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Apple has announced the availability of the Starbucks Hear Music catalog on the iTunes Store, giving users the ability to preview, buy and download a wide variety of popular Hear Music titles.

“We’re excited to work with iTunes to add a significant new digital experience to the innovative buying experience we’ve been offering in Starbucks locations for more than 10 years,” said Ken Lombard, president, Starbucks Entertainment. “Many of our customers want to listen to our music on their iPods, and now that will be easier than ever.”

Although it’s been years since the last Newton MessagePad rolled off the production line, users continue find new, useful and delightfully offbeat ways to put the devices to work. However, the coolest to date is the Newton Webserver by Grant Hutchinson, who’s definitely earning his 15 minutes of fame. More …

PC Pro has branded Apple’s Xeon-powered Mac Pros the ‘fastest PCs in the UK’, according to the magazine’s benchmarks

In a 3D-render test, the dual Xeons under Win XP cut the time taken to complete the exercise down by nearly half, from a minute on the fastest PCs to 34 seconds. More …

The full review and benchmarks will be published in PC Pro magazine on October 19.