Seems that Apple's Cube team has been dissolved, from what I've seen on MacNN.

I'm really not surprised, nor are many others I suppose. It was a neat idea, sort of a half iMac/half G4 tower crammed in a cube. The price was too high, which resulted in low sales. A neat idea, but asked to shoulder too much of the sales burden. The people who wanted more than an iMac remained happy with their G3 and G4 towers and didn't want to spend more and get less (expandability, mostly). I can't imagine what other features would have shown up in future version of the Cube that would distinguish it from other machines in their product line.

The Cube sure looks neat in person, especially when hooked up to the 15" LCD, and it was that striking appearance that made people like it and want it, or dismiss it a an overpriced paperweight. I think there are still many users out their who want their boxes remain plain and businesslike, assuming businesslike = serious and not looking like a computer you have at work = silly toy.

The Cube reminds me of the 20th Anniversary Macintosh, which was essentially a PowerBook locked in a open position with some Bose speakers that they sold for USD $10,000. Perhaps they should have kept the Cube secret for a little longer and released it as the 25th Anniversary Macintosh.

At least Apple realized they missed the boat on CD-RW. I'd be interested to know how they pulled off the crowd for the new iTunes commercial they've been running. Now if they only would have stuck around in the handheld market and somehow crossbred the Newton 2100 and the Palm Vx and VII.

Lots of useful and fun stuff at the 404 Research Lab site. Having a useful 404 error page is an essential part of any site. The site itself is fun but also educational. There are general instructions on how to set up a 404 page on your own site and also a directory of 404 pages of note out there. I'm really surprised at home many site, both personal and professional, don't have a 404 page.