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Opinion: Apple, Microsoft prepare for war with new systems, Mike Wendland, Detoit Free Press, 03.31. "...Longhorn will be competing with Apple's new Tiger operating system - and Tiger is about ready to pounce."
Analysis: Gartner warns about "potential" Mac OS X vulnerabilities, Misha Sakellaropoulo, Mac Observer, 03.31. "...spyware is not 'almost nonexistant' [on the Mac], it is nonexistant as of this writing."
News: iMac G5 a winner in 'First Annual Bottom Line Design Awards', Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.31. "...Apple created a desktop computer in the iPod's image that's likely to be seen by a much wider audience."
Software: Camino 0.8.3 update released, MacMinute, 03.31. "Camino 0.8.3 is the latest version of the light-weight Mac OS X Web browser based on the Mozilla project."
Review: GyazMail 1.2: Upstart e-mail program picks up where Apple's Mail leaves off, William Porter, Macworld, 03.31. "GyazMail's user interface and features often invite comparison with Apple's Mail, and GyazMail stands up against Mail remarkably well."
Opinion: Unswitch? I don't think so, Janet Tokerud, Tech Ronin, 03.30. "Lots of people seem to be switching to Mac but a couple well-read geek bloggers threatened in the last week to unswitch. Cute. But the question is what can you switch to...?"
Tech: IBM launches formal initiative to push Cell beyond gaming, Hannibal, ars technica, 03.30. "IBM has launched an initiative aimed at moving the Cell into the broader DSP and imaging markets by offering design services."
News: HP seeks larger role in iPod mania, Ina Fried, CNET News, 03.30. "The computer doesn't have a dock itself, but rather features a molded piece of plastic that fits around Apple's own dock to allow the device to gracefully dock atop the PC."
Rights: Out-of-state telecommuter ruled liable for N.Y. taxes, SiliconValley.com, 03.29. "A man who lives out of state while working by computer must pay New York tax on his full income, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday in a case that could have wide implications...."
Analysis: All right, Macs are slow and expensive, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.30. "Actually I believe quite the opposite, that the issues of performance and price are not relevant, and haven't been in years. So why bring it up?"
Opinion: Unswitch?, Tim Bray, 03.30. "My big gripe with Apple, of course, is their cult of hermetic secrecy."
Advocacy: Mac OS 10.5: Time for a new user interface?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.29. "While your Mac may seem fairly easy to use now, do you recall how you felt when someone put a mouse in your hand, or when you first looked at the Mac desktop and tried to figure things out?"
Tech: Toshiba preps minute-charge 'miracle' battery, Tony Smith, The Register, 03.29. "Toshiba has developed a Lithium-Ion battery capable of being charged to 80 per cent of its full capacity in under 60 seconds."
Opinion: A Word to the unwise - program's grammar check isn't so smart, Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 03.29. "...the English language is very complicated, but I think we should expect more from grammar check."
Opinion: Firefox or Safari? Or even OmniWeb?, Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal, 03.28. "I post this because today I made the switch to using Firefox as my main browser, after using OmniWeb as my default browser for the last few months."
Opinion: Free Firefox browser is better than Safari, Al Fasoldt, SanDiego.com, 03.28. "The Mac OS X version seems more stable than the version for Windows and runs a tad faster. Better yet, Firefox is clearly better in some ways than Safari."
History: Macintosh paternity woven in Web, Paul Andrews, E-conomy, Seattle Times, 03.28. Who deserves the title "Father of the Macintosh"?
Opinion: Is this the first Mac OS 10.5 wish list?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.28. Four ways Apple could Mac OS X even better - ways that aren't expected in Tiger.
Opinion: Should iPods carry health warnings?, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 03.27. iPods can lead to social isolation: "People were not tuning into other people because they're tuned into themselves."
Opinion: Madison Avenue's image of the iPod is a shadow dancer getting down..., Kentucky.com, 03.27. Although the iPod "resents challenges" to classical music fans, many choose it because it's simply the best choice despite several drawbacks.
News: DVForge virus prize offered, rescinded, Peter Cohen, Macworld, 03.26. "Campbell called Symantec's report 'complete nonsense' and threw down the gauntlet, offering a $25,000 cash prize to any hacker that could infect with Mac OS X viruses two DVForge-owned Macs."
Dark Side: Microsoft funding of security report decried, Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 03.25. Microsoft Windows is more secure than Linux - according to a study funded by Microsoft.
Rights: Canada fights off DMCA-like law, Ken 'Caesar' Fisher, ars technica, 03.25. While Canada will be adopting anti-circumvention statutes, they do the United States one better by making circumvention illegal only in cases where someone is actually infringing on copyright.
Rights: FCC unplugs states' rules on 'naked' DSL, Ben Charny, CNET, 03.25. FCC rules that telcos can no longer be required to offer 'naked DSL' - DSL service for those who don't also pay for land line phone service.
Opinion: Mac OS 7.5: Better than Tiger will ever be, Gregory Ng, AppleMatters, 03.24. Today's computers may be faster and OS X prettier, but System 7.5 with Quark XPress 3.3 absolutely screamed on a Power Mac G3.
Analysis: Is Microsoft toast?, Thomas W Hazlett, Financial Times, 03.24. "Hammered on multiple fronts by opportunistic rivals, the high-flying starship of the PC Age has stalled, and many wonder if it will now crash and burn."
Analysis: Macintosh security: No need for perfection, Chris Seibold, AppleMatters, 03.24. "...it is not really necessary to have a nearly uncrackable computer box, you just have to have a computer that is much tougher to hack than the next guy."
Advice: How to set up a VNC server, dantekgeek, The Mac Mind, 03.24. How to install OSXvnc and VNCthing, set things up, and access your Mac remotely - even over the Internet.
Rights: It's the content, not the source, Adam L Penenberg, Wired, 03.24. "What exactly does Apple lose by the publication of Asteroid's specs and a diagram?"
Opinion: How will Apple fare in predictions of worldwide computer shipments?, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.24. Overall PC market growth slowing while Apple is on the increase.
Opinion: Apple and IBM: Rethink the PowerPC revolution, Neo, Next Wave, Macsimum News, 03.24. Fascinating speculation about the future of Apple, IBM, OS X, and the Internet.
Opinion: How will Apple fare in predictions of worldwide computer shipments?, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.24. Overall PC market growth slowing while Apple is on the increase.
Huh?: EU sleuths think Microsoft sabotaged Windows, Slashdot, 03.24. EU insists that Microsoft sell a "stripped" version of Windows without Media Player - then complains when embeded video clips won't display in Word?
Web: The next big thing in online type, Anne Van Wagener, The Design Desk, Poynter Online, 03.04. Microsoft has created "six brand new typefaces created especially for extended on-screen reading."
Software: Mozilla unleashes Firefox security update, Mac Observer, 03.23. "Firefox 1.0.2, released Wednesday afternoon, corrects three security vulnerability with the Web browser, release notes from Mozilla indicate."
Rights: Google begins removing AFP from Google News, Slashdot, 03.23. Don't Link To Us Dept. - "Agence France Presse had sued Google for displaying their photo's, stories, and news headlines on Google News without permission."
Analysis: Bad e-mail habits sustains spam, BBC News, 03.23. Survey finds nearly 1/3 of email users have responded to spam - and 10% "have bought products advertised in junk mail."
Opinion: Mac news you can use (more or less), Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.21. It's taken some time, but it looks like the iPod's halo effect is finally kicking in.
Opinion: Apple eats its own, Julie Jargon, Chicago Business, 03.21. "An aggressive push by . . . Apple to create a network of sleek, company-owned stores across the U.S. - including four in Chicago - is crushing those who remain in its longtime dealer network."
Virus: More Macs means more malware - Symantec, Macworld UK, 03.21. "Increasing target" - well, nobody has hit it yet. The only people who profit from viruses are antivirus software makers, incuding Symantec.
Analysis: Apple world market on rise, Macworld UK, 03.21. "Apple may see its global slice of the PC market take a rapid Northward hike to five per cent, says Morgan Stanley."
Opinion: Napster vs. iTunes: Let the contest begin, Wilson Rothman, Cnet, 03.19. For people who like to explore and discover new music, $15 a month makes more sense than 99¢/track for something you may not like.
Rights: Is that a spreadsheet on your screen - or solitaire?, Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 03.18. "A central question is whether playing a hand or two of solitaire has a dramatic effect on the bottom line - or if it actually helps productivity by giving workers a low-stress outlet...."
Rights: What price for 'trusted PC security'?, Bill Thompson, BBC, 03.18. "What we want is not so much a trusted computing platform as a trusted customer platform."
Web: Yahoo waters down Firefox pledge, Munir Kotadia, ZDNet, 03.18. Yahoo! Australia promises all future products will be Firefox-compatible, but Yahoo! HQ says otherwise. No word on Safari.
Dark Side: Anti-virus vulnerabilities strike again, John Leyden, The Register, 03.18. Anti-virus software dangerous? Apparently so - there's a vulnerability in the McAff AntiVirus software itself!
News: Apple acknowledges trackpad defects in PowerBooks, PowerBook Zone, 03.17. "...Apple confirms that this problem is not isolated to any particular models in the latest revision, but all configurations...."
Opinion: An Apple branded two-button mouse? Can't we talk reality for once?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.17. If Apple is going to produce a two-button mouse, it had better really distinguish itself. And what about a Mac multimedia keyboard?
News: Apple seeks royalties for "Made for iPod" logo, Mac Observer, 03.17. "Apple Computer is asking third party iPod accessory vendors for as much as 10% of their wholesale costs in exchange for the right to use a new 'Made for iPod' logo...."
Rights: Spammer sues spam victim, continues spamming him, eMediaWire, 03.16. "Imagine asking a corporation to stop spamming you and instead of honoring your request, it sues you in federal court and continues to send the same unwanted, junk email...."
History: A history of Apple's operating systems, Amit Singh, kernelthread, 03.16. "Mac OS X is a unique operating system in that it represents a rather successful coming together of paradigms, ideologies, and technologies that have usually resisted each other in the past."
News: IBM outs dual-core PowerPC, Tony Smith, The Register, 03.16. IBM releases details of dual-processor G5 - 1 MB cache per core, thermal diodes, higher speeds expected.
Advice: Minimizing system-wide freezes where "Force Quit" will not work, MacFixIt, 03.16. "One of the most frustrating problems under Mac OS X 10.3.x are system-wide freezes where nothing short of a manual restart will resolve the situation."
Analysis: The truth about iPod batteries, Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine, 03.16. Despite the rumors, the battery in any iPod can be replaced. You don't have to buy a new iPod or pay Apple $99 for a new battery.
Opinion: Can we survive without Mac rumor sites?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.16. "...in the end, an online world without Mac rumor sites just won't be as much fun."
Opinion: Apple's advantage, Jason Snell, Macworld, 03.15. "...which company is the leader when it comes to giving people easy access to and control over their music and pictures?"
Advice: In most cases, you can't have too much RAM, Bob Levitus, Dr Mac, Houston Chronicle, 03.15. "The more programs you have open simultaneously, the more RAM you need. Period."
Web: Does your Wi-Fi hotspot have an evil twin?, Erin Biba, Yahoo! News, 03.15. "...identity thieves are discovering that, through 'evil twin' attacks, hotspots are a great way to steal unsuspecting users' private information."
Opinion: The Mac, merely a safe Windows system?, Chris Seibold, AppleMatters, 03.15. "If Apple starts to base the appeal of its products on the problems found in other systems it just becomes a game of we don't suck so much."
Rights: Data theft fallout: US may ban sale of Social Security numbers, Eric Bangeman, ars technica, 03.15. "... the US Congress has begun turning a long-overdue eye to the problem of third parties trafficking in consumer data without their knowledge or consent."
Review: LapWorks Mac Feet, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Applelinks, 03.15. "...one way to improve cooling is by letting air circulate underneath as well as on top of the PowerBook."
Advice: The big clearout, Giles Turnbull, MacDevCenter, 03.14. It's amazing how much stuff accumulates on your hard drive over time. Clear out those unused apps and unneeded installers.
Opinion: iTunes' black mark, Jason Snell, Macworld, 03.14. "By preventing iTunes songs from playing on Squeezeboxes, Apple is making its DRM a visible barrier . . . rather than an invisible threat against those who would steal music."
Rights: AOL clarifies IM privacy guarantee, Declan McCullagh, Cnet, 03.14. "America Online said late Monday that it plans to revise its user agreement in response to concerns that instant messages sent through the company's service could be monitored."
Review: Seagate 5GB USB 2.0 pocket hard drive, Lars-Goran Nilsson, Trusted Reviews, The Register, 03.14. Pocketable 5 GB hard drive sells for about the same price as a 2 GB flash drive.
Dark Side: Spyware Assassin censured for 'bogus' claims, John Leyden, The Register, 03.14. "According to the FTC, the 'anti-spyware' software is vapourware which failed to 'remove all or substantially all spyware', contrary to the defendants' claims."
Rights: AOL: AIM conversations are safe, Ryan Naraine, eWeek, 03.14. "America Online quells public criticism of changes to its AIM terms of service service, insisting the controversial privacy clause does not pertain to user-to-user instant messaging...."
News: Apple confronts LuxPro over iPod shuffle imitator, Larry Angell, iPodlounge, 03.13. It looks almost exactly like the iPod shuffle - but"Super shuffle" adds FM radio, ability to record audio.
Rights: Flat-screen makers face patent lawsuits in U.S., CNET, 03.13. "Guardian and Honeywell have sued dozens of companies in the global PC and video display businesses in a U.S. federal court to try to recoup royalties on LCD technology."
Tech: Why viruses have trouble penetrating the Mac, Graham K Rogers, EcommerceTimes, 03.12. One reason Macs are so secure is that any changes to the system require Root access and a user-entered password.
Rights: Microsoft calls for patent law change, Slashdot, 03.11. "In a CeBIT debate today it was concluded that the MS monopoly would not exist with today's software patenting in place back in 1985."
Dark Side: Intel in antitrust trouble in Japan, Slashdot, 03.10. "...Intel was adjusting customer discounts based on the volume of competing products they purchased, which is not legal."
Rights: Media organizations join forces to fight Canadian ruling, Slashdot, 03.10. "...former UN employee . . . sued the Washington Post in Ontario for libel, arguing that because the Post's Web site carried the story. his reputation had been 'damaged' in that province."
Rights: WI governor proposes state sales tax on downloads, Hannibal, ars technica, 03.10. The 5% iTunes, ebook, shareware, online software purchase tax....
Review: I'm a sucker for cool Mac utilities. Now, 3 from 1, Tera Patricks, Mac360, 03.10. Three low-cost programs every iChat user should know about.
Review: Instant collaboration, Fleishman/Carlson/Engst, Macworld, 03.09. How SubEthaEdit makes it possible - and relatively easy - for Mac users to collaborate on a written project.
Analysis: Apple's Mac mini vs. a VIA Mini-ITX system, Dave Salvator, ExtremeTech, 03.09. "We at ExtremeTech decided to look at how much tiny PC can you build for about $800, and pit it against the cute new Mac."
News: CherryOS Mac emulator resurfaces, Slashdot, 03.09. From all indications, the CherryOS Mac emulator is just a rebadge version of PearPC.
Analysis: What's a downloaded episode worth?, MrAndrews, Kuro5hin, 03.09. Survey finds majority would gladly pay 99¢ per episode to download their favorite programs.
Advocacy: We need automatic maintenance!, Gene Steinberg, The Tiger Report, Mac Night Owl, 03.09. "The Mac is supposed to be the computer that just works, but some functions require you to leave it on during the wee hours when certain Unix-related tasks are performed."
News: Logitech announces their first iPod speaker system, Dan Frakes, Playlist, 03.09. Turn you iPod into a small desktop stereo with Logitech's US$80 mm22 speaker system.
Rights: Legal status of bloggers debated: Journalists' shield claimed in response to Apple's lawsuit, Dan Fost, SFGate.com, 03.08. "The case comes as bloggers are gaining increasing credibility in media circles."
Analysis: Anti-rumour Apple boosts blog belief, Macworld UK, 03.09. "Apple's move to litigate against the Mac rumour sites has added credibility to those news sources."
Review: Programming Tools: HTML WYSIWYG editors, Reg Charney, Linux Journal, 03.09. "NVu is an exciting new product that is trying to fill a void that now exists in the world of Linux applications." Freeware also available for OS X.
Rights: Journalism and revealing sources, Dori Smith, Backup Brain, 03.09. "...reporters ought to be required to reveal sources if, and only if the source was breaking a law or legal contract in revealing the information, and there is no public interest being protected...."
News: Linux creator Torvalds switches to an Apple Mac, Renai LeMay, ZDNet, 03.09. "Linux creator Linus Torvalds said this afternoon that he's now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop...."
Rights: If the New York Times jumped off a bridge, John Gruber, Daring Fireball, 03.08. "If The New York Times, or any other deep-pocketed mainstream publication, had published the same information, obtained in the same way, Apple might have been more likely to file suit...."
Opinion: iBook at home and on the road, Charles W Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 03.08. The joy of 'Books - if you work on a laptop, you can just take it with you, work in the field, and not have to worry about synchronizing files afterwards.
Rights: Ohio wants eBayers to post $50k bond, Slashdot, 03.08. "If you are in the state and selling on eBay, you will need to pay $200 for a license and post a $50,000 bond or face possible fines and jail time." Or maybe not.
Review: Mac mini a great system for certain users, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.08. "...if you can get by on the power of an iBook or eMac, you'll do fine by the Mac mini."
Opinion: This is the year when the Mac's comeback begins, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.08. "If indeed the Mac market share makes substantial gains, it will be one of the most incredible rebounds in tech history."
Advice: MacBasics 10: More on contextual menus - er, shortcut menus, Don Foy, Macsimum News, 03.08. The power of shortcut menus on the Mac.
Rights: Meet John Doe, Nick Mamatas, Village Voice, 03.07. Millions of illegal downloaders, 8,400 have been sued by the RIAA, 1,700 have settled, and none have gone to court.
Analysis: Is Apple about to become an industry giant?, Robin Bloor, IT Director, 03.07. "The point is that Apple clearly intends to play in the mass PC market and it now has the foundation and a product with which to do that."
Web: Phishers use wildcard DNS to build convincing bait URLs, Netcraft, 03.07. "Phishing operations have begun using DNS wildcards and URL encoding to create email links that display the URLs of legitimate banking sites...."
Rights: Copyrights, copyfights, and morality, Charles W Moore, Applelinks, 03.07. "Technology has made the model of copyright as we've come to perceive it over the past 100 years or so, obsolete."
Rights: Companies claim iTMS, iPod patent infringement, Slashdot, 03.07. "Apple has found itself facing a pair of intellectual property challenges that separately claim its FairPlay DRM system and its iPod music player contain technologies to which the Mac maker does not have a right."
Rights: Why DRM offends the sensibilities, Adam C Engst, TidBITS, 03.07. "...DRM technologies are more subtly pernicious in their effect than may be apparent from first glance...."
Analysis: Apple: Here to stay, Don Tennant, Computerworld, 03.07. "I found it striking that the IT visionaries who foresee a decline in Microsoft's dominance due to threats like Linux and Google never mentioned Apple Computer."
Rights: Say no to Big Brother plan for Internet, Michael Geist, Toronto Star, 03.07. "If lawful access becomes reality, Canada's telecommunications service providers (TSPs) will be required to refit their networks to allow for real-time interception of communications...."
Rights: Apple goes to the source, Declan McCullagh, CNET, 03.07. "Apple Computer's attempts to strong-arm Web publishers into divulging their . . . sources illustrates how bloggers, Internet journalists and other online scribes remain second-rate citizens."
Opinion: A Mac mini dock, anyone?, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.07. "Come home from work with your Mac mini, plug the computer into the dock and &endash; voila! &endash; you're up and running."
Rights: Are you sure Deep Throat started this way?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.07. "...if you reduce it to its raw components, how does CNET differ from, for example, Think Secret?"
Analysis: Divide and conquer yourself, mjr, Ranum, 2004.12.04. How Unix vendors assured the dominance of Windows with constant infighting - and now Linux is doing the same thing.
News: Pat-rights demands 12% from iTunes, Pat-Rights, 02.28. Company claims Apple violates its patent for Internet login, seeks 12% of gross iTunes Music Store and iPod sales.
Rights: The gathering storms over speech, Dan Gillmor, Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, 03.05. "...we can't let government or Big Media decide who has the right to inform the public about matters of interest or urgency."
Tech: New iPod mini already uses new PortalPlayer chipset, Gizmodo, 03.04. New chipset is biggest reason iPod mini battery life has gone from 8 hours to 18 hours.
Huh?: LisaQuarium, Jim Lower, techquarium, 03.04. The old Apple Lisa makes a wonderful aquarium - if you can locate one of these rare computers.
Tech: Next wave commentary: Apple's silence on the Cell processor irks author, Neo, Macsimum News, 03.04. "There is no ambiguity on IBM's part: user applications for the PowerPC will run on the Power Processor Element on Cell - period!"
Rights: Is Apple the new Microsoft?, Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes, 03.04. "It's ironic that a company as innovative as Apple Computer could have such a regressive view of the changing world of American media."
Rights: Apple's shame continues, The POMO Blog, 03.04. "Do we really want business or government deciding press legitimacy? Of course not!"
Tech: Wireless USB set to kill off Bluetooth, Iain Thomson, vnunet, 03.03. "Wireless USB is designed to be used at ranges of less than 10 metres and will allow peak data speeds of 480Mbps."
News: Camino man moves to Firefox to boost Mac progress, PC Pro, 03.03. Firefox to become more Mac-like as "Josh Aas will focus on code that the two browsers share and on Firefox-specific OS X code." [registration required]
Rights: Apple wins initial ruling against Mac sites, MacMinute, 03.03. "A California judge ruled Thursday that Apple can force three Mac sites--Powerpage.org, AppleInsider and Think Secret--to disclose where they got confidential information...."
News: Anti-phishing act introduced, Elizabeth Millard, Yahoo! News, 03.03. "His act makes it illegal to send out spoofed e-mail that links to sham sites with the intention of committing a crime. Also, it criminalizes the operation of such sites...."
Web: Media sites: Say no to pop-ups, Adam L Penenberg, Wired, 03.03. "Of course, the reason pop-up blockers are so popular is because pop-ups (and pop-unders) are so unpopular." But some sites just don't get it.
News: Business interview: CPA firm goes all Mac, Tera Patricks, Mac360, 03.03. "In regards to training, all our employees were former PC users and adapted quickly to the new OS."
News: Fujistu pushes laptop drive limits to 120GB, Mac Observer, 03.03. "Fujistu introduce the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch hard drive earlier this week, a 120GB drive that spins at 4,200-rpm."
Opinion: The best Mac utility. Ever. Plus, #2, #3, #4, Alex Kayhill, Mac360, 03.02. Why DragThing has been the best Mac utility since the mid-1990s.
Advice: Shopping for an inexpensive PC? Make it a Mac mini. You won't regret it, Tom Gromak, Detroit News, 03.02. "...even my performance-oriented, home-built PC is getting a run for its money from Apple's latest, greatest product."
News: iTunes Music Store hits 300 million download mark, Mac Observer, 03.02. "Apple last reported it surpassed 250 million in online music sales on January 24, meaning the company has sold some 1.3 million songs daily in the last 38 days."
History: From NeXT to OS X, MLAgazine, 03.02. NeXT turned its first profit in 1995, and Apple acquired it one year later, eventually morphing OpenStep into OS X.
News: 8 vulnerabilities discovered in Firefox/Mozilla, Forever Geek, 03.02. "If you have downloaded the Firefox 1.0.1 update, you have nothing to worry about."
Dark Side: Intel shows off Mac mini-like concept PC, Cnet, 03.02. Microsoft has been copying Apples for decades. Now Intel is showing a prototype "living room PC" that looks like the Mac mini.
Huh?: Gamers get greater access to pizza, The Register, 03.02. Everquest II players can type "/pizza" and have a local Pizza Hut deliver their favorite pie.
Web: Internet dramatically impacting our lives - not all for the good, Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, 03.01. "About five minutes out of every hour on the Internet (over eight percent of the total time online) are spent dealing with spam."
Opinion: From GUI-avoider to OS X, Mary Stamper, homepage.mac.com, 03.01. "I'm always looking for ways to use my computer more efficiently and for more things."
Hardware: Battle of the cheap PCs: Mac mini vs. Windows competitors, Matt Elliott, Cnet, 03.01. Side-by-side comparison of Mac mini, eMachines T5026, Gateway 3200XL, Dell Dimension 3000, and WinBook PowerSpec 8344.
Advice: The macmini touchscreen edition, MacMartin, 03.01. How to set up and use the Mac mini with a 7" touchscreen LCD - no keyboard or mouse required.
Hardware: Touchscreen VGA displays, mp3car, 03.01. Seven 7" to 10.4" touchscreen LCDs that should work with the Mac mini. Prices: US$279-579.
Advocacy: Memo to Steve Jobs - buy TiVo, J Bernoff, C Charron, Forrester Research, Cnet, 03.01. "We know you've never acquired a company with a recognizable consumer brand before, but you need this one."
Opinion: Should Apple port Safari to Windows?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 03.01. "...I think it would be a grave mistake on Apple's part to move any more of its software to Windows."
Web: New browsers, same unwanted ads, Joanna Glasner, Wired, 03.01. As Firefox becomes more popular, programmers are finding ways to create popup ads that get around the popup blocker - and working on malware.
Hardware: Migilia Technology announces Evolution TV, MacMinute, 03.01. US$279 device turns any Mac with USB 2.0 and an 800 MHz or faster CPU into a digital video recorder - even create iMovie-compatible recordings.
Analysis: Has the Age of the Disposable Laptop arrived?, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 03.01. Except at the top end, it often makes more sense to replace a broken 'Book than have it repaired.
History: The UnGoogle (yes, Yahoo!), Michael S Malone, Wired, 03.01. Over ten years, Yahoo has evolved from a search engine into a whole family of free and commecial online services.
Spam: Send-Safe spam tool gang evicted by MCI, John Leyden, The Register, 03.01. "Send-safe.com, which sells a package that uses broadband-connected PCs infected by viruses such as SoBig to distribute junk mail, has been left searching for a permanent home...."
Hardware: Iogear introduces combination USB 2.0 hub & card reader, Mac Observer, 03.01. Clever - combine a powered 6-port USB 2.0 hub with a 12-in-1 card reader. US$59.99.

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