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TidBITS#639/22-Jul-02
At Macworld Expo in New York, Steve Jobs excited Mac users with things they can't yet have and services for which they now need to pay. Adam has the scoop on the new 17-inch flat-screen iMac, iTunes 3, new iPods, plus a preview of iCal, iSync, and the rest of Mac OS X 10.2 - but the biggest buzz is .Mac's $100 annual fee. We also note Entourage X's disappearing Palm conduit, Apple's financials, Adam's Mac influence ranking, and last week's spam poll results.
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