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Opinion: One
good spam deserves another, Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac
Opinion, 04.30. Also why Marc (and others) are philosophically
opposed to HTML email.
Web:
Itanium dubbed "Itanic" on 1999.10.04, Kraig Finstad, Usenet.
Intel's CPU first earned the disparaging moniker the very day its
new name was announced.
Software: ramBunctious
2.0, Clarkwood Software. One of our favorite programs (see review) gets updated for
OS X.
Dark Side: Preinstalled
Windows: Aargh! I can't get it off!, John Lettice, The
Register, 04.30. "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed
operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the
machine." Puh-lease!
News: And
now, introducing Itanium 2, John G. Spooner, ZDNet News, 04.25.
1 GHz "McKinley," second generation IA64 CPU, to be named
Itanium 2. (We still like Itanic....)
Web: Etymology of
"Itanic," Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 04.24. Article credits
Low End Mac for first published use of "Itanic" label for Intel's
Itanium CPU. Thanks!
Web: Rotten
links hamper learning, Katie Dean and Kendra Mayfield, Wired,
04.24. Web links - here today, gone tomorrow?
Analysis: Anti-Apple
"Christian" Web site a hoax, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks,
04.23. "...crafted by some person or persons with both more than
passing familiarity with the Bible and the motif and style employed
in certain strata of American Christian fundamentalism, as well as
more than casual knowledge of the Macintosh orbit."
Opinion: Apple
is "evil," John H. Farr, Applelinks, 04.23. "I spent too much
time in Sunday schools . . . to find anything the least
bit unbelievable about the site in question."
Opinion: The shoe on the
other foot, Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac, 04.23. "...in the
blackest part of my heart I hope there's at least one clueless
student outraged by this eggregious slight."
Web:
Pay services gather steam on the Web, Bob Tedeschi, New York
Times, 04.22 (free registration required). One-third of Internet
users willing to pay for some content.
Dark Side: Itanic: It's
all academic now, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 04.23. Sorry,
guys, but the term "Itanic" was used here nine days before the Reg
first published it.
News: Agreement
on computer recycling, Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times, 04.22
(free registration required). $25-30 fee on new computers will fund
recycling of old machines.
Opinion:
XP means extra pain, Stewart Alsop, Fortune, 04.22. "As many
readers know, I've been using the Macintosh more and more at
home."
Opinion: It's
getting worse, Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac Opinion, 04.22.
"I hoped it was my imagination, but it's not: spam - unsolicited
email - is getting worse."
Rights:
Google runs into copyright dispute, David F. Gallagher, NY
Times (free registration required), 04.22. DMCA makes sites liable
for linking to content they do not control.
Rights: Waging peace on the
Internet, Oxblood Ruffin, The Register, 04.19. "Our definition
of hacktivism is, 'using technology to advance human rights through
electronic media.'"
Opinion: It's also the
browser, Mac Net Journal, 04.19. Don't just blame OS X for
slow surfing; some browsers are worse than others.
Opinion: Gartner: iMacs
priced too high, Ben Wilson, NewsFactor Network, 04.19. So
that's why Apple sells so many and manages to turn a
profit....
Opinion: Slow
surfing? "It's the OS, stupid," John H. Farr, Applelinks,
04.19. "Nothing, and we mean nothing, on God's green earth will
ever convince us that whacking a couple of seconds off any Web page
display is worth putting up with Windows...."
History: A/UX,
Applefritter. Apple did Unix long before OS X - real AT&T
Unix.
Analysis: Why do new Mac
surf so slowly?, Paul Boutin, Wired, 04.19. "For Web browsing
. . . the new iMacs are notably slower than a PC."
New: Deep
linking returns to surface, Michelle Delio, Wired, 04.18
[mam]. "Legal experts say
that deep linking can violate . . . copyright and
trademark laws." Huh? We prefer Open
Link.
Technology: TiVo begins
3.0 software rollout, BetaNews, 04.17 [
/.]. Now supports ethernet and downloading program data via
Internet without a dial-up connection.
AAPL: AAPL
holds gains ahead of earnings report, Robert Paul Leitao, Mac
Observer, 04.17. "Apple closed on Tuesday at $25.74, it's highest
daily close since early May."
Software: POPmonitor 2.0,
Vechtwijk Automatisering. New version of very useful utility can
automate trashing spam, handling bounce messages. Requires
OS 8 or later.
Advice:
Sorting out PowerBook G3 confusion, Charles W. Moore, Road
Warrior, Mac Opinion, 04.16. Kanga, bronze keyboard, WallStreet,
PDQ, Lombard, Pismo, MainStreet explained.
Rights:
Shaping the learning curve through a code, Jay Mathwes,
Washington Post, 04.16. Georgia Tech student under "suspicion of
academic misconduct" after asking another student for help.
Software: Internet
Explorer 5.1.4, Mactopia, 04.16. "Version 5.1.4 resolves all
security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Internet Explorer
5." (All of 'em?)
Opinion: Web
business, David K. Every, iGeek, 04.16. "...don't let the
'dot-com crisis'" fool you. There has been huge growth in the
Internet...."
Rights: Google begins making
DMSC takedowns public, Linux Journal, 04.12 [
/.]. "When results would have included a DMCA-censored page,
the results page now includes a link to the takedown letter that
resulted in the page being removed."
Review: l'espion's
very small digital camera, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 04.12.
Very small, very inexpensive, and it makes pretty small pictures,
too.
Petition: Release Mac
OS 8.1 and 8.5.1, Steve Godun, Petition Online. If you'd like
to see Apple make OS 8.1 and 8.5.1 free-for-all, as they did with
System 7.5.3, please sign this petition.
Opinion: Why so excited about
Bluetooth?, Damien, mrbarrett.com, 04.11. "...once Apple
decides to adopt a technology or technology trend into its product
line, the rest of the industy will follow."
Advice:
Scrap your desktop, Brian Clark, Business 2.0. Yes, for a lot
of users a laptop can replace a desktop.
Web: iGeek. David K.
Every's new site contains new content and will be home to updated
versions of some old MacKiDo articles.
Web: "Black
ops" SE/30?, Greg Wassmann, DigiBarn. Metal case, snoop-proof
shielding, and other features make Tempest SE/30 virtually unknown
outside of secure installations.
Advice: Can I
deduct my computer?, June Kim, SmartMoney, 04.10. Tips on tax
deductions for computer owners.
Opinion: When
MacWeek ruled the earth, Chuck La Tournous, RandomMaccess,
04.09. Before the Web, MacWeek was the ultimate Mac
publication.
OS X: Macs Only! reports
that Jake Luck has OS X running on his G3-upgraded PB 2400 thanks
to XPostFacto,
04.09.
Opinion: Life on the Net in
2004, Aardvark Daily, 04.09 [
/.]. Within a couple years, everything you do online could cost
you money.
Web: Mac
Net Journal has overhauled their look and feel, 04.09. Faster
loading, less cluttered. We like it.
AAPL: Big
blues, Robert Paul Leitao, Apple Stock Watch, Mac Observer,
04.08. IBM profit warning sends market, especially tech stocks,
into a tail-spin.
Opinion: Cyberspace and
race, Henry Jenkins, Technology Review [mam]. "In the end, we will need
to give up any lingering fantasies of a color-blind Web...."
Web: Web
surfers brace for pop-up downloads, Stefanie Olsen, c|net,
04.08 [
/.]. "In some cases, people are not even asked whether they
want the software. It just installs...."
Opinion: Classic Macs: Useful or
not?, John Christie, RetroMacs, MacWeekly, 04.08. A look at the
potential uses for pre-USB Macs - starting with the compact
models.
Opinion: The right side of
the road, CodeBitch, MacEdition, 04.08. "The benefit of
standardisation is too important to wait for someone to decide on
the optimal standard."
News: "Tax on a tax"
slams middle class, Fox News, 04.08. AMT (Alternative Minimum
Tax) designed to tax the rich, increasingly sticks it to the middle
class.
MacInSchool: Laptops
for "Backwash Elementary," Educator's News, 04.08. "One cart
will carry 24 PC wireless laptops with the other carrying 24
iBooks."
News: Online casinos
wicked - coroner, Tim Richardson, The Register, 04.08. Gambling
debts lead to suicide. (You'll never see ads for online casinos on
Low End Mac.)
OS X: XPostFacto
updated. Utility now supports installing OS X on unsupported PB
3400, original G3, and possibly 2400.
Web: MacKiDo evolution,
David K. Every, 04.03. "Mac OS X has made it clear that the
Mac Wayô is dead."
Tech: The
AltiVec difference, Craig Hunter, O'Reilly Network, 04.05. How
AltiVec makes the G4 more powerful than the G3 for certain
tasks.
Benchmarks: LaCie's
40 GB U&I PocketDrive, ExtremeTech, 04.05 [OSN]. Yes, Virginia, FireWire really
is faster than USB 2.0 in the real world - even on Wintel.
Opinion:
Drowning in Aqua, Peter Seebach, IBM developerWorks. "Aqua
stands today as a tour de force, a grand showing of just how
unbelievably awful an interface can be."
Discuss on MacSlash.
Tech: A flexible
solar panel for clothes, Technology Review, 04.05. "One day,
clothing could provide electrical juice to energize a portable
phone, hand-held computer, or portable music player."
Dork Side: Microsoft's
anti-Unix ads backfire, Cydney Gillis, Eastside Journal, 04.02.
Anti-Unix site served on Unix. What were they thinking?
Opinion: Speak Up for
Peace, Dan Knight, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 04.04. "We are
spearheading the 'Speak up for peace' campaign and asking people
around the world to contact their elected officials...."
Advice: Practice safe
computing, Michelle Klein-Häss, Geek Speak, Low End PC,
04.04. How to work on your computer without zapping it to death
with static electricity.
Opinion: How
Apple could improve the iBook, Eric Schwarz, The 'Book Report,
MacWeekly, 04.02. The iBook is nice, but there are a few things
Apple could have done better.
MacInSchool: Henrico
County iBooks, part 2, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 04.02. "Your
editor also thinks that the school board should have listened to
the teachers on how best to proceed."
Opinion:
PowerBook 2400c, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion,
04.02. "The 2400 is one of the most interesting PowerBooks
ever...."
Opinion: Apple
should not change its advertising approach, Michel Munger, Mac
Observer, 04.02. "Apple uses the essence of its platform to sell it
to its customers, without world domination in mind."
Low End: Mac Plus Web
Server, Gilles Aurejac. Little Mac Plus in France not only
serves Web pages, but runs off floppies.
Community: Bluetooth
Mac email list, The Macintosh Guy. Jump on the technology
bandwagon and learn about Bluetooth on the Mac with other Mac
users.
Opinion: The Palestine
Solution, Dan Knight, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 04.02. "In a
nutshell, the problem is two groups with different but legitimate
claims to the same land."
Opinion: A new high in
underhanded licensing, Bradley F. Shimmin, Network Computing,
04.01. "Microsoft has come to a very distinct conclusion: Users and
administrators can no longer be trusted to comply with the
company's EULA (End-User Licensing Agreement)."
Opinion: Brother, can you spare
$200, Chris Lawson, Last Word, MacWeekly.com, 04.01. "Just
because it's a bargain doesn't mean you should [or can] buy
it."
Web: MacWeekly.com
launched. This new site has grown out of the old Classic Mac
Weekly newsletter and includes several writer you already know from
Low End Mac.
Web: NeXT Archive, Z80.org.
Lots of NeXT information archived here.
Rights: