from 51 percent to 40 percent, while SmartMedia has fallen from 41 percent to 32 percent.

Fabien Octave has posted BeHierarchic 4.2, an update to the popular Apple Menu enhancer. This release offers speed enhancements, several new features, and a few bug fixes.

File Buddy 6.1, a high-level file utility, is now available for download. It is also noted that this release is the last that will be for Mac OS 9 only. A Mac OX version is coming soon.

Power On Software has released Rewind 1.2, an update to the company’s disk utility. This release adds control over the size of the Rewind archive; use of the Finder’s Put Away command to restore items top their correct location; correct handling of Virtual PC volumes; and the ability to restore open files. Rewind is a US$89.95 ($99.95 for CD) utility that records changes to your hard drive, allowing you to easily revert back to a previous state if you experience file corruption or a loss of data.

Apple has posted an update on their Web site for Developer Tools 10.0.1. The update Improves support for Java and WebObjects apps.