New & Noteworthy: AOL exodus?; 40X CD-R media; more

AOL exodus? Nearly 60 percent of Web surfers polled by ChangeWave, an investment and research firm whose clients include hedge funds, said Tuesday they planned to leave America Online for another Internet service. More.

Update: CBSMarketWatch has posted a partial retraction of the story, recognizing that the nature of the poll did not justify the stated conclusion.

Verbatim Shipping New 40X CD-R Media Verbatim Corporation announced that it is shipping DataLifePlus 40x-certified CD-R discs that can burn a full 700MB of data or 80 minutes of music in about two minutes. To achieve error-free recording at the new faster write speed, the media features Verbatim's innovative "Super Azo" recording dye--a revolution in recording layer technology.

NYC threats and Macworld Expo? MacFixIt Forums Administrator, Ilene Hoffman, is interested in getting feedback as to whether recent reports of possible upcoming terrorist attacks in NYC is influencing your decision to go or not to go to Macworld Expo this July. Check this thread to read more and post replies.

Netscape X 7.0pr1 is out.