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One of the hot button topics this week in the Mac Web blogosphere has been the "toxic Mac Pro" story. Any cancer risk is likely extremely remote, but that's not the whole of the computer chemical emissions issue
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iCab 4.2.5 has been released with a raft of new features and bugfixes fot this fast little already deeply-featured indie Web browser Monday, February 02, 2004
Moore’s MailBag - Monday, February 2, 2004177
• iBook logic board!
• iBook, Logic Boards, and Apple
• Encyclopedia Britannica Reference Suite 2004 OS X 10.3 Compatibility
• Re: Eudora and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Þle name
• Eudora Address Books
• Parts for OSes
• A question about spam filters using boolian logic
• Apple finally admits to iBook logic board failures
• iBook, Logic Boards, and Apple
• Encyclopedia Britannica Reference Suite 2004 OS X 10.3 Compatibility
• Re: Eudora and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Þle name
• Eudora Address Books
• Parts for OSes
• A question about spam filters using boolian logic
• Apple finally admits to iBook logic board failures
Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, February 2, 2004147
• The Mac Lovers Of Microsoft
• The iBook G4s Benckmarked
• How to Make a Better Mac Laptop?
• "If it Ain't Broke...": Why Users Hang on to OS 9
• iTunes Music Store: Facelift for a Corrupt Industry
• PC Mag: Can Email Survive?
• On the Prowl with Panther: A Free Orientation to Mac OS X version 10.3
• PC Mag: Burning DVDs at the Speed of Light
• ATI Q4 Market Share Beats Nvidia - Just
• Steve Jobs Is Having A Very Good 2004
• Microsoft Blocks Lindows.com Products in the Netherlands
• Gateway to Acquire eMachines - Becomes Third-Largest PC Company in the U.S. and Eighth Largest in the World
• The iBook G4s Benckmarked
• How to Make a Better Mac Laptop?
• "If it Ain't Broke...": Why Users Hang on to OS 9
• iTunes Music Store: Facelift for a Corrupt Industry
• PC Mag: Can Email Survive?
• On the Prowl with Panther: A Free Orientation to Mac OS X version 10.3
• PC Mag: Burning DVDs at the Speed of Light
• ATI Q4 Market Share Beats Nvidia - Just
• Steve Jobs Is Having A Very Good 2004
• Microsoft Blocks Lindows.com Products in the Netherlands
• Gateway to Acquire eMachines - Becomes Third-Largest PC Company in the U.S. and Eighth Largest in the World
Notable New Product News - Monday, February 2, 2004150
• Apple Final Cut Express 2.0.2 Digital Video Editing
• Cocktail 3.4.1 General Purpose System Modify/Repair Utility
• PDF2Office v1.0.1 released
• MacGPS Pro 4.1.0 Connectivity To GPS Receivers [System 6.0.7 - Mac OS 9.2.2 /OS 10.2.2 up]
• FileMaker Helps Printer Meet Super Bowl XXXVIII Deadline
• Princeton Releases New Line Of 19" SENergy Triple-input Premium LCDs
• iuAssets 2.0 Asset Management Software
• Cocktail 3.4.1 General Purpose System Modify/Repair Utility
• PDF2Office v1.0.1 released
• MacGPS Pro 4.1.0 Connectivity To GPS Receivers [System 6.0.7 - Mac OS 9.2.2 /OS 10.2.2 up]
• FileMaker Helps Printer Meet Super Bowl XXXVIII Deadline
• Princeton Releases New Line Of 19" SENergy Triple-input Premium LCDs
• iuAssets 2.0 Asset Management Software
Shareware Beat - Monday, February 2, 2004262
• RadicalPhoto 1.1 | Unsanity Releases Menu Master 1.1 | Auntie 1.2.1 BBC News Ticker [OS 10.2 up] | osXigen 2.6 Cocoa FTP/SFTP Client With Several Power User Options [OS 10.2 up] | inkBook 0.4.0a1 Takes Handwritten Notes That You Can Search Later [OS X 10.3 up] | teleport Preview 1 Controls Several Macs With The Same Mouse & Keyboard [OS 10.2 up] | WinJack 1.1 Remotely Controls Windows From A Mac [OS X 10.1 up] | Spydisk FTP 0.5b Client For Spymac's Web Hosting /Spychat 2.3 IRC chatting app for Spymac.com and SNN members [OS 10.2 up] | Fire Instant Messaging Client | Dockless 1.3.0 Makes Running Apps Show/Not Show Dock [OS X 10.3 up]
Sunday, February 01, 2004
Amnesty Int’l accuses MS of human rights violations251
Amnesty International is charging that Microsoft sold software to the Chinese government which resulted in censorship of the internet, and the jailing of Chinese dissidents, in violation of a new United Nations Human Rights code.
Friday, January 30, 2004
How to get a free Xbox (or, Your Potential. Our Passion. My Ass.)1160
I don't know...maybe everyone has it wrong with Microsoft. Sure, they seem like bullies, but they do enjoy giving out free stuff. They give free toys to kids who are too smart for their legal department. They give free certification classes to tech guys who will use that certification to make sure that major corporations are forced to rely on Microsoft products. They give free software to schools so the U.S. government won't declare them a monopoly even as their monopoly grows through the education market. Look at all that free stuff! Microsoft is the most charitable organization in the world!
Latest Hot Deals From Apple340
New specials from B&H and O'Reilly
New “Better Together” Promo Offer From Apple188
Buy any Mac and get an Epson Stylus C84 ink jet printer free or get up to $99 on select Epson printers via mail-in rebate
OS X Odyssey 495 - Beating mydoom and More With POPMonitor151
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Tex-Edit and Services
RollerMouse Research Reports Remarkable Results229
Results of a scientific study conducted by and for a Fortune 10 company's Call Centers, regarding alternative computer pointing devices, reveals that astounding benefits were obtained from implementing Contour Design's highly proclaimed RollerMouse.
One iPod to rule them all186
Here's the problem: you're supervising the music score of the most anticpated film of the year, but you need to see the daily footage shot on another continent. What do you do? If you're Peter Jackson, you load raw footage of Lord of the Rings on an iPod.
In the Belly of the Beast: the Microsoft Mac Business Unit188
Take a look at what it means to be a Mac lover in the heart of Redmond... seriously. The people at the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit love their Macs...
Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Friday, January 30, 2004209
• Pixar Dropping Disney as Distributor
• OSDir.com Editorial: Having Bitten the Forbidden Fruit, it Bit Me Back. Six Times.
• Are You Ready for the Worst Apple Products?
• The Problem With The "BMW" Of Computers Argument
• Apple Recruiting Again In Ireland
• Iomega Claims Problems With USB2.0 Ports In Apple laptops
• US Airways Adds Inflight E-Mail, Instant Messaging and More With Verizon Airfone JetConnect
• IBM ThinkPad T41p - The Best Laptop?
• Linux Laptop - A Prince Among Young Frogs
• OSDir.com Editorial: Having Bitten the Forbidden Fruit, it Bit Me Back. Six Times.
• Are You Ready for the Worst Apple Products?
• The Problem With The "BMW" Of Computers Argument
• Apple Recruiting Again In Ireland
• Iomega Claims Problems With USB2.0 Ports In Apple laptops
• US Airways Adds Inflight E-Mail, Instant Messaging and More With Verizon Airfone JetConnect
• IBM ThinkPad T41p - The Best Laptop?
• Linux Laptop - A Prince Among Young Frogs
Notable New Product News - Friday, January 30, 2004267
• Juice 70 Combination AC And Auto/Air Notebook Power Adapter
• ice90 Universal AC Notebook Power Adapter for Home or Office
• Exclusive Digital EP by The Thrills is Available Now on Apple’s iTunes
• ATI Delivers Personal Video Recording To The PC For Every Budget
• Microspot Announces Download Version Of Interiors 3.4 for OS X With Online User Area
• Intaglio 1.8 Drawing And Illustration App
• CG Invoicer Small Business Financial Software for Windows and Macintosh
• Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera Includes New DX Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED lens
• PowerFile Announces New Solutions For Archive Markets
• ice90 Universal AC Notebook Power Adapter for Home or Office
• Exclusive Digital EP by The Thrills is Available Now on Apple’s iTunes
• ATI Delivers Personal Video Recording To The PC For Every Budget
• Microspot Announces Download Version Of Interiors 3.4 for OS X With Online User Area
• Intaglio 1.8 Drawing And Illustration App
• CG Invoicer Small Business Financial Software for Windows and Macintosh
• Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera Includes New DX Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED lens
• PowerFile Announces New Solutions For Archive Markets
Shareware Beat - Friday, January 30, 2004252
• NeoOffice/J 0.8 OS X Native Port Of OpenOffice [OS 10.2 up]
• EazyDraw 1.5.1 Vector-based Drawing App [OS 10.2 up]
• DiscBlaze 3.0 Burn/Erase Multisession Audio/Data CD/DVD [OS 10.2.6 up]
• Dnotes 1.1.1 RTF Note Pad [OS X 10.3 up]
• Look Up Words 2.0 Looks Up Words Based Upon A String Of Characters {OS X]
• IndieToolbar 2.5 Internet Icon Toolbar; Works With Any Browser [OS 9.2/10.1 up]
• Pixen r1v10 High-detail Pixel Editor [OS 10.2 up]
• EazyDraw 1.5.1 Vector-based Drawing App [OS 10.2 up]
• DiscBlaze 3.0 Burn/Erase Multisession Audio/Data CD/DVD [OS 10.2.6 up]
• Dnotes 1.1.1 RTF Note Pad [OS X 10.3 up]
• Look Up Words 2.0 Looks Up Words Based Upon A String Of Characters {OS X]
• IndieToolbar 2.5 Internet Icon Toolbar; Works With Any Browser [OS 9.2/10.1 up]
• Pixen r1v10 High-detail Pixel Editor [OS 10.2 up]
Charles Moore Reviews The Old Fart’s Guide To Internet Searches242
Aaron Rosenzweig has the enviable ability to cram a ton of information coherently into a relatively few words and at the same time make it enjoyable to read.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Fensler Film strikes again214
More Quicktime insanity from the guys who brought us the twisted GI Joe Public Service Announcements.
Intelli Innovations produces IntelliScanner Collector191
The hardware/software solution allows you to catalog your collection of books, CDs, and movies.
Pixar dumps Disney245
The animation company headed by Steve Jobs says it will seek a new distribution partner And make no mistake... Disney is the one losing out.
Nnnng! Gorog no like iTunes!227
Chris Gorog, CEO of Roxio, warns music delegates to "stay off the Apple platform" and use, presumably, the less-popular Napster service.
As I predicted in my Acrobat 9 review, CS4 was soon to come. I was right; CS4 was formally announced on September 23, and it will be in our hands soon, very soon. I've been lucky enough to obtain a pre-release copy and have been pounding on it right and left to see what there is to see. Adobe has been maintaining their "about every eighteen months update," routine, but this time is breaking new ground by releasing 17 new programs all at one time. The problem with this type of approach is that there are a few features that seem rushed and not as developed as I think they should/could be, and will instead be "finished" with CS5, while other features that were presented with CS3 are now beautifully developed in CS4. While one can argue the pluses and minuses of this approach (and there are many arguments each way), one does have to sit back and continue to be amazed at how much Adobe does accomplish with each iteration of the Creative Suite suites and applications—that's both collectively and individually.
Ya' just gotta love the way Mozilla.org quietly and unobtrusively delivers Firefox incremental updates in the background, than puts up a dialog politely asking if you want to install them. Firefox 3.0.2/3.0.3 fix bugs found in Firefox 3.0.1
This version of the declared Photoshop challenger is vastly more polished and somewhat more capable than the Version 1.0 I reviewed here a year ago, and with some new features too, but still has a way to go to match the king of the hill, or even Photoshop Elements
Is there a happy medium to be struck between "what, me worry?" and obsessive compulsive fastidiousness?
The Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update is recommended for Mac OS X Leopard versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 Leopard, and according to Apple includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac 
The new iPod revisions Jobs unveiled on Tuesday are quite substantive updates, notwithstanding a lot of ho-hum reaction from the media tech commentariat, which had made up its collective mind before the fact that Apple's Special Event was going to be "underwhelming," and that has certainly been the dominant spin. I think the new iPods are just fine, and I would be delighted to own any of them