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  • flag Tech: Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine, Slashdot, 07.02. "Cnet's Dennis O'Reilly caught 'Windows Search Helper' trying to change his default Firefox search from Google to Bing."
  • Web: XHTML 2 Working Group Expected to Stop Work End of 2009, W3C to Increase Resources on HTML 5, W3, 07.02. XHTML 2 development will be ended this year so W3 and the world can focus on HTML 5, which is designed to replace XHTML 1.
  • History: After 20 Years, Maryland Man's Mac IIci Finally Dies, Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac, 07.01. "MacMedics, a repair shop in Millersville, Maryland, recently serviced a Macintosh IIci, which was on the blink after two decades of faithful service."
  • Opinion: What Do You Do With 'Retired' Macs?, Charles W. Moore, The Apple Blog, 06.30. "Many folks sell their old computer on eBay or locally, but that's something I've rarely done. I mostly either keep them as 'B-team' units, or hand them off to other family members."
  • Software: Classilla, Classilla, 07.01. Classilla is a Mac-only Mozilla build designed to replace WaMCom, run well on Mac OS 9, and give Classic users an up-to-date browser. A work in progress.
  • Opinion: So Long, HackBook: You're Useless Now Thanks to iPhone 3GS, Brian X. Chen, Wired, 06.30. "...the puny, low-powered computer didn't fit into my lifestyle. And my recent purchase of an iPhone 3GS made the netbook completely lose relevance."
  • Benchmarks: A Day in the Life of 3G, Mark Sullivan, PC World, 06.28. AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon all claim to provide the best 3G performance. PC World puts them to the test in 13 markets.
  • Opinion: Recycling a Mac mini, Eric Schwarz, SchwarzTech, 06.30. Hooking up a retired G4 Mac mini to a home theatre.
  • News: Impending Newton Y2K10 apocalypse narrowly averted, Chris Foresman, Infinite Loop, ars technica, 06.29. January 5, 2010 is the Newton's "Y2K", but Newton hacker Eckhart Köppen has developed a patch he hopes to make available for all Newtons.
  • News: Ksplice Executives Share New Ways to Make Linux More Secure, Reliable, and Maintainable, Ksplice, 06.25. "...technology, originally developed at MIT, makes it possible to convert traditional updates into rebootless updates, which can keep a system up to date and secure without ever rebooting."
  • Analysis: An Incredible Mac Pro Demo: Takes Breath Away, John Martellaro, Mac Observer, 06.25. This is just a quad-core Mac Pro, not a top-end 8-core system, and it doesn't even break a sweat running 21 standard definition movie trailers at once with no stutter.
  • Tech: SuperTalent adds Ram to SSD to boost write speeds, , 06.22. "SuperTalent has begun shipping SSDs with 128MB of on-board DRam in a bid to beat the poor random write performance of so many solid-state drives." (LEM suggested this last September.)
  • flag Rights: Analysis: $1.92 million fine in music piracy case could hurt RIAA, Jaikumar Vijayan, Macworld, 06.19. "...the sheer size of the verdict hammers home just how unreasonable the RIAA's damages theory for copyright infringement is, said Ray Beckerman, a New York lawyer...."
  • Tech: Intel tears up CPU branding scheme, Tony Smith, The Register, 06.18. Intel to ditch its Core 2 and Core 4 brands, along with Solo, Duo and Quad sub-brands, in favor of Core i3, i5, and i7. Huh?
  • Software: Firefox Mac Community Builds, Furbism, 06.18. G3, G4, G5, and Intel optimized daily builds of Firefox 3.1b3 through 3.6 alpha. The 3.5 preview works well on our G4 at LEM HQ.
  • Web: Google to try more security on Gmail, Robert McMillan, Macworld, 06.16. "Right now, everyone uses HTTPS to log in to Gmail, but after that Web pages are sent without encryption. [Hackers using WiFi] could take over a Google account...."
  • Opinion: My MacBook Pro Doesn't Have a Parallel Port!, Eric Schwarz, SchwarzTech, 06.16. "If [legacy port lovers] was the majority, our Macs would still be using things such as the round serial ports, ADB, and SCSI."
  • Opinion: Safari 4's Full-Page Zoom: Impressive, Pierre Igot, Betalogue, 06.15. "There is just no comparison between how Safari 4 scales pages and how it used to . . . or how it still is with several other browsers." (Opera has had Full Page Zoom since 1996.)
  • Opinion: My Journey from Mac to PC, and Back Again, Chris O'Brien, SiliconBeat, 06.15. "I've used various PCs and Windows-laptops . . . but I certainly never bragged about having one, and never talked them up to friends."
  • Advice: Apple's Mac Isn't as Secure as Some Want Us to Believe, Don Reisinger, eWeek, 06.15. Still no viruses for Mac OS X, but Trojans are popping up on the Internet. Maybe it's time to consider anti-virus software.

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