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New & Noteworthy: Eddy awards; Dreamweaver Jumpstart; Power Structure; Making iMovies; DTerm; more

New & Noteworthy: Eddy awards; Dreamweaver Jumpstart; Power Structure; Making iMovies; DTerm; more

CNET staff
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Macworld Eddy awards announced Here is the complete list.

2.5" FireWire hard drive enclosure The Cutie will be available in mid-December from FireWire Depot in both FireWire only and FireWire/USB2 configurations. The enclosure is not much larger than a 9.5mm hard drive.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Jump Start kit provides comprehensive resources to help Web developers master Dreamweaver 4 and Macromedia Fireworks 4. The free kit includes video tutorials, book excerpts, templates, and product extensions from leading developers targeted specifically at making new users familiar and more productive with the market-leading visual web authoring solutions for web professionals.

Power Structure 1.3 is a story development environment designed for writers who have a story that they want to tell, and want a better 'place' to do it. This version adds import of Final Draft RTF files, other import improvements, and it fixes a redraw bug involving the plot point movement panel.

Making Awesome iMovies is a CD-based tutorial on filmmaking techniques.

DTerm announced DTerm is a real-time application debugging tool for Mac OS 9 and X. It will be available later this month. More.

Handspring Expertly Combines Cellphone, PDA in New Treo From the Wall Street Journal: "It looks like a flip-phone and makes and receives calls with ease. It has a large screen, and can surf the Web and send and receive email. It also has a full keyboard that makes composing emails or memos a breeze. It uses the Palm operating system and can synchronize dates and addresses with a PC." More.

Free speech shrinking on the Net? From ZDNet: "A one-two punch handed down this week by U.S. courts to free-speech advocates may signal that the freewheeling days of unfettered speech on the Internet are numbered, First Amendment experts said. The decisions in two lawsuits testing controversial copyright legislation on Wednesday upheld the ability of content owners to restrict access to their works and showed that U.S. courts are more than willing to limit what can be published online. Along with the government's push for more surveillance powers on the Internet, the judgments could herald the end to the 'untouchable' status of free speech on the Internet, legal experts said." More.

European Confrontation Over Privacy Rights on the Internet From the New York Times: "The two institutions that vote on Europe- wide laws are facing a confrontation over how much access law enforcement authorities should have to the digital trails left by phone and Internet users." More.

Exodus sold to Cable & Wireless, will continue operation Exodus Communications has entered into an agreement to sell a substantial portion of its business and assets to Cable & Wireless plc, the global telecommunications group, for approximately US$575 million in cash, plus the assumption of certain liabilities totalling approximately $180 million.