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03/06/2006, 9:05am, EST
Monday, March 6th
Briefly: AOL opens AIM, Apple support
In Brief: Apple now employs an ally of Tom DeLay, a Republican lawyer well versed in redrawing congressional districts: "The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker now employs Joby Fortson, a former aide to Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, according to The New Yorker Magazine."... AOL today announced the creation of a new Open AIM initiative designed to allow developers to build new plugins and custom communications clients based on the popular AIM platform using its new AIM SDK, which features support for AOL's proprietary protocols.... One of this year's top short comedies created during Campus MovieFest was featured on The Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, and CNN. "55: A Meditation on the Speed Limit" was created using Apple laptop with iLife, camcorder.... An Infoworld blogger notes that Apple's online support site does not support early beta versions of Internet Explorer 7.... Modiba Productions today announced that the trailer for "Africa, New York," its first feature length film, is now available for the iPod video.... Apple general manager and vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Pascal Cagni will speak at the Jupiter Research Plug.IN Digital Music Forum in London on March 15.... A Japanese website has posted a screenshot of a 1.5GHz Intel Core Duo-based Mac mini, although Apple only offers a single-core version for particular processor speed model. [initial entry corrected]
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