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New & Noteworthy: FireBay; EarthLink's Custom Token; MacFixIt in U.S. News

New & Noteworthy: FireBay; EarthLink's Custom Token; MacFixIt in U.S. News

CNET staff
FireBay Mac Components Engineered has announced the FireBay, an external FireWire docking unit for PowerBook expansion bay devices. Once inserted into the MCE FireBay, PowerBook expansion bay devices such as hard disks, CD/DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW, Zip, etc. can be used externally on any Mac or PowerBook with a FireWire port. Eligible expansion bay devices are those designed for the Apple PowerBook (FireWire) and the Apple PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze/Lombard). Release date is set for early May.

EarthLink's Custom Browser Token This article explains a "false alarm" controversy over EarthLink's "super-cookie" - which presented itself to every web site, web advertiser, and web tracking bug a user's browser came into contact with.

Cool! An article on Mac OS X in U.S. News & World Report mentions MacFixIt.