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Apple's 100 Minutes of Jaguar Apple will hold "100 Minutes of Jaguar" at all 35 Apple Retail Stores on Friday, August 23. The kick off event for Mac OS X v. 10.2 sales includes free gifts, great savings, theater demos and a chance to win a Mac. The event will run from 10:20 p.m. to midnight. More.

Starbucks Airport access CNET reports that Starbucks is now serving up high-speed wireless Internet access at about 1,200 of its coffee shops. The Seattle-based coffee shop operator has surrounded the shops … Read more

Palm pursuing split CNET reports that Palm is in talks to raise money from strategic investors as it seeks to separate its operating system unit from the part of the company that builds and sells handheld computers. The move to split software from hardware is one analysts have long suggested that Apple should have made in the mid-1980s. Unlike Apple, however, Palm already has a healthy roster of third party manufacturers including Handspring and Sony. More.

Autodesk sees layoffs Autodesk, whose main products include software for architectural drafting, industrial design and … Read more

Notebooks running on gas CNET speculates that five years from now, the desktop will probably look pretty much like it does today, but the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making cellular calls on its own and running on methane. A company called PolyFuel is working on fuel cells for portable devices. The cells essentially break down methane molecules into protons, electrons and carbon dioxide. More.

Gateway battles iMac Gateway plans to release its new Profile 4 systems on Aug. 26, the same day Intel is scheduled to launch … Read more

Apple wins another Emmy CNET reports that Apple has received a second Emmy, this time for its Final Cut Pro video-editing software. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded the company an Emmy last year for its work with FireWire, and Apple also earned a Grammy from the Recording Academy this year. In an interview, Apple CEO Steve Jobs credited Final Cut Pro for bringing the quality of a $50,000 editing bay to anyone willing to spend $1,000 for video-editing software. More.

Intel experiments with dual cores Intel is … Read more

802.11a devices pass FCC CNET reports that wireless networking equipment from Cisco Systems, Intersil and D-Link based on the 802.11a wireless standard received federal approval this week to be sold in the United States. Products using the 802.11a standard are expected to hit the market this year, with more products expected in 2003. The standard is not backward compatible with 802.11b, which Apple uses for its AirPort wireless networking implementation. Another emerging standard, 802.11g retains backward compatibility and offers roughly double 802.11b's speed for normal use. More.

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HyperCard dwindling Writing for Wired News, Leander Kahney opines "One of the greatest pieces of software Apple ever produced is slowly dying because the company can't figure out how to sell it or whom to sell it to. The software is HyperCard, a simple programming environment so powerful yet simple it is used by professionals and children alike." More.

Lobbying body blasts open source CNET reports that Microsoft and other software companies are ramping up a lobbying effort that aims to convince governments to think again … Read more

New Power Macs Apple today introduced three new Power Macintosh G4 models with dual-processors ranging in speed from 867 MHz to 1.25 GHz. Apple claims the new dual 1.25GHz G4 runs applications like Adobe Photoshop up to 90 percent faster than a 2.53GHz Pentium 4-based PC. Graphics are powered by an NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX on the low-end and Radeon 9000 on the high-end. Prices start at $1599 and scale up to $3299. More.

FileMaker Developer Conference kicks off Yesterday marked the start of the annual FileMaker Developer conference, held … Read more

Apple expects to break even Reuters reports that Apple expects to break even in its next quarterly earnings statement. The information was revealed by Pascal Cagni, the head of Apple's European division, in an interview with Italian la Stampa daily published on Sunday. "It would be crazy to expect strong growth at this moment, therefore we aim to break even in the next quarter," said Cagni. More.

XLR8 goes out of business XLR8 has posted a message on its Web site reading "XLR8, Inc. has closed its … Read more

IBM's Server-bred desktop chip IBM is getting ready to take the wraps off a new 64-bit desktop processor that is based on the server-relegated Power 4 design. CNET speculates "The chip's heritage--the Power 4 design--suggests that it will be a high-performance processor. Though it's unclear what clock speed the new PowerPC will offer, IBM has been gunning for the 2GHz mark. The company said last year that it intended to hit that speed target by the end of 2002." Details regarding the chips specifications will be revealed … Read more