Brand: MacNews

Dr. Bott has announced in a press release that XRouter Aero, their wireless connectivity device for SOHO users, is shipping this month. The XRouter Aero will allow up to 253 wired or wireless users to share Internet access from one modem. The unit supports any 802.11b (AirPort) compliant wireless card or device and will retail for US$299.

Mac fans were disappointed when Apple chose not to be involved with The Expo 2000 (a UK Mac show), but with new backers and a new name, organizers are trying to woo Apple into exhibiting. MacExpo2001 is scheduled for Thursday November 22 through 24 at The Business Design Centre in Islington, England.

Palm’s stock dropped 20 percent today after lowering their fourth quarter revenue outlook for the second time. The company also announced they will no longer purchase software company Extended Systems Inc., a key step in Palm’s strategy to grow sales to corporations.

Speculation increased that BT Openworld would hike its prices after a similar move from ISP Freeserve, reported ZDNet UK. BT Openworld has already admitted that it is shifting its broadband focus from consumer to the more lucrative business market. Freeserve increased their price from £39.99 to £49.99.

Bare Bones Software today announced the release of BBEdit 6.1.2 Update, the company’s stellar HTML and text editor — incidentally, the software used to create MacMinute’s Web pages from start to finish. Version 6.1.2 offers compatibility with a wide variety of FTP servers, improved performance under Mac OS X, support for previewing HTML documents in OmniWeb, and various other interface refinements and fixes for reported issues.