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Well folks, it’s hard to believe that a week has gone by so quickly. I wanted to take this opportunity — and will be doing so weekly — to recap on the events of the past week and keep you informed as to what we are up to here at MacMinute.

Metrowerks will distribute “early access” tools for developers at WWDC next week. The software will support Mac OS X’s Mach-O object file format — Mach-O support will let programmers tap and test all Mac OS X-native APIs, including the 2D rendering technology Quartz and the BSD layer underlying the operating system, writes eWeek.

Our good friends at UserLand software let us know that they have released a beta version of Manila, their scalable Web content management system, for Mac OS X. Additionally supported in this release is SOAP, XML-RPC, and RSS to the Mac platform. “Manila puts the capabilities of content management systems costing hundreds of thousands of dollars into a sub-$1000 package,” said Dave Winer, CEO of UserLand Software in a press announcement.

We mentioned the dates confirmed for the Apple expo in Paris yesterday (September 26-30 at the Porte de Versailles), but further details have now emerged. Macworld UK reports that Apple’s booth will occupy nearly one-ninth of the 18,000 square-metre show. In addition, show organizers have said that this year’s event will be more multi-lingual — this in response to critics who said the show relied too heavily on the French language last year.

MacWelt reports that in spite of the dot com crisis felt around the world, things were looking good at this year’s Internet World show in Berlin. The event, which is touted as being Europe’s largest Internet trade show, received about 74,000 visitors and ran from May 15-17. If you are interested in other Internet World venues, which basically span the globe, click here.