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Opinion: Rob Enderle: Putting
the 'anal' in 'analyst', John Gruber, Daring Fireball, 12.28.
"Enderle for years has been banging the drum that Apple is doomed
unless it switches gears and starts making Wintel-compatible
PCs...."
Opinion: Can Apple perform a
miracle for the Mac's 20th anniversary?, Gene Steinberg, Mac
Night Owl, 12.16. "As Apple gears up for the real, honest to
goodness 20th anniversary of the Mac, it's reasonable to speculate
that something big might be afoot."
News:
Apple: iTunes downloads top 25 million, Peter Cohen,
MacCentral, 12.15. "Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the 25 million song
mark makes iTunes Music Store 'hands-down the most successful
online music store.'"
Opinion: Losers,
weepers, John Gruber, Daring Fireball, 12.14. "...Panther's
Keyboard Shortcuts features doesn't seem to allow you to set a
shortcut using just the Command key and a letter."
Analysis: Muckraking, the
PC way, Richard Forno, 12.12. "...when compared to Windows, Mac
OS is proving to be a significantly more reliable and
(exponentially) more secure computing environment for today's
users...."
Review: Amazing! Fax
software that really works, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl,
12.12. "In keeping with the Mac tradition, Page Sender just works.
Every time, sending or receiving."
Opinion: How
Mac OS X can shed its skin, Leander Kahney, Wired, 12.12. "A
small community of desktop 'skinners' has sprung up around
Unsanity's ShapeShifter, a utility for Mac OS X that allows the
desktop interface to be customized...."
Review:
Praise for Panther Preview, Charles W. Moore, OS X Odyssey,
Applelinks, 12.12. "Preview is now so fast, flexible, and versatile
that it almost makes me like PDF documents."
Opinion:
PC apologist asks if we Mac users are now humble, Bryan
Chaffin, The Back Page, Mac Observer, 12.11. Despite people
discovering security holes in OS X, nobody has yet created a virus
or worm to attack Macs.
Opinon: Old habits, John
Gruber, Daring Fireball, 12.11. "...I cannot convince my fingers
not to use Cmd-N as the Finder shortcut for making a new
folder."
Opinion:
Rob Enderle simply has to be the worst tech analyst, Bryan
Chaffin, The Back Page, Mac Observer, 12.10. "Mr. Enderle seems to
be relying on the idea that if Microsoft invents a product
category, then it surely must be a category that everyone should
offer...."
OS X: My Panther
odyssey begins, Charles W. Moore, OS X Odyssey, Applelinks,
12.05. "I've decided to install it on my Pismo PowerBook first; see
how that goes, and then upgrade the iBook after I get the PowerBook
sorted out."
OS X: Apple
releases Security Update, addresses Safari cookie issue, Mac
Observer, 12.05. "Apple has released Security Update 2003-12-05,
which updates Apple's Safari web browser to address a vulnerability
that could allow unauthorized access to cookies on the affected
system."
Opinion: Why do we have to
unlock secret features?, Gene Steinberg, The Panther Report,
Mac Night Owl, 12.04. "...it stands to reason that Apple wouldn't
just put a feature in place, and not provide a simple way to use
it, right?"
Opinion:
Is the Apple portable mystique in danger?, Charles W. Moore,
Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 12.01. "...portable Macs have earned an
enviable - almost legendary - reputation for toughness and
reliability, albeit with the odd lapses...."
Opinion: A rant about
shopping for freebies, Steve Wood, Busman's Holiday, Math
Dittos 2, 12.01. "...somehow the ad and maybe the season lured me
into believing that these stores really wanted to get folks in the
door without totally pissing them off."
