The man responsible for overseeing the construction of the world's third-fastest supercomputer responds to News.com's dismissal of the Mac cluster. (corrected)

It was David vs. Goliath. And David decided he'd rather have an X-Box.

Asante Technologies, Inc. and Proactive Technologies have teamed up to provide the digital prepress and media industries with affordable, reliable Gigabit switches. Working together for the past six months, the companies sell Gigabit solutions to hundreds of users at dozens of locations.

Other World Computing (OWC) yesterday introduced the Mercury G4/450-533 megahertz (MHz) ZIF upgrade with one megabyte (MB) L2 Cache for the Apple PowerMac G3 Beige, G3 Blue & White and G4 "Yikes" models. This new model replaces OWC's G4/450MHz, G4/500MHz and G4/533MHz models.

Convergent cabling from Gefen supports long and short distance HDTV (high definition television) resolutions by combining fiber optics and DDC signals into a single cable with DVI connectors.

World to Microsoft: "duh."

Taking time out of its busy schedule of complaining that Apple is limiting customers' choices, Microsoft is applying legal pressure to a 17 high school student and computer programmer, Mike Rowe. His crime? Registering [url=http://www.mikerowesoft.com]http://www.mikerowesoft.com[/url] Update: After being overwhelmed by traffic, Mike Rowe's contentious website is back up.

The new virus on the block is called "Bagle" or "Beagle," and gets people to run it by posing as a calculator. Macintosh computers won't be affected by the virus.

Folks, you're just not going to believe it... the Microsoft-friendly settlement reached in the antitrust case has failed to spark competition.

Surprise: if you used a feature in Windows XP to buy online music, it opened Internet Explorer... even if you'd selected another browser as your default.

In a PCWorld interview, the CEO and Chair of RealNetworks shares his thoughts on Apple and iTunes in the wake of the HP deal: " What Apple is doing reinforces format diversity. Even though Apple is narrowly focused on its one format, its success reinforces the need for people to take a universal approach."

Make Music announced that its popular music notation program, Finale 2004, will begin shipping as an OS X-only program on January 16. An update which supports OS 9 has also been announced.