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Other World Computing today introduced its 160GB OWC Mercury external FireWire hard drive that spins at 5400 RPM and uses the Oxford 911 chipset. The drive is available now for US$379.95. The company also announced that it has lowered prices by up to twenty percent on its entire range of OWC Mercury FireWire drives, which include 5400 RPM drives ranging in capacity from 20GB to 160GB, 7200 RPM drives ranging in capacity from 20GB to 120GB, and portable, 2.5-inch drives ranging in capacity from 20GB to 60GB.

Apple is hoping to triple the number of Asian developers using Mac OS X to develop software over the next five years, according to TechCentral. A representative within Apple’s worldwide developer relations program for the South Asian region said that the company would like to increase the number of developers in Malaysia by fifty percent by year’s end.