Apple gives iTools users a .Mac reprieve

Mac users who have not converted their iTools accounts to .Mac subscriptions now have a little more time. Apple said it is extending the deadline until Oct. 14 for users of the free e-mail, Web hosting and online storage service to subscribe to Apple’s new .Mac service, which was launched in July. Previously, iTools users had until midnight Sept. 30 to sign up at an annual cost of $49.95 or lose their iTools account, including all information stored in their e-mail, files stored online and Web sites made with using Apple’s HomePage sectionof iTools. Read on at c”net here.