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Dark Side: How will Microsoft's licensing plan affect Office?, Mark Hachman, Extreme Tech, 07.30. About 70 percent of the user base still uses Office 97, but they complain about the adoption rate for Office v.X?
Dark Side: Death to the 3.5" floppy?, Slashdot, 07.30. Doesn't this sound a bit like the 1998 iMac introduction?
Dark Side: Microsoft upgrade plan gets cold shoulder, Joe Wilcox, Cnet, 07.30. "This is the sort of thing that has lost Microsoft a lot of friends."
Forum: What are you doing with your old Macs?, Mac Observer, 07.30. Just what are you doing with your old Macs?
Analysis: More PowerBook/iBook hard drive musings, Charles W. Moore, Mac Opinion, 07.30. "...the biggest performance increase for dollars spent may actually be found in upgrading to a faster hard drive...."
Rights: RIAA.org DOSed: Whining commences, ars technica, 07.30. RIAA.com subject to same type of denial of service attack they wish to inflict on others.
AAPL: Apple up, markets jump, Adobe settles suits, Robert Paul Leitau, Mac Observer, 07.30. "Apple powered higher by $.68, up 4.74 percent at $15.02...."
Humor: Bait and Switch, Kevin Fox, 07.30. "I gave out that email address everywhere." (QuickTime)
Upgrade: Toshiba Notebook 40 GB, 16 MB Cache,5400 RPM, fluid bearing drives, Accelerate Your Mac!, 07.30. 9.5mm thin $249 drive will fit any 'Book, just reaching dealers.
News: Apple's PowerBook and iBook group wants your feedback, Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac, 07.29. Apple wants feedback from iBook, PowerBook users.
Humor: Homepage Doomsday Clock, Joy of Tech, 07.29. How long until your homepage.mac.com disappears?
News: Legal restrictions stop the sale of SuperDrive eMac, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 07.29. Zettabyte no longer allowed to sell upgraded eMacs, will instead sell upgrade kits to end users.
News: Watson developer speaks out against Apple, plans port to Windows, Brad Smith, Mac Observer, 07.29. Watson developer "not involved in any aspect of Sherlock 3, other than serving as . . . inspiration."
Opinion: Sweating it out, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 07.29. Farr's wife is in the UK, depending on Web mail and cybercafes - and Windows. Ugh.
Advocacy: Why buy a PC when you can have a Mac?, David Saraceno, The Spokesman-Review, 07.28. "This column was not intended to insult a perfectly good operating system, but to differentiate it from a better one."
Deal: .mac to be sold at a discount through third parties?, MacSlash, 07.28. Both Amazon.com and Buy.com list .mac for sale - and at less than $99.
Advice: How to set up a Web and mail server, MacSlash, 07.28. How to set up your own Web and email server using Mac OS X.
Analysis: Office X. or Mac OS X the problem?, Robert Accettura, MacVillage.net, 07.27. "My theory is that Microsoft isn't selling enough copies of Office X. because of the hefty price tag."
Analysis: The strange case of the duelling benchmarks, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.27. "...there is nothing controversial or strange about Apple's methods."
Review: Crescendo G4 upgrade, Mac Singapore, 07.27. G4/450 turns Power Mac 8600av into a speed demon.
Deal: Save $50 on Jaguar, Amazon.com, 07.26. Purchase OS X 10.2 from Amazon.com by 10/3/02, get $50 back.
Web: On the future of LWN, Linux Weekly News, 07.26. In less than one week, LWN readers have donated over $12,000 to keep the site afloat.
Rights: Ethical hacker faces war driving charges, John Leyden, The Register, 07.26. If you tell them their wireless network isn't secure, they can charge you with hacking?
News: Sun to push StarOffice for Apple's OS X, Joe Wilcox, Cnet, 07.26. "Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems are cooperating on a version of Sun's StarOffice productivity software for Mac OS X...."
News: Apple expands Jaguar upgrade policy, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.26. OS X 10.2 Up-To-Date expanded to cover purchases of OS X from July 17, 2002.
Dark Side: Hotmail clean-out catches members out, Lisa M. Bowman, Cnet, 07.25. "As part of a series of . . . policies aimed at driving more people toward its paid services, Microsoft has instituted a plan to delete sent Hotmail messages that are more than 30 days old."
AAPL: Apple gains more than 5% in near-record market rally, Robert Paul Leitau, Mac Observer, 07.24. "Apple gained $.73 to close at $15.20, a gain of just over five percent on the day."
News: .mac webmail security hole, MacSlash, 07.24. Security hole exists when accessing mac.com email via Apple's Web interface.
Web: LWN.net closing down, Slashdot, 07.24. "The best Linux news site is calling it a day. Citing money problems, they are saying next weeks issue will be the last."
Opinion: Six years with a Mac OS clone, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.24. "No doubt it'll still be doing its thing six years from now."
Forum: What should Apple charge for OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)?, Mac Observer, 07.24. How much should OS X users have to pay to upgrade to 10.2?
Rights: Could Hollywood hack your PC?, Declan McCullagh, Cnet, 07.23. Draft legislation would authorize RIAA, MPAA, and others to hack into any computer with P2P capabilities.
Opinion: A renaissance of PowerBook processor upgrades, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 07.23. "...there are now three players offering G4 upgrades for the G3 Series 'Books...."
Tech: Power Mac G4 (AGP): SCSI card may interfere with wake from sleep, Apple Knowledge Base, 07.22. Computer may incorrectly assume card supports power down mode and not wake properly from sleep under OS 8.6.
Tech: Rendezvous with Jaguar: OS X bids farewell to Appletalk, Jacqueline Emigh, CrossNodes, 07.22. Apple plans to start phasing out support for Appletalk, replacing it with Rendezvous.
Analysis: MS Mac developer responds, Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network, 07.22. "...Microsoft needs some lessons in how to win friends and influence people."
Humor: Top X reasons to buy Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar), David Dire, O'Grady's PowerPage, 07.23. "No animals were harmed in making the jaguar-spotted 'X' CD."
Review: EyeTV owner comments, Accelerate Your Mac, 07.23. Reader reports run quite a range. Read these comments before buying EyeTV.
Opinion: Apple takes a bite out of users, Scott McCarty, GraphicPower, 07.22. Jaguar for $129. Okay. Dot-mac for $99. No way.
Humor: Zap the PRAM, MacBoy.com, 07.22. A cartoonist's take on last week's keynote address.
Analysis: More on MS Mac FUD, William Grosso, O'Reilly Network, 07.21. Microsoft is upset because Office is irrelvant to the home market and digital hub.
Analysis: Apple to consider x86 after Mac OS X transition done, Eugenia Loli-Queru, OSNews, 07.20. Why Apple will eventually leave Motorola and the PowerPC behind.
Opinion: Apple needs to rethink Jaguar upgrade policies, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.20. How about a $50 rebate for everyone who bought OS X or a Mac that shipped with it?
Expo: Old Macs getting more valuable & charging for Jaguar makes good sense..., Nicolas diPierro, Mac Observer, 07.19. "If this works, Apple will not only make the whole widget, but gain revenue from the whole widget."
Opinion: Switch - or bait & switch?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 07.19. "...Apple has made a serious miscalculation with this change of policy, particularly as it pertains to the mac.com email service."
Expo: Hands on with Inkwell, Macs Only!, 07.19. Works well even with poor handwriting, and works in any OS X app.
Analysis: Mac users outraged at iTools, upgrade taxes, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 07.18. Between .mac, Jaguar, and QuickTime Pro, the cost of owning a Mac has gone up.
News: Yahoo admits changing e-mail text to block hackers, Andrea Orr, Yahoo/Reuters, 07.18. "Yahoo! Inc. confirmed on Wednesday that its e-mail software has automatically changed certain words...."
Analysis: AOL "cooked books" as dot.com bubble burst, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 07.18. "AOL misrepresented its accounts in three quarterly periods as the 'New Economy' bubble was bursting..."
Expo: ATI's high-end Radeon 9700 Mac-bound this fall, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 07.18. Designed by same team as Nintendo's GameCube video.
Analysis: Freeware a likely casualty of the .mac Initiative, RickMacMerc, O'Grady's PowerPage, 07.18. What will become of all the freeware hosted on homepage.mac.com?
Analysis: Gigahertz gap?, Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics, 07.18. Chip speed doesn't matter much anymore.
Opinion: How much is dot-mac worth?, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 07.18. "...I'm going to let my old email address that gave Apple a free plug every time I used it die on the vine."
Opinion: .Mac? Maybe .Screwed!, Vern Seward, Just a Thought, Mac Observer, 07.18. "...it was a ploy worthy of shady used car salesmen who practice the ol' bait-n-switch routine, or worse, worthy of Microsoft."
Expo: Apple goes all CD-ROM on Classic iMacs; drops $999 model, MacMinute, 07.18. Entry level model now 600 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, CD-ROM, $799.
News: Apple offers Combo drive eMac, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 07.18. Just $100 more for CD-RW/DVD Combo drive.
Huh? Forget the gadgets, just let me see, Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, 07.17. Volvo's "Safety Car" runs Windows 98?
Upgrades: Loads of new upgrades from Sonnet, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 07.17. Upgrades for Sawtooth G4s, PCI Power Macs, laptops, and lots more.
News: .Mac FAQs, Apple, 07.17. Apple to suspend free iTools, mac.com email addresses effective 2002.09.30.
Expo: Watch the keynote via QuickTime, Apple, 07.17. The Stevenote is scheduled to begin Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
Analysis: Why is my WallStreet sometimes faster than my Pismo?, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 07.16. "Is hard drive response sometimes a bigger real world speed factor than processor clock speed?"
News: Apple announces $32 million profit, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 07.16. "Even in this extended worldwide downturn, Apple is continuing to be profitable and continuing to innovate."
Huh? Game publicity plan raises grave concerns, Mark Oliver, Guardian Unlimited, 07.15. Acclaim wants to buy ad space on gravestones. Really.
Analysis: Content filtering exposed, Adam C. Engst, TidBITS, 07.15. "...the way overzealous server-side content filtering makes email unreliable stands only to worsen the very problem it's attempting to fix."
Analysis: Apple refutes Microsoft's Mac OS X claims, Darryl K. Taft, eWeek, 07.15. Apple estimates 2.5 million OS X users, giving Office v. X about 12% of the market.
News: Apple releases QuickTime 6, Joe Wilcox, Cnet, 07.15. Just in time to watch the Expo keynote on Weds. MPEG-4 licensing resolved - no fee for free content.
News: Apple releases QuickTime 6 ahead of Expo, Brad Smith, Mac Observer, 07.16. "Apple has quietly released the final version of QuickTime 6 today...."
Opinion: Woe is Microsoft and Corel (when it comes to Mac OS X), Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly, 07.15. "Microsoft doesn't like the fact that Apple's encouraging people to Switch...."
Upgrades: Newer ships G4 upgrades for older systems, MacNN, 07.15. 500-533 MHz G4 upgrades for WallStreet and Lombard PowerBooks, beige and blue & white Power Mac G3.
Advice: Using relative font sizes, Mark Pilgrim, Dive Into Mark, 07.15. More involved than what we do at LEM, but the key concept is letting readers resize text to meet their needs.
Opinion: Weighed down, Jeff Adkins, SFGate.com, 07.15. LEM's Lite Side columnist looks at Southwest Airlines. "...if I buy a ticket using Friends Fly Free, can I be my own best friend?"
Opinion: If it's broke, don't sell it, Teri Robinson, osOpinion, 07.15. "...it seems that many software developers live by the following sentiment: 'If it's broke, but it's really hot, then release it and fix it later.'"
News: OS X adoption rate draws fire from Microsoft, Corel, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 2002.07.15. MS upset at selling only 300,000 copies of overpriced, bloated Office v. X.
Opinion: The dark, scary clouds over broadband, Grayson Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.13. "Broadband is still too unreliable for mainstream acceptance in America." But we love it anyhow.
News: Apple posts Software Update security fix, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 07.13. Previously unsecure update system now uses cryptography, authentication.
News: The digital hub gets a new spoke: television, Jim Heid, Macintosh Digital Hub Site, 07.14. EyeTV, to be unveiled at this week's Expo, turns any OS X Mac into a personal digital video recorder for $199.
Opinion: OS X day 1: Enter the iBook, Nathan Torkington, O'Reilly Network, 07.13. "I'd been with Microsoft for so long . . . that I'd forgotten what it's like to use an operating system built by people who want it to cooperate with the rest of the world."
Survey: Mac users rule, says study, Michael Singer, atnewyork.com, 07.12. Study finds Mac users more educated, earn more, and more Web savvy than PC users.
Analysis: Canning spam without eating up real mail, Stefanie Olsen, Yahoo/Cnet, 07.12. While trying to filter out spam, legitimate email is sometimes discarded as well.
Web: 30 days to a more accessible weblog, Mark, DiveIntoMark.org. A lot of good advice for anyone posting contenty anywhere on the Web.
Rights: Minnesota court rules on Internet libel, Brian Bakst, Yahoo/AP, 07.12. Court rules that libel suit must be filed "in the place where the statement is produced."
Humor: Are you a nerd?, Archie McPhee, 07.12. Take the survey and find out where you rate.
Rights: Girl has no problem with pledge, David Kravets, Yahoo/AP, 07.11. "The 8-year-old girl whose father successfully sued to have the Pledge of Allegiance declared unconstitutional has no problem with reciting the pledge at schoo/...."
Dark Side: DOJ vs. Microsoft makes me want to ralph, Mike McCune, osOpinion, 07.11. "...the government should use its spending power to make Microsoft behave."
Dark Side: Can we trust Microsoft's Palladium?, Farhad Manjoo, Salon, 07.11. Palladium will give Microsoft total control of your computer, your software, and your files.
Upgrade: XLR8 announces dual G4/550 upgrade, XLR8, 07.11. New upgrade designed specifically for dual CPU G4 systems.
Rights: Latest UDRP stupidity: unix.org, canadian.biz, Slashdot, 07.11. Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure takes unix.org from discussion site, canadian.biz from Canadian businessman.
Benchmarks: The 700 Club: eMac vs. iMac vs. iBook, Bare Feats, 07.11. The real speed champion? The PowerMac G4/667 (DVI) won most benchmarks!
Dark Side: IE scripting flaw uncovered, John Leyden, The Register, 07.11. "Cross domain scripting flaw" in Internet Explorer is most recently found of 19 unpatched security holes.
Opinion: If you're only killing time, it'll kill you right back, Porruka, Muses Extra, Mac Edition, 07.11. "...the criteria being used to accept and deny Web media does not appear to be applied consistently."
MacInSchool: Legislators ask for review of laptop contract, Concord Monitor, 07.10. Two Maine legislators want to reverse iBook contract approved last year.
Web: New website design, Railhead Design, 07.10. This is website design done right. Kudos to Maury McCown for a job well done.
Opinion: Naughty press! No pass!, As the Apple Turns, 07.10. "...those logistical wizards at IDG have denied media passes to a whole slew of Mac-related sites...."
Advice: Mac (very) basics - when your Mac hangs, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 07.10. Every Mac user should know how and when to force a restart.
Advice: The ultimate dilemma: Transferring files to your new Mac, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.10. "If you look at the printed documentation on your new Mac, you would believe Apple is trying to keep file sharing a secret."
Opinion: Scott McCarty, meet Andy Warhol, John C. Welch, RandomMaccess, 07.09. One of two writers left at workingmac.com endears himself to the banned Mac Web - or not.
Benchmarks: Newer Tech Pismo G4 upgrade, Bare Feats, 07.09. $299 upgrade rocks, but Bare Feats also has PowerLogix upgrade on order. Full shootout due when it arrives.
Opinion: Why I don't use Microsoft software: No need & no trust, Darla Sasaki, Mac Observer, 07.09. "More pressing than a question of need is the basic idea behind every good relationship - trust. I don't trust them."
Opinion: The more wondrous machine, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 07.09. How the personal computer has gone from curiosity to indispensable device.
Expo: Celebrity Apple cronies silent on community expulsions, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 07.09. "I wonder if we'll see the Pogue's, Inhankto's and 'Dr. Mac' Levitus actually bat for the grassroots that gave them their jobs?"
Analysis: Email filtering: Killing the killer app, Geoff Duncan, TidBITS, 07.09. "...email, often hailed as the Internet's 'killer app,' is in danger of becoming an unreliable, arbitrarily censored medium...."
Humor: Pentium 5 trumps PowerPC G5, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 07.09. Hoping to steal the G5's thunder, Intel unveils 3.0 GHz Pentium 5 processor.
Opinion: What's with Apple's fetish for secrecy?,David Coursey, ZDNet, 07.09. "...if sites that publish Apple rumors aren't eligible to attend Macworld, why does Apple want me there so badly?"
Opinion: Macworld Expo: Where's the excitement?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.09. "...Mac advocate sites ought to be given a chance to attend an Expo as legitimate members of the news media."
Humor: Apple initiates "rumor site" passes for Macworld NY, Crazy Apple Rumors, 07.08. Now there's a solution nobody else suggested!
News: Caution: Apple's SoftwareUpdate has been hacked, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 07.08. Hacker describes method for hijacking Apple's automatic update mechanism.
Opinion: GraphicPower "blacklisting" looks more like apathy than conspiracy, Chuck La Tournous, RandomMaccess, 07.08. "A media pass to Macworld Expo is essential for coverage of the show?" Bull.
AAPL: Merck, accounting concerns pound stock prices, Robert Paul Leitao, Apple Stock Watch, Mac Observer, 07.08. Investors remain wary, Apple drops.
Advice: Top 10 iPhoto tips, Derrick Story, O'Reilly, 07.08. Advice on taking better pictures and managing them better on your Mac.
Opinion: Control?, Amy Wohl, 07.08. "Apple is a member of the Vendors Who Like Control Club."
Rights: Rep. Boucher outlines "fair use" fight, Erin Joyce, Internetnews.com, 07.08. Proposed bill would make it illegal for recording industry to sell copy-protected CDs.
Advocacy: Study of power consumption also finds Macs are cheaper to run, Alex Summersby, macunlimited.com, 07.08. Macs us a lot less electricity than Pentium-based computers.
Oops: FireWire deafness plagues PowerBook G4, Bob Snow, PowerPage.org, 07.08. "There are hundreds of postings on Apple's support message boards about this problem."
Expo: The Macworld NY press ordeal, Utterer.com, 07.08. IDG can't seem to decide why the site is blacklisted from receiving a press pass, but it is definitely blacklisted.
Dark Side: Sites bow to Microsoft's browser king, Paula Festa, Cnet, 07.08. Sites designed and tested only for IE make it hard going for users of alternative browsers.
Hands On: Netscape 7.0 vs. Commucator 4.7 vs. iCab 2.8.1, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 07.08. Netscape 7.0 coming along well in the speed department.
News: eBay buys PayPal, Drew Cullen, The Register, 07.08. eBay is buying PayPal, which handles 60% of eBay auction payments, for $1.5 billion.
Advocacy: Being independent of Microsoft not easy, Dan Gillmor, BayArea.com, 07.07. "I've long felt that the difference between PCs and Macs was that PCs tend to get in your way, and Macs tend to get out of the way."
Analysis: Mac collecting like a religion, Leander Kahney, Wired, 07.06. "For many Mac people, I think it has a religious feeling to it."
Analysis: Bipolar conditioning and the myth of ease of use, Jeff Lewis, Mac Skeptic, Mac Opinion, 07.05. There's more to life and computers than "us" and "them."
Advice: Ergonomic keyboard and mouse solutions for the Mac, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 07.05. Some very interesting looking options.
Analysis: Grassroots Apple sites cower, close, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 07.04. "This week Apple declared war on its grassroots enthusiasts...."
News: Apple market share rises slightly, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 07.03. Apple market share measured at 3.48% by IDC - and that is an improvement.
Analysis: Press passes pulled at Macworld, Leander Kahney, Wired, 07.03. Dean Browell of Applelust was looking forward to the Expo, but they pulled his press pass on Tuesday.
News: Bay State firm accused of eBay fraud, Boston Globe, 07.03. Teresa Smith accused of taking $750,000 from customers and failing to deliver promised Macintosh computers.
Advice: A compleat buyer's and user's guide to high-end (over $1,000) PowerBooks, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 07.03. Pismos, iBooks, and TiBooks.
Opinion: Nick dePlume does not speak for all Mac Web publishers, John Manzione, MacNet, 07.03. Why Think Secret's tirade reflects badly on the Mac Web.
Opinion: GraphicPower has been blacklisted by Apple, Scott McCarty, GraphicPower, 07.03. "Apple has tremendous pull over who we can allow into the show as members of the media."
News: Apple layoffs at Elk Grove plant, MacNN, 07.03. "Rumor has the count at 40 with possibly more to come."
Opinion: Should Apple put the computer in the keyboard, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 07.03. Think Commodore 64 meets iBook components....
Web: AltaVista upgrades search engine, The Register, 07.03. Once the king of search engines, AltaVista hopes to become competitive again.
Opinion: Apple denying Expo press access to "rumor" sites; dangerous game, Think Secret, 07.02. "It's blackmail, pure and simple."
Opinion: Can Apple stop the presses?, Matthew Rotheberg, eWeek, 07.02. Apple has apparently pressured IDG to prevent "rumor and speculation" sites from getting press passes to Macworld Expo.
Advocacy: University confirms Gartner findings: Macs are cheaper - and less trouble, Alex Summersby, MacUnlimited, 07.02. "We have certainly found Macs are way down on the cost scale compared with Windows machines."
News: BBC to revive Doctor Who next year, Orange Today, 07.02. Not the least bit Mac related, but I'd love to see the Doctor again.
Ezine: ATPM, July 2002 issue.
Analysis: Dismissive publicity, Stan Beer, smh.com.au, 07.02. After sacking van Pelt over a news release, Apple Australia now claims she "has resigned to pursue other interests."
Rights: Indymedia.nl loses anarchist hyperlinks, Drew Cullen, The Register, 07.02. EC Ecommerce Directive makes ISPs responsible for pulling illegal content.
Opinion: It's your own damn default, CodeBitch, MacEdition, 07.01. A wonderful rant against nonstandard HTML, nonstandard browsers, and poor standards within HTML.
Rights: Media pass crackdown at MWNY?, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 07.01. "...outlets featuring coverage on rumors and speculation are not eligible for a media pass."
Opinion: For plug-and-play, I pick the Apple, Peter Coffee, eWeek, 07.01. "...the Macs of the new century are going the extra mile to make life easy for next-generation devices."
Humor: Real Dudes, Macboy.com, 07.01. Third in a series. "My name is Steve, and, dude, I'm getting a Mac."
Virus: Klez tops virus charts again, John Leyden, The Register, 07.01. "Klez became the worst virus ever in May, and it shows no sign of abating...." Windows only, of course.
News: Apple drops Emagic bombshell, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 07.01. Apple acquires Emagic, will axe Windows version in September, Windows users are not happy.
Ezine: Web Page Design for Designers, July issue.

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