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Today is that last day to cast your vote in the Java Developer’s Journal’s Reader’s Choice Award, as noted by MacCentral. Apple encourages fans of WebObjects to fill out this form to quickly vote for WebObjects.

The Wall Street Journal joins two other major US news publications in praising Apple’s iBook today. Walt Mossberg compares the iBook to a US$1,799 Toshiba Satellite, concluding that “for all that extra size and weight, the Toshiba has almost nothing on the iBook except a larger screen — 14.1 inches vs. 12.1 inches on the iBook. Even then, the iBook actually displays more text on the screen because of its higher video resolution.” (Subscription required)

eWeek has published an article discussing alternative Web browsers for the Mac, giving particular mention to Opera 5.0 (released earlier this week in beta) and OmniWeb 4. The article also mentions iCab’s Carbonized preview.

The Register’s Tony Smith discusses his experience with using Mac OS X for the past two months, including the recent realization that he’s using OS X more frequently than OS 9, thanks to a number of stability fixes and an increasing amount of native applications.

Struggling camera manufacturer Polaroid today announced a new business strategy that it hopes will restore the company to its former glory. Using its new Opal and Onyx instant color and monochrome technology, Polaroid will collaborate with other companies that will build kiosks, printers and related hardware, one of the goals of which will be to allow consumers to make high-quality prints from their digital cameras.