Monday, 3 May 2004
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Tune-Watch offers headlines, iTalk giveaway
Tune-Watch, a Web site dedicated to tracking Apple's iTunes Music Store, on Monday added iTunes and iPod news headlines from many Macintosh Web sites to its many features. Tune-Watch, which was launched on April 1, 2004, also announced an iTalk giveaway all this week -- details can be found at the Web site. [MacCentral] Nice. But we need an RSS feed.
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Bill Gates to pay $800,000 stock-trading fine
Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates has agreed to pay a US$800,000 civil penalty to settle charges that he violated stock-buying requirements in 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday. [MacCentral]
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Water crisis as Mexico City sinks faster than Venice
Mexico City's underlying aquifer is now collapsing at a staggering rate beneath the streets. While Venice slips into the Adriatic at a fraction of an inch each year, Mexico City is lurching downwards by as much as a foot a year in some areas. Over the past century, it has dropped 30ft.
Chugging the equivalent of one Olympic-sized swimming pool full of water every minute, the city's strained aquifers are dragging much of the capital's rich heritage down with them, while the 20 million residents face problems that include water-borne diseases, power outages and the threat of riots.
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Black Bodied Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel)
Canon Japan has today announced a new black bodied version of the 'Kiss Digital' as it is known in Japan (EOS 300D / Digital Rebel). [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
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Iomega Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader
Iomega has today announced the availability of the new Iomega(R) Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader. Iomega's new host-powered drive is ideal for photographers and mobile users, bundling a convenient 1.44 MB floppy drive with the seamless capability to read and write all of the most common flash media formats. The Iomega Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader is available now for $59.95 (U.S. suggested retail price). [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
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