New & Noteworthy: Macintosh loyalty; SoftWindows gone; Napster; Naked Wife virus; Email List running again

Macintosh owners most loyal Harris Interactive recently released the results of a new survey of more than 140,000 Internet users. Gateway and HP led the pack as the brands most preferred by first-time buyers of home computers. Apple was the leader in loyalty. This was measured by whether you bought the same brand of computer as you currently owned, when purchasing a second computer.

SoftWindows 98 gone FWB has stopped selling SoftWindows 98. It will continue to sell Real PC.

Today's Napster news The Napster saga continues, with Napster trying to filter out copyrighted material and users trying to find ways to circumvent the blockade.

Naked Wife virus only does Windows There's a new Windows virus called "Naked Wife."

Mac Care Unit released Casady & Greene has announced the retail release of Mac Care Unit for Macintosh. It includes utilities from Casady & Greene, Alsoft, Connectix, and Intego: Conflict Catcher 8; Chaos Master; DiskWarrior; PlusOptimizer; CopyAgent ; NetBarrier; and VirusBarrier. Mac Care Unit has an estimated street price (ESP) of $129.95.

MacFixIt Headlines Email List running again; server upgrade success The MacFixIt Headlines Email List is back up and running again (see yesterday's item). The new MacFixIt server upgrade is now running on all cylinders and appears to be a big success. Enjoy.