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New & Noteworthy: BTV Pro; ProScope; iMac review; 4D;

New & Noteworthy: BTV Pro; ProScope; iMac review; 4D;

CNET staff
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New Palm handhelds; Google bombing; more

BTV Pro 5.4 is a tool to view, capture, edit, and animate video, including timelapse and motion detection. Changes to this version include a deinterlace filter for captured and exported images, improved performance for motion detection capture from a DV source, and new options to add new frames always to the end of movies when animating, for converting a DV stream to a QuickTime movie without a lengthy export process, and to preview video during a DV stream capture. It also fixes a rare problem causing data corruption during motion detection and timelapse capture and other minor bug fixes.

Dr. Bott distributes The ProScope The ProScope is a bus-powered handheld USB microscope that allows you to display and capture microscopic images with your computer. The Proscope is available immediately for $229.00 with a 50x lens and Mac OS 9 software. Other accessories including 1x to 200x lenses are also available. Mac OS X software will be available soon.

Smooth, eye-catching iMac delivers the goods From the Chicago Tribune: "This review of the Apple iMac flat-panel computer joins a chorus of raves, from the cover of Time magazine to the self-described geeks at cable's TechTV network" More.

Essential Guide to the Basics of 4D Now Available Jumpstart 4D, by Steve Hussey, can be downloaded free-of-charge from the 4D Press Web site, and can also be purchased in paperback for $29.99 from the 4D Store.

New Palm m130 and m515 Handhelds are two new PalmOS devices, both of which sport color screens. The Palm m130 and m515 are immediately available in most countries worldwide for an estimated U.S. street price of $279 and $399, respectively. More.

Google bombing: the next web game From vnunet.com: "In recent weeks web users have been searching for the ultimate, elusive 'googlewhack', two words without quotes that bring up a single solitary result when punched into Google. 'Google bombing', on the other hand, is the art of bringing up a certain site in the number one slot on the search engine by weight of links alone, even if the linking words or phrases are totally unrelated." More. Also see this extensive article for details.

The Internet Amenity From Technology Review: "For big organizations, hoarding wireless bandwidth costs more than giving it away. Smell a free lunch?" More.

The Corner Internet Network vs. the Cellular Giants From the New York Times: "The informal Wi-Fi networks that inexpensively provide wireless Internet access are fine, as far as they go — which is generally a few hundred feet. But what happens when there are enough of them to weave together in a blanket of Internet coverage?" More.