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At Mac Expo in Paris last Tuesday, CEO Steve Jobs released the new addition to his "i" line of software for the Mac, iCal, "an elegant personal calendar application that helps you manage your life and your time better than ever before". The software will only be available for Apple's new OS X upgrade 10.2 or codenamed Jaguar.

Steve Jobs also announced that, starting in January, new Macs will only be able to boot up in Mac OS X. (shock horror, News at Ten!).

Here's what Apple says about iCal on their website...

iCal lets you keep track of your appointments and events with multiple calendars featuring at-a-glance views of upcoming activities by day, week or month. iCal also lets you create separate color-coded calendars for your home, school and work schedules, and it lets you view all your different calendars at the same time from within a single unified window. That way you can quickly spot scheduling conflicts — and just as quickly identify where you still have lots of time.

You can use iCal to remind you of time commitments, keep track of your deadlines, send and receive email and text-message notifications, set alarms, and even create and prioritize To Do lists. In fact, iCal performs so many useful functions, it makes all other desktop calendars look, well, dated.

News source: CNet News
View: Apple's new addition - iCal

Good source

Report author Yvonne MacPherson said: "A distinct advantage of the internet as a source of heath information is that information is easily accessible and can be read in private and at the leisure of the internet user.

"Good health sites are not meant to replace interaction with a physician. Rather, they help patients prepare for appointments and take more responsibility for their health."

The survey also found that the vast majority of people consider themselves highly health conscious - making them a receptive audience for health information.

Currently, 32-34% of adults aged 18 to 54 used the internet to search for health information.

This number decreases to 27% in the 55 to 64 age group, and further to 14% in the 65 and over age group.

Young internet users often conduct online health research on behalf of older family members who do not use the internet.

Audience will grow

However, Datamonitor says that the audience for health information online will grow naturally as the population ages, and more and more people grow up with the net.

It recommends that website operators focus their efforts on building a good long-term relationship with their existing consumers, rather than on attempting to attract non-internet users.

At present, general health sites and sites run by governments or institutions are more popular than those run by pharmaceutical firms, as they are perceived to be more objective.

However, Datamonitor predicts that pharmaceutical company sites will become incresingly popular as the population ages, given the large proportion of elderly people on medication cmopared to other age groups.

Ms MacPherson said: "Product sites are ideal places for internet users to check information about side effects and dietary requirements ofthe pharmaceuticals they are taking."