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BareFeats has published a performance comparison between the new iBook and both the 400 and 500 MHz PowerBook G4. In general, the findings show that new iBook functions on par with the 400 MHz PowerBook G4 at tasks that are not optimized for the G4’s Velocity Engine.

NETsettings.com has released Nokia Contact Sender, an application that transfers names and phone numbers to your Nokia 8260 (AT&T TDMA) mobile phone. The application does this by emailing a specially formatted vCard to your phone’s email address. Nokia Contact Sender requires Mac OS 9.1 or Mac OS X with an Internet connection.

VersionTracker notes the beta release of Adobe’s Save as XML plug-in for Acrobat 5.0, which allows users to “save content into XML, HTML or plain text from a tagged Adobe PDF file and place that content in other tools to reuse the information.” Tagged PDF files can be created with Office 2000 and Acrobat 5.0’s Web capture feature.

Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced that the company has shipped more than 75,000 copies of Myst III: Exile in the first two weeks since the game’s launch. Myst III returns to many of the game’s roots, which many players felt were lost with Myst’s sequel, Riven. The game is available as a Mac/PC hybrid for US$49.95.