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Analysis: 2001. A browser
odyssey, CodeBitch, MacEdition, 12.31. A look at browser trends
shows majority using "standards compliant" browsers.
Web: New to
Mac?, Apple Asia Pacific. A newbie's introduction to what makes
Macs so special.
ATI: Developer
relations, Linux/XFree86, ATI Technologies. Hmm, ATI actively
supports those creating ATI drivers for Linux - but no similar page
for Mac developers.
Advice: All 2001 iMacs should have iMac Power Management
Update 1.1 installed to solve a problem with losing PRAM settings
when the computer is disconnected from power for an extended period
of time. See Knowlege
Base article 120048 for details.
Opinion: The
year in Internet law, Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times, 12.28
(free registration required). The most important laws and court
cases concerning the Internet.
Advice: USB vs. FireWire
CD-R drives, Damien, AppleTechs.com, 12.30. Why you really want
FireWire on your CD burner instead of USB.
Benchmarks:
PowerBook G4/500 vs. G4/550, MacSpeedZone, 12.28. Generally
similar results under OS 9 and X, but newer model benefits
from improved graphics for 3D gaming.
Analysis:
Is it time to fence in broadband?, Rachel Konrad, ZDNet, 12.26.
"The government should monitor Internet service providers like
utility companies...."
Opinion: A realistic look at
the ATI chip conspiracy, Mac Night Owl, 12.26. "If Apple and
ATI were ordered by court or convinced by incessant user demand to
commit resources to get make those older chips work better under
Mac OS X, would it make any difference?"
Advice: Sharing USB printers
on a network, Matthew Glidden, ATPM, 12.25. Step-by-step
instructions for sharing a USB printer among two or more Macs.
OS X: It's official:
Apple remains committed to sub-standard ATI graphics performance in
OS X, Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac, 12.22. Apple now
states it does not plan to support acceleration with ATI Rage II+,
IIc, Pro, Pro Turbo, LT Pro, or Mobility chipsets, leaving
WallStreet and Lombard PowerBooks, iMac Rev. A-D, beige G3s, and
original iBook and iBook SE users behind.
Opinion: Who needs hackers
when we've got Microsoft?, Richard Forno, The Register, 12.21.
"...Windows XP doesn't protect you from Microsoft, an entity some
argue is more dangerous than any cyber terrorist or hacker
gang."
OS X: Getting
to the source of Mac OS X, Chris Coleman, O'Reilly, 12.21.
"...what many people don't know is that the source code for much of
Mac OS X is available to the public."
Tech: Apple's FireWire
to go wireless at 5 GHz, Kelly McNeill, osOpinion, 12.21. Looks
like GigaWireô will use a 5 GHz carrier. Based on the name,
this could also means data transfer in the 1 Gb/sec. range or
better - even faster than current FireWire.
Opinion: Is OS X the
real user friendly Linux?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 12.21.
"...with the ascendancy of Mac OS X, prospects for a desktop Linux
breakthrough look bleaker than ever."
News:
Microsoft seen winning in AT&T-Comcast deal, Yahoo/Reuters,
12.20. Turns out MS has a $5 billion investment in AT&T
Broadband, which means it can help shape the new 22 million user
AT&T Comcast service.
Stats: Google
shows 91% Windows, 4% Mac, 1% Linux, 4% other traffic in
November.
Analysis:
Why is Virtual PC 5 slower on Mac OS X?, Eric Traut, Connectix
forum. "...the quantitative difference between VPC 5 on Mac OS 9
and X is typically in the 20-35% range."
Connectivity:
Comcast wins battle for AT&T Broadband, Yahoo/Reuters,
12.19. Let's hope the new owners know how to run a server that
won't be constantly blacklisted for relaying spam.
Analysis:
Apple Computer, Catherine Aman, law.com, 12.19. A look at Apple
legal and intellectual property issues.
Opinion: Mac OS X is the
death of Linux on the desktop, Kimbro Staken, XML Databases,
12.17. "I think Apple has hit the right balance of open and closed
source development and the tide is turning with Mac OS X stealing
from the Linux community."
Opinion: Tales of a BeOS
refugee, Scot Hacker, OSNews, 12.17. "I hereby publicly
apologize for my past life as a Mac-hater. Not only that, but
thanks to OS X, I'm now a bona fide Mac OS lover."
Review: Drive 10,
Gary Coyne, Applelinks. Micromat's new utility excels at solving
OS X drive problems, not as useful with OS 9.
Opinion: All about
compromise, Code Bitch, MacEdtion, 12.17. You can't please all
of the browsers all of the time, so you make due.
Low end: Macintosh Crash
Tips. All about dealing with bombs and other crashes in System
7.
The
Geek Syndrome, Steve Silberman, Wired [
/.]. An examination of autism and Asperger's syndrome in
Silicon Valley. "A WYSIWYG world, where respect and rewards are
based strictly on merit, is an Asperger's dream."
Opinion: Checking
out OmniWeb, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 12.14. Pretty,
acceptably fast, a breeze to install, fully OS X native.
Security: MS releases mother
of all IE security patches, John Leyden, The Register, 12.14.
Patch "eliminates all previously discussed security vulnerabilities
affecting IE 5.5 and IE 6." (Windows only, of course.)
Analysis: Is your G3
obsolete already?, Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac, 12.14.
What, Norton Utilties 7.0 won't support beige G3s or WallStreets?
Say it isn't so!
Opinion: Charles
the Right? Says it ain't so!, Matthew Ruben, Mac Curmudgeon,
Mac Opinion, 12.14. Provocative discussion of "liberal" and
"conservative" labels on the Mac Web and elsewhere.
Dark Side: Dell
to discontinue Itanium workstation, eWeek, 12.13. Total Itanium
sales industry-wide estimated at 4,300 units - and you though Apple
had a small market?
Opinion: Apple
natives restless - and fighting mad!, John H. Farr, Applelinks,
12.13. "Steve Jobs better have one heck of a good reason for making
sure that hundreds (if not thousands) of you will miss the
speech."
Opinion: The
holes in Apple's marketing lineup, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 12.13. "I would like to see Apple release a low-priced,
entry level, modular CPU...."
Analysis:
Riding into the sunset, Ed Foster, The Gripe Line, Infoworld
[
/.]. Support expiring after a year, antivirus software
expiring, required annual updates, and other software
nightmares.
News: Wham, bam,
thank you spam, Jeffrey Benner, Wired News, 12.12. Receive
spam, sue the spammer, win in court - but only in certain
jurisdictions.
Opinion: Mac users ragin'
mad about lack of ATI support in older Macs, Remy Davison,
Insanely Great Mac, 12.10. OS X users "getting increasingly
frustrated by the lack of driver support for older ATI cards in
Macs built between 1997 and 1999."
News: Digital
cash payoff, Evan I. Schwartz, Technology Review. A look at
PayPal.
Advice: Number
crunching for webmasters, Dan Knight, The Knight Line, Low End
PC, 12.07. How to get the most out of your website's logs.
Rights: Big
stink over a simple link, Farhad Manjoo, Wired News, 12.06
[
Slashdot]. Don't link to KPMG without permission - any
link violates their link policy. Weird!
Advice: Surfing with Sega,
Michelle Klein-Häss (a.k.a. Ms. Geek), Geek Speak. Low End PC,
12.05. Low end? How about using a $50 Sega Dreamcast to surf the
Web, do email, and IRC?
News:
Cable modem users can't turn to FCC, Jonathan Krim, Washington
Post, 12.04. "...the FCC has had ample time to make a simple
classification of cable-modem services that would not leave
customers so exposed."
