New & Noteworthy: Cro-Mag Rally; MS & Mac; more

Cro-Mag Rally 2.0.4 is an update to this 3D racing game that has been bundled with iBooks and iMacs. [OS 9 & OS X]

MS: Mac Software Connection Solid A Wired article covers yesterday's proclamation of continued support for the Mac by Microsoft. The announcement was apparently designed to dispell fears that the upcoming expiration of the 5 year Apple/Microsoft agreement would lead to Microsoft abandoning its support. You can read the entire speech here.

devideon superdrive Formac Electronic has announced the introduction of its devideon superdrive. "The new FireWire DVD-R/RW & CD-RW combination drive is bundled with Formac's proprietary DVD authoring software, making it the world's first external solution to bring affordable DVD creation to the Apple Macintosh."

Seeking Profits, Internet Companies Alter Privacy Policy "Pressed for profits, Internet companies are increasingly selling access to their users' postal mail addresses and telephone numbers, in addition to flooding their e-mail boxes with junk mail." More.

Benefits of USB 2.0 IOGEAR, which offers USB 2.0 components, has produced a brief PDF document explaining the "technical benefits of USB 2.0 in layman's terms."

T-shirt design contest VersionTracker is having a competition to design the new t-shirt. A $500 cash prize will be given to the winner. The competition will be judged by a panel of graphic design experts.