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Microsoft is expected to announce pricing and availability details on Xbox, their upcoming gaming console, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this week. CNET reports that analysts expect pricing to be in line with Sony’s PlayStation 2 — about US$300.

VOODOO Server, a version control system for software developers using Metrowerks CodeWarrior under Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, has been updated to version 1.3. A fully functional trial version is also available.

Macworld’s Andy Gore takes his new iBook home for a spin and does some quick comparisons in part one of his iBook Diary.

There has been a great deal of attention in the last few months on the high-tech sector job losses and how people are dealing with the changing economy. One segment of the market that seems to have slipped through the cracks is the class of graduating students, some of which have already accepted lucrative positions after being interviewed last fall. These students are now being told not to bother showing up for work. Get all the details in a New York Times article posted to Arizona Central.

In the June 2001 issue of Smart Business, writer Robert Strohmeyer examines the PDA market and how it has changed since the release of the original PalmPilot. Palm has come under intense competition in the past couple of years from some industry heavyweights including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft — can the company that started a revolution hang on to its market?