FireWire 800 speed test results; Fighting spam with... Napster?; more

FireWire 800 speed test results Bare Feats has posted a preliminary benchmark analysis for FireWire 800 throughput. Though the only currently shipping Mac models with built-in FireWire 800 are the new 17" PowerBooks, the Bare Feats article uses a soon-to-be-released PCI card from WiebeTech. The results show FireWire 800 besting ATA-133 in some cases. More.

Fighting spam with... Napster? The Wall Street Journal reports that an unlikely candidate- Napster - is helping a new service fight spam. "SpamNet, a new e-mail filtering program using the same technology that allowed Napster users to swap music online, is helping its users banish unsolicited bulk e-mails from their inboxes -- and protect other people from the 'spam' at the same time." More.

Case closed for AOL Steve Case has decided to "get out of the way" at AOL/Time Warner, admitting "a rare defeat in an unpredictable career that carried him from computer start-up to the top of the media establishment." A CNET article quotes sources close to the company who have said the coup was led by shareholders upset by a 70 percent decline in the value of the company since the $106 billion merger was finalized in January 2001, as well as ongoing accounting scandals. More.

Apple earnings due tomorrow Apple will announce its 2003 first quarter results tomorrow after the market's close. A Reuters article summarizes a list of other high-tech firms stating earnings this week.

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