Recently released, Mathematica 4.2 breaks new ground with full XML support and seamless Java integration. The significant upgrade also brings major advances in combinatorics, graph theory, linear programming, statistics, optimization, and technical publishing...
http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/newin42

Stephen Wolfram's landmark book A New Kind of Science has become an important bestseller among both scientists and nonscientists. With a large fourth printing in progress, the book should now be fully available through all major chain and local bookstores...
http://www.wolframscience.com

Soon to be released, A New Kind of Science Explorer is stand-alone, Mathematica-powered software that lets you experience the discoveries of A New Kind of Science on your own computer...
http://www.wolframscience.com/nksx

The all new Mathematica Teacher's Edition supplies specialized tools for precollege mathematics teachers. Creating quizzes and answer keys is almost automatic with its unique problem generator. The product starts shipping this week...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/teachersedition

Wolfram Education Group is now offering two new courses: Working with Data Using Mathematica and Programming in Mathematica. For information about dates, locations, registration, and on-site group training, visit the website...
http://www.wolfram.com/services/education/courses/calendar.html

MathML Central is Wolfram Research's latest contribution to the MathML initiative. This webMathematica-powered website is the place to go for tools and information about MathML...
http://www.mathmlcentral.com

Wolfram Research would like to know how you are using your Mathematica or webMathematica. Submit your nonproprietary journal or conference articles, papers, web links, or other success stories to experience@wolfram.com. If we feature your work on our website, we'll send you a Mathematica T-shirt...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/experience

These new or updated packages help extend the functionality of your Mathematica license in a variety of specialized fields:

The popular Global Optimization now includes 10 functions for constrained and unconstrained global nonlinear optimization in its new 4.2 version...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/globalopt

An all new Mathematica Link for LabVIEW enables easy acquisition and analysis of measurements throughout all phases of the design process...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/labview

MathOptimizer enables the global and local numerical solution of the types of nonlinear and global optimization problems that are ubiquitous in the sciences, engineering, and economics...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/mathoptimizer

UnRisk STANDARD provides a collection of standard utilities, functions, and derivative instruments for Mathematica programmers in finance...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/unriskstandard

...in addition to featuring an introductory slide show tour for new users, Mathematica 4.2 lets you easily create your own slide show presentations. Go to the Help Browser and search for Slide Show in the Master Index. The Working with Slide Shows link shows you how to use the Slide Show palette to create slide shows and navigate through slides...
http://documents.wolfram.com/v4/OtherInformation/WorkingwithSlideShows.html

...you can build graphical user interfaces (GUIs) using Mathematica and Java. These basic examples show how to use J/Link to create GUIs within a Mathematica notebook...
http://library.wolfram.com/howtos/jlinkgui

...XML is based on constructs similar to the symbolic expressions of Mathematica. Version 4.2 introduces SymbolicXML, which allows high-level XML manipulation using the powerful symbolic programming capabilities of Mathematica...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin42/xml.html

A collection of Mathematica-related papers presented at SCI 2002 can now be downloaded...
http://library.wolfram.com/papers/sci2002

HostSRV.com offers hosting and consulting for webMathematica sites...
http://www.wolfram.com/news/hostsrv.html

Intense media coverage of A New Kind of Science and Stephen Wolfram continues in many languages, both in print and on radio and TV...
http://www.wolframscience.com/coverage.html