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.mac: iSync requires .Mac account to sync multiple Macs, MacDailyNews, 09.30. "...it requires you to sync one computer to .Mac before you can sync another Mac to it."
Opinion: Apple loses world's most valuable list, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 09.30. Apple stands to lose 2 million qualified prospects by closing down mac.com email accounts.
Education: Macs-imizing student potential, Joyce Newhouse, Star-Telegram, 09.30. "...eight teachers . . . spoke at a recent school board meeting to explain why Mac G4 computers are the best computers for the courses we are teaching."
Huh?: Apple pulls all iPods from stores in France, MacNN, 09.30. "Apple has pulled all iPods from the stores in France in order to bring the device into compliance with a French law that requries audio devices to output a maximum of 100 decibels...."
Hardware: Apple warning on faulty eMacs, Macworld UK, 09.30. "Apple has admitted that there is a problem with "a small number" of its eMacs."
Huh?: Blondes are an endangered species, Fox News, 09.30. German study concludes blondes will be extinct in 200 years. No, it's not a survival of the brightest thing.
OS X: MOX Optimize 2 optimizes Mac OS X parameters, MacNN, 09.30. Application "can accelerate Mac OS X by allowing users to 'tweak your system settings and configure many hidden system options.'"
Review: Lapvantage Dome laptop stand, O'Grady's PowerPage, 09.30. "This is the ultimate desk accessory for anyone with a mobile machine as their primary machine."
Analysis: Mac poses as much of challenge to Linux as to Windows, Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, 09.30. "How long before Linux desktop loyalists abandon the digital wrestling match and switch to Apple as well?"
News: .mac outage; reliability issues persist, MacNN, 09.29. "Several MacNN readers note a complete .Mac outage for about three hours last night . . . while others note persistent reliability issues with the service."
OS X: iSync beta available, Apple, 09.28. Sync your cell phone, Palm, or iPod with the OS X Address Book. Mac OS X 10.2.1 or later required.
Web: How to create pop-up windows, Youngpup.net, 09.19. "This is a demand for my right as a web citizen to be able to click on hyperlinks without receiving javascript errors."
Analysis: How much computing power does it really take?, Jay Lyman, NewsFactor Network, 09.27. "...processors running at 500 MHz to 750 MHz - only a fraction of the newest chip speeds - are sufficient for running typical applications."
.mac: Apple extends deadline for .mac sign-up, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 09.27. Scope of "phenomenal success" apparently hasn't been quite as wide as Apple was hoping.
.mac: On .mac user friendliness, Pierre Igot, Apple Peel, Applelust, 09.27. "In truth, the only thing I really need, and would gladly pay a reasonable fee for, is the mac.com email account itself."
Tech: The BSDs: Sophisticated, powerful, and (mostly) free, Brett Glass, Extreme Tech, 09.27. "The five best known BSDs are FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, and Darwin (which serves as the foundation for Apple's Mac OS X)."
AAPL: Stock analyst: AAPL under valued due to cash on hand, innovation, & performance in tough market, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 09.27. "Apple is doing a good job in a harsh market, and the company's hoard of cash makes today's stock price a good buy."
Rights: File swapping services find new ways to leech off others, Bryan Chaffin, The Back Page, Mac Observer, 09.27. "...file swapping services have found yet another way of achieving new lows in leeching revenues."
Forum: Stealware: Kazaa et al stealing link commissions, Slashdot, 09.27. "...if you buy a CD from an affiliate of Amazon.com, say some charity, the software fools Amazon into crediting the commission to Morpheus, not the charity!"
Review: Logitech Cordless Elite Duo Keyboard and Optical Mouse combo, Charles W. Moore, Moore's Views & Reviews, Applelinks, 09.27. "I won't hold you suspense; this keyboard/mouse duo from Logitech is wonderful."
OS X: Apple's secret "switch" campaign, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.27. "...increasing numbers of UNIX users are taking notice."
Web: dotmac.info, dotmac.info, 09.27. New website designed to help Mac users get the most out of .mac.
Opinion: HTML mail, Brent Simmons, Brent Simmons' Weblog, 09.26. "I am, like, two seconds away from filtering all HTML email to the trash."
Huh?: Apple phone renderings depict fan's imagination, Adam Fendelman, Prairie, 09.26. "The images seen on the right are in fact renderings of an imaginary Apple cell phone made by Japanese artist Isamu Sanada...."
.mac: .Mac subscription time nears; files to be purged Oct.1, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 09.26. "Users that don't subscribe by the September 30 deadline will lose any files, pictures and any other information stored on their iDisk, but usernames will be available indefinitely."
Deal: G4/450 Cube: $799.99, Deals on the Web, 09.26. System includes 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive, DVD-ROM.
Dark Side: Microsoft warns of FrontPage flaw, Robert Lemos, ZDNet, 09.26. "...a flaw in its FrontPage extensions could allow an attacker to take control of their servers or cause the computers to seize up."
OS X: Flirting with Mac OS X, Hemos, Slashdot, 09.26. "Taco and I are both strongly considering beginning to use OS X as a primary laptops - anyone else looking at doing this?"
.mac: Making the case for a .Mac subscription, Michael Flaminio, Insanely Great Mac, 09.25. "At $50 for a year, .Mac isn't too bad of a deal."
Analysis: Windows Maven: "Why Windows has the edge over the Mac", Bryan Chaffin, The Back Page, Mac Observer, 09.25. "Ms. Komando hosts a radio talk show on computers, presumes to judge the iMac, and yet has the audacity to say that it needs a floppy drive?"
Deal: Power Mac G3/266 Beige: $225, Deals on the Web, 09.25. Beige G3s include 64 MB RAM, 4 GB hard drive, and CD-ROM.
OS X: Internet Explorer 5.2.2 for Mac OS X, Microsoft, 09.25. Yet another MS security patch - plus support for Quartz text smoothing.
Software: Internet Explorer 5.1.6 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x, Microsoft, 09.25. Update addresses recently discovered security issues with most MS wares.
Analysis: Second thoughts about Intel in Macs, Charles Haddad, Byte of the Apple, BusinessWeek, 09.25. "What Apple shouldn't do, many believe, is release a version of OS X to run on PCs made by other manufacturers."
OS X: Is it still too slow?, Gene Steinberg, The Jaguar Report, Mac Night Owl, 09.25. "...Apple definitely made Jaguar run faster than the version it replaces...."
Web: User-centered URL design, Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path, 09.24. "The advent of content management systems has been a boon in many ways, but the readability of URLs is not one of them."
News: ATI offers details on Radeon 9000, quells AIW rumors, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 09.24. Radeon 9000 Mac Edition "tantalizingly close to release as a retail product," but no All In Wonder "in the near term."
Opinion: The greatest Macintosh application of all time, Russ Walkowich, MyMac, 09.24. AppleWorks? Claris Emailer? Photoshop? PageMaker? Disk Warrior? Something else?
OS X: Flirting With Mac OS X, Moshe Bar, Serving With Linux, Byte, 09.23. "I am switching my laptop [from Linux] to Mac OS X."
OS X: 10.2.1 woes, Philip Machanick, Macintelligence, Mac Opinion, 09.23. "At this stage, I am wondering if I should uninstall it or build up a longer list of bugs to report to Apple."
Dark Side: Beleaguered Dell, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 09.23. "...if the article is true, Dell could be heading for a monetary failure."
Opinion: Apple's switch ad frightens IT networking guru, Bryan Chaffin, The Back Page, Mac Observer, 09.23. "...most companies that work on Macs simply do not have or need a full-time IT person...."
Low End: Apple updates vintage and obsolete products list, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 09.23. Full list of what Apple categorizes as "vintage" and "obsolete" hardware.
Dark Side: History of Visual BASIC, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.23. "If Apple didn't drop MacBASIC immediately, then MS would pull all MS products from the Mac market for good...."
Deal: Western Digital 100 gigabyte IDE hard drives: $99.99, Deals on the Web, 09.23. These 7200 RPM drives are fast, big, and very affordable.
Benchmarks: Mac OS X 10.2.1: How fast is it?, Macs Only!, 09.23. "10.2.1 speeds some things up: startup, login, shutdown and launching."
Review: Norton: Internet Security v. 2.0.1, Gary Coyne, Applelinks, 09.23. "...people have been breaking into UNIX boxes for quite some time. As such, we are more vulnerable now than before OS X."
Review: Ten for X, Kirk Hiner, Applelinks, 09.22. "At only $49.99, this collection pays for itself even if you end up using only half."
.mac: Apple's .mac service is 'slow', Rudy Soetewey, TwinCities.com, 09.22. "I have a cable connection, and uploading a 100-kilobyte file (yes, KB, not MB) took 5 minutes!"
Rights: Hollywood vs. the Internet, Mike Godwin, The Age, 09.21. "The Tech Faction believes people should be able to do whatever they want with their digital tools...."
Benchmarks: Power Mac 1.25 GHz MP versus others, Bare Feats, 09.21. "...will the speed difference be more than the 25% increase in clock speed?"
Mac OS: Making the case for OS 9, MacSlash, 09.21. Why are you sticking with Mac OS 9 instead of switching?
Opinion: Komando off target!, David Lang, CMUG, 09.21. "Although I think Ms. Komando's efforts to understand the Mac were well-intentioned, she somehow managed to ignore almost all of the Mac's advantages."
Spam: A bounty on spammers, Lawrence Lessig, CIO Insight, 09.16. "Lawrence Lessig has an idea: force spammers who don't label their junk e-mail to pay $10,000 to the first recipient who finds them."
Review: Sonnet Harmoni iMac upgrade, Jason Johnston, MacDirectory, 09.20. 500 and 600 MHz G3 upgrades add speed, FireWire to tray-loading iMacs, performs flawlessly.
OS X: Security Update 2002-09-20 released, Apple, 09.20. Updates Terminal app in Jaguar only. We wonder why previous versions don't get (or need) an update.
Software: iCab gets Jaguar compatibility with 2.8.2, Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac, 09.20. A leading alternative to IE is updated for full Jaguar compatibility.
Opinion: Why Windows has the edge over the Mac, Kim Komando, MSN bCentral, 09.20. "The iMac should have a floppy drive." Did you really expect MSN to give the iMac a fair shake?
Huh? Here comes Hubzilla!, Charismac. Billed as the coolest FireWire hub on the planet, you have to see it to believe it. And even then you may doubt.
Humor: Here's to dot-Mac, Joy of Tech, 09.20. Yep, it's quite the party....
Review: Apple's dual-1.25 G4, Jonathan Seff, Macworld, 09.20. Outperforms dual 1 GHz model by up to 19%.
Analysis: Is Bill Gates a genius?, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.20. "...the ethics were a little shaky, but then ethics never got in the way of Microsoft's business."
Opinion: The Mac user: Loyalty über alles, David Zeiler, SunSpot.net, 09.19. "Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the Mac Web, however, is the vehemence that can greet developments in the Mac universe...."
Culture: Nu shortcuts in school r 2 much 4 teachers, Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times, 09.19. Messaging shorthand creeps into schoolwork. What's a teacher to do?
Dark Side: Microsoft baits the trap, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 09.19. "...the manufacturer of the least secure software in the world has opened a $25 million showpiece 'Innovation & Technology Conference Center' in Reston, Virginia."
OS X: Why I haven't upgraded to Jaguar (yet), Charles W. Moore, OS X Odyssey, Applelinks, 09.18. "Most journalists are not technical experts on the topics they write about, and are reporting in many cases the experience of others...."
Opinion: Where's a good Mac virus when you need it?, Daniel Miller, Mac Observer, 09.18. "The Macintosh community is way too arrogant, especially when it comes to the dangers that viruses pose."
Analysis: Ultimate home PC showdown: Apple iMac vs. Gateway Profile 4, Gene Steinberg, AZ Central, 09.18. "When you look between the lines, though, the Gateway shows evidence of cutting some corners."
Humor: Dell Rumors, Joy of Tech, 09.18. Where are the Wintel rumor sites?
OS X: I never said it was perfect, Gene Steinberg, The Jaguar Report, Mac Night Owl, 09.18. "It's not a contradiction to say you like something and see a need for improvement."
Macinschool: Apple, the saddest school dropout, Charles Haddad, Byte of the Apple, BusinessWeek, 09.18. "The handwriting is on the chalkboard. Apple is losing its long-held dominance in schools."
Analysis: .mac draws only 100,000 subscribers so far, Macs Only!, 09.18. That's just 4% of 2.5 million iTools users, and are they counting subscriptions or email addresses?
Opinion: Free features: Choice isn't always good, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.17. "Every feature added increases complexity, documentation costs, potential bugs, support costs, testing time, training time and so on."
Opinion: I hate Windows; I am afraid of Linux, Robert Gering, OSNews, 09.17. Author has lost time and work to Windows, finds Linux an endless stream of updates. Try a Mac?
Analysis: Shattering the five percent myth, Jack Campbell, SpyMac, 09.17. Estimate is 240 million Windows PCs and 32 million Macs, giving Macs 11-12% of installed base.
Review: Lapvantage Dome Deluxe Stand, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 09.17. "...the Dome Deluxe stand swivels 360 degrees on its circular base, something an iMac doesn't do."
Rights: Thinking about deep linking, Steve Outing, E-Media Tidbits, 09.17. "My position: if a publisher doesn't want others to link to its 'inside' content, it should use technical &emdash; not legal &emdash; means to prevent it."
Analysis: Computers fail the test, Greg Thom, Herald Sun, 09.17. Apple has most reliable desktop computers in survey.
News: .mac membership swells to more than 100,000, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 09.17. "Apple announced today that more than 100,000 Mac users have already subscribed to its .Mac service."
Upgrade: AGP video card options for Jaguar, OSXFAQ, 09.16. What options for upgrading an old G4 to support Quartz Extreme?
News: Apple readies first Jaguar update, Joe Wilcox, Cnet, 09.16. Apple posts (then removes) details of 10.2.1 update.
Dark Side: WinXP ruins useful file sharing, Mark Lim, Thinking From the Box, Low End PC, 09.16. Windows XP Home and Pro take a huge step backwards on the network, losing the ability to control file sharing for different users.
Upgrade: TechnoWarehouse offers new iMac processor upgrades, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 09.16. "iMAXpowr upgrades are available in two configurations: a 500 MHz G3 board or a 433 MHz G4 board."
Virus: Linux worm hits the network, Michelle Delio, Wired, 09.16. "A worm that attacks Linux servers is being used to create a peer-to-peer network of infected computers...."
Opinion: What Apple could learn from MS about mice, Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet, 09.16. "Redmond is making better mice than stylish Apple. What's more, those MS mice work great with Macs."
Analysis: Inbox: Apple vs. Gateway, TwinCities.com, 09.16. "...to get some of the desired results, Gateway may have run the iMacs in Classic mode...."
Advice: Build your own G4, tester, MacOpz, 09.16. How to build your own $800 G4 using a gigabit motherboard and standard ATX case.
Education: Apple in education: Is anybody out there?, Mark Marcantonio, MyMac, 09.16. "The education division must understand that this is a war, and wars are won on the front lines not the cubicles in Cupertino."
Oops: Blueyonder trashes 25,000 email accounts, Tim Richardson, The Register, 09.16. "Telewest has apologised to thousands of its customers of its blueyonder Internet service after major disk failure trashed 25,000 email accounts."
OS X: What's wrong with the "out-of-the-box" experience?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.14. "...there's something wrong with selling you a computer that is designed to get you on the Internet in 15 minutes [and] forcing you to endure a new operating system installation first."
Review: iCal 1.0, Mike Grueter, Stepwise, 09.14. "...iCal is a great product, and it has replaced Palm Desktop as my calendar of choice."
Opinion: OS X Jaguar: What is missing?, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.13. "...I must admit, I can't go to it as my primary OS yet."
Opinion: OS X Jaguar: What's cool?, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.13. "I really like that I'm seeing continual evolution and progress: Apple is challenging themselves to be better."
News: Mac evangelist released from jail, Leander Kahney, Wired, 09.13. "Shane Anderson, the 'list dad' of the Mac Evangelist, has been released from jail after striking a plea bargain...."
Opinion: Macintosh overpriced and overhyped, Alastair Otter, Sunday Times, 09.12. "With prices like this [in South Africa], I'm almost prepared to compromise and consider doing DTP on a Windows or Linux machine."
History: The first smiley :-), Mike Jones, Microsoft Research, 09.13. Smiley first used by Scott E Fahlman on September 19, 1982 - almost 20 years ago.
Opinion: Even more exhaustive musings on the termination of dual booting Macs, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 09.13. "...there are many users out there who are underwhelmed, so to speak, by OS X's performance."
Opinion: What do you mean your Mac can't run System 6?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.13. "...as we face a new era where Macs released in 2003 will be unable to boot from anything other than Mac OS X, some Mac users are concerned that Apple is too quick to leave the past behind."
Opinion: First my WallStreet; now my FireWire drive: A plague of hardware failures, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 09.12. "It seems that the failure was in the 6 GB Toshiba hard disk itself...."
Tech: Report looks at dual processor benefits, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral, 09.12. "Multiprocessing can increase productivity significantly, especially when running several tasks in parallel."
OS X: DeLocalizer, Mike Bombich, Bombich Software, 09.12. Freeware application removes unneeded localization files on OS X 10.1.2-10.1.5, frees some drive space.
Opinion: Mac and PC: Ne'er the twain will meet, Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek, 09.11. "Abandoning the PowerPC chip is an idea that may look smart on paper - but trust me, it would be a disaster if carried out."
Low End: Be proud of the Mac legacy, Claude Filimenti, MacEdition, 09.10. "A Mac is not a silly pop tune to be replaced next week by the latest teen fancy to appear on a magazine cover."
OS X: Philips to use Apple's Jaguar operating system in home entertainment devices, Ample, 09.10. "...Steve Jobs said the company has agreed a deal with Royal Philips Electronics NV under which Philips can use Apple's software in its next generation of home entertainment systems."
Advice: The best value Apple 'Books, Charles W. Moore, Mac Opinion, 09.10. "...my picks for the best value 'Books in several price ranges and for different sorts of use."
Advocacy: Hiawatha Bray asks "Why switch? Do you hate your PC that much?", Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 09.10. "...the sentence 'Do you hate your PC that much?' is sure to resonate with many people, because they do... hate... their... PCs... that... much."
Analysis: Copland and NeXT, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.10. "...if you can't build it, then buy it. It is also a decision that usually destroys businesses."
Software: Apple announces availability of iCal, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 09.10. Could be a compelling reason to go OS X - and it requires Jaguar.
Opinion: On Xserve: Is Jobs nuts or what?, Vern Seward, Mac Observer, 09.10. "IT managers, like everyone else, are looking for that Holy Grail of computing; the simple to use server."
OS X: Mac OS X only booting in 2003, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 09.10. "...Macintosh computers [will] lose the ability to boot in the older Mac OS 9 operating system in 2003."
Hardware: USB cell phone cables found, Chris G, O'Grady's PowerPage, 09.09. Finally, a resource for USB-to-phone cables - so hard to find.
Rights: Judge rules PayPal unfair, Tim Richardson, The Register, 09.09. "...here are approx. 100,000 complaints outstanding at PayPal."
Upgrade: PowerLogix 1 GHz G4 CPU upgrade in a Cube - How fast is it?, Macs Only!, 09.09. "If you're runnning OS X on a Cube, "this CPU upgrade is definitely for you."
Education: Apple targets schools IT show, Macworld UK, 09.09. "Apple will later this month attend an education trade show in Northern Ireland."
Humor: Just how technologically advanced are we?, Joy of Tech, 09.09. Can you hear me now?
Analysis: 4-year PC upgrade cycle "well entrenched", ComputerWire, The Register, 09.09. "...vendors have been looking for a bonus from pent-up demand as pre-Y2K purchases come to the end of their useful life...."
Analysis: PC sales to disappoint (even more) in 2002, electricnews.net, The Register, 09.09. "IDC has cut its growth projections for PC sales in 2002 from 4.7 percent down to 1.1 percent...."
Analysis: The Megahertz mentality reigns, but processor speed is almost passé, Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 09.08. "The slowest chip in a new computer more than suffices...."
Tech: 10 choices that were critical to the Net's success, Dan Gillmor, SiliconValley.com, 09.08. "...the rise of the Internet is a happy accident."
Survey: Vote for the CPU architecture Apple should switch to, OSNews, 09.08. Intel inside? Power4? Stick with Motorola? Go somewhere else?
Rights: Microsoft, allies gear to reshape copyright debate, Elinor Mills Abreu, Yahoo/Reuters, 09.07. "...technologies are part of an industry power-play that would end the freewheeling culture of information-sharing that now exists over the Internet."
Opinion: Does Apple's "Switch" campaign have a ghost of a chance of working?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.07. "...it's a sure thing Apple is highly optimistic that its campaign will succeed."
OS X: Mac-on-Linux supports Mac OS X (including Jaguar), Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 2002.09.07. Mac-on-Linux (MOL) now supports Mac OS X 10.1-10.2 natively on Macs running PowerPC Linux while still working with Linux.
Opinion: Why Windows makes mobility so hard, Larry Seltzer, ZDNet, 09.06. "...the number of settings on a Windows notebook that might be different for two different locations is huge."
Advice: Turning off stuff you don't need with Extensions Manager, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 09.06. One of the simplest things you can do enhance performance of the classic Mac OS, increase stability, and reduce startup time is turn off on uneeded Control Panels and Extensions.
Opinion: Why OmniWeb is my browser of choice, George M. Gunderson, thinkAAPL, 09.06. "Carefully designed from the inside-out is my opinion of OmniWeb and why it is my browser of choice."
Web: Mac vs PC Web site sees changes, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral, 09.06. Should Our Schools Have Macs or PCs? website has left mac.com for its own domain.
Education: Apple's education market share half of Dell's, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 09.06. "Apple's market share fell from 20.2 percent in the first quarter of 2000 to 15.2 percent in the most recent quarter...."
Rights: Digital divide, Drew Clark, Bara Vaid, National Journal, 09.06. Lengthy discusson of your right to copy vs. online piracy, technology vs. copyright, Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley.
OS X: The Jaguar report: The good, the bad, and . . ., Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.06. "...on the whole I'm extremely pleased with the new release, but there are things that need to be addressed."
Review: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, John Siracusa, ars technica, 09.05. "It's no secret that I find fault with many aspects of the OS X GUI, so it should come as no surprise that I run several third party applications that enhance the GUI."
Web: Design vanities don't deserve a bonfire, Jay Small, Small Initiatives, 09.04. Thoughts on good Web design. "Are you sure you want it to look like that?"
News: Certificate validation flaw could enable identity spoofing, Microsoft, 09.04. Office, Internet Explorer, and Outlook Express leave Mac users wide open to spoofing. "Secure computing"?
Upgrade: Speed is in the cards, Dennis Sellers, Computer User, 09.04. Are processor upgrades worth the money
Benchmarks: Netscape 7.0 vs iCab 2.8.1 for Mac OS Classic speed shootout, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 09.04. Netscape holds its own against iCab on the classic Mac OS.
Review: Grading Jaguar, Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal, 09.04. "After 10 days or so of using Jaguar non-stop, I think I can offer a little insight...."
AAPL: Economic reports pummel stock prices, Apple hammered to near 52-week low, Robert Paul Leitau, Mac Observer, 09.04. "The drop in Apple's stock price on Tuesday was in sympathy with the overall market."
Review: Mac OS X 10.2: Rev'd apps, Macs Only!, 09.04. A look at Mail, Address Book, and Sherlock 3.
OS X: Hey, it's only an operating system, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.04. "...the real beauty of Mac OS X is that you don't have to pay much attention to it, once you learn the basics."
Upgrade: PowerLogix announces PowerForce Dual G4 CPU cards, PowerLogix, 09.04. 800 MHz to 1 GHz dual processor upgrades for Power Mac G4 models have 2 MB cache per CPU.
Web: Paid content, an author at a time, Steve Outing, E-Media Tidbits, 09.03. TidBITS new PayBITS scheme, where readers pay writers, is taking off.
Review: Mac OS X 10.2 - New apps, Macs Only!, 09.03. A look at iChat, Inkwell, and Rendezvous after using them for a week.
Analysis: The new Power Macintosh G4: Myth and reality, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.03. OS 9 is included (on a restore CD), the reset button is gone, and analog audio input is back.
Analysis: Windows facing a challenge, Barbara Gengler, Australian IT, 09.03. "Enthusiasm for alternatives to Windows is at its highest level in more than a decade...."
Rights: CAA mulls ban on laptops which don't exist, John Leyden, The Register, 09.02. "Laptop PCs may be banned from planes amid concern that the latest wireless technologies interfere with aircraft safety systems."
Dark Side: Walmart.com flogs $199 Linux OS PCs, Drew Cullen, The Register, 09.02. Microtel PC includes Lindows, uses underperforming VIA C3 CPU, and is very, very cheap.

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