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Vindigo 2.0 is a tool that tells you the best and closest places to eat, shop and play based on your location. This release is available for Palm Desktop 4.0 for Mac OS 9 & X. This release is available right now for a special introductory price of $19.95 a year, if you subscribe before May 24, 2002. Enter the code EBF8 and click Recalculate to receive the discount. Vindigo . (Thanks, Jonathan Simon.)

Apple Solution Experts program gets a new name: Apple Consultants Network. According to MacCentral, the change occurred during WWDC.

Mac OS X Server guide "Mac OS X Server configuration - The additional guide for some of the UNIX stuff", published as shareware, tries to describe what Apple has left out in their documentation, and what is specific of interest for Mac OS X Server administrators. The first three chapters are free.

Steve Jobs and the History of Cocoa, Part Two From O'Reilly: "NeXT wasn’t the only burgeoning operating system company to have its hopes dashed. Another such company was Apple itself." More.

PCs: For Whom the Decibels Toll From Wired: "And while it's not as big a priority as, say, adding memory and processing power, computer designers are realizing that noise is an issue for an increasing number of PC buyers." More. Another Mac innovation "discovered" by PC manufacturers!

Bill Would Criminalize False Domain Name Registrations From the Washington Post: "Internet users who knowingly submit incorrect contact information when registering Web addresses could face up to five years in jail under legislation introduced in the House of Representatives this week. Proposed by Reps. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the legislation would make it a crime to - 'knowingly and with intent to defraud' - submit false information to an Internet domain name seller." More.

Justices Give Reprieve to an Internet Pornography Statute From the New York Times: "The latest effort by Congress to shield children from pornography on the Internet barely survived an initial Supreme Court test today in a fractured decision suggesting that the court may ultimately find the law unconstitutional." More.

NASA searches web for shuttle parts From BBC News: "The American space agency, NASA, has begun trawling the internet for spare parts for its shuttles, according to United Space Alliance, the company that runs the shuttle fleet. The shuttles, first launched in 1981, often rely on computer components that are so out of date, they are no longer made. The space ships even use a type of computer disk drive that was outmoded by the end of the 1970s." More. eShuttleBay!

Awareness of children's injuries from computer use grows From the Houston Chronicle: "As computers and video games become standard equipment for children inside the classroom and out, researchers and medical professionals have begun to see the fallout." More.

Newer Technology is back! Sort of. According to their one-page site, they have new owners.

Photoshop rebate at Amazon item updated In case you missed it, late Monday evening we updated our item on the Photoshop 7 upgrade rebate from Amazon.