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Epson today announced the PowerLite 600p, 800p, and 810p portable projectors. All three feature a new 0.9-inch high aperture LCD and 400:1 contrast ratio. The 600p project 1,700 ANSI lumens at a resolution of 800×600, while the 800p and 810p project 1,500 and 2,000 ANSI lumens, respectively, at 1024×768. The projectors will sell in August for US$3,799, $4,275, and $5,225.

New products will help Apple buck the industry trend that has set up many PC makers to disappoint Wall Street, says a new TARGET=”_top”>Goldman Sachs report. The firm sees a 25-30 percent upside in the next six months.

Dr. Bott announced that it has begun shipping the TARGET=”_top”>DVIator, a US $149.95 adapter that allows Apple’s new ADC-equipped displays to connect to a DVI-equipped video card.

As Palm struggles to be profitable as competitors undercut its prices on similar Palm OS-based devices, the company has decided it will split its hardware and software division. Apparently, development costs are not being recuperated from hardware sales and software licenses. Apple faced a similar problem when it allowed other companies to license the Mac OS for clones.

A poll on Macworld UK shows that 44% of respondents are using Mac OS X. The catch, however, is that very few are using it exclusively. The biggest complaints shown in the poll are speed issues with the new operating system and expanded availability of carbonized software titles.