New & Noteworthy: Microsoft adopts FireWire; Adobe's vision at Seybold; DSL troubles; iTunes tutorial; more

FireWire gains momentum Microsoft passes on nascent USB 2.0 to support FireWire, according to this CNET story. The article states that "Microsoft will not support a budding peripheral-connection standard in its forthcoming Windows XP operating system, instead favoring a technology developed by Apple Computer."

Adobe unveils 'Network Publishing' vision at Seybold keynote Maccentral has coverage of Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen's Seybold keynote, where he laid out his vision for the future of publishing, which is lead by the PDF format.

DSL providers implode This Reuters article covers the changing DSL market, most notably how some of the larger DSL-only companies are falling as customers tend to order DSL from their local telecom company.

How To Use iTunes Macinstruct has posted its latest tutorial, which covers iTunes.

Parallel processing overview We found this document interesting, given Apple's move toward multiprocessor computers: Parallel Processing Concepts, a Cornell University virtual workshop module, is a technical explanation of the concepts and benefits involved parallel processing.

VectorWorks ARCHITECT 9 is now a stand-alone CAD program that includes all of the new tools and commands in the VectorWorks application. (No word if the recently covered problem is fixed in this release.)

REALbasic 3.1b7 is out.