• Why Do People Dislike Macs? • Parents Sue School District Over Potential Health Risks From Wi-Fi • Mac Night Owl: Sorry, Folks, I Just Don't Like the Classic Mac OS Anymore • Soundtrack & Gnome Media On Your Mac Life • Independent Film And The Mac To Be Presented At Special User Group Event • Internet Phone: Why Telcos Should Be Worried • iBook G4 Benchmarked Against Other Apple Laptops (Preliminary) • eWeek Security: Anti-Spam: Up Close and Personal • CNN Planted Mac vs. PC Question At Democrat Debate - Student • Penn State Trustee Who Is Also An RIAA Lawyer Denies Conflict Of Interest • Eudora Users Warned About 'Reply To All' Back Door For Hackers • November Philadelphia MacBus Meeting Announced • eWeek Scoop: A Peek Behind Microsoft's Firewall at 'Wallop' • "Head First EJB" -- A Brain-Friendly Study Guide to Passing the Sun Certified Business Component Developer Exam -- Released by O'Reilly

• iBook G4 1 GHz 1 GB Memory Module Available • Mac OS X Update 10.3.1 Standalone Update Installer Posted • Mac OS X Server Update 10.3.1 Installer Posted • WiebeTech Ships BayDock 800TM: Dual Drive FireWire 800 Enclosure • Toshiba Ships Three Million 1.8-inch Hard Drives • CrystalSolutions Version 3 Alternative Practice Software For Complimentary Therapists And Practitioners • Installing Microtek Scanners in Macintosh OS X Panther • FUNDimensions 4.5.6 is Now Panther-compatible

• GraphicConverter 4.9.1 File Conversion And Image Editing [OS 8.5 up/OS 10.0 up] • Disk Defrag 1.1 HFS+ File & Fork Defragmenting Utility [OS 10.2 up] • Snow 1.0b Puts Snow And, Santa On Your Desktop [OS X] • ThermoInDock 0.8 Shows The CPU's Junction Temperature In The Dock [OS X] • Internet Startup 2.1b2 Loads Internet Software While Dialling Up Your Modem [OS 8.1 up] • SimpleKeys 2.0b5 Sets Hotkeys To Trigger Macros And Type Text [OS X 10.1 up] • MacPhoneHome 2.15.1 Security App To Track & Locate Stolen Macs [OS 8.6 up / OS X 10.3.1 up] • ScriptLinker 1.0 Creates Clickable (And Linkable) AppleScript Links [OS X]
• SnapNDrag 1.2.7 Screen Capture Utility [OS 10.2 up] • Back up user prefs 4.0.3 [OS 10.2 up] • Untar 1.2.1 Uncompression And Unarchiving Tool For tar, gz, tgz, bzip2, zip Files [OS X 10.1 up] • Teal pp3 Entry Level Paint And Image Editing Application [OS 10.2 up] • ABDialer 1.0 released. Dial Phone From Every Application And More

Things get a bit weird today... they're already talking about Deus Ex 3, and in an even stranger turn of events, Freedom Force 2.

Contour Design Showcase iPod Case And Belt Clip Combo Reviewed

Plus: • OS 10.3 Installs Report
• Panther Troubles
• Panther and Default Browser

• APM tuner
• Applelinks REDESIGN
• New look and thanks
• New site design
• re: the new Applelinks
• New site design
• New look Applelinks looking better in iCab
• Applelinks new look
• Speed?
• New Look Is A Loser

• "Invention Of The Year": iTunes Music Store - TIME
• Penn State Students Revolt Against Napster, DRM Invasion - Mac Users Shut Out
• Penn State's Pigopolist Pork
• Register Readers Say Apple will 'make RIAA beg for mercy'
• Apple's 'Fastest Computer' TV Commercial Banned In UK
• PC Mag: Apple 15-inch PowerBook Review
• Dual USB iBook Logic Board Failure Petition Posted
• Digitalway HS-100 USB Drive Praised
• Mac OS X 10.3/USB Overdrive Conflict
• Microsoft Lowers Price For Virtual PC 2004
• eWeek: Microsoft: Virtual PC Will Run Linux
• iBook G4 Owner Replaces Internal Hard Drive
• Mac Night Owl: The Panther Report: The Dust Settles Rapidly
• PC Mag: The Product Activation FAQ
• Microsoft Asks Judge To Invalidate Electronic Signatures To Reduce Their Anti-trust Payout - States MSfreePC

• Temperature Monitor 1.4 Displays CPU Temperature [OS 10.2.5 up]
• Mac Flight Planner 1.0 [OS 10.2 up]
• Manuscript 1.2.1 Word Processor For Authors [OS 10.2 up]
• HazIce 0.1 Simple Fast Web Browser [OS 10.2 up]
• Detail Keeper Pro 1.1 Tracks Everything From Passwords To Recipes [OS 9.x up]
• Pastor 1.4b3 Stores Passwords, Website Logins, Serials, Registrations, Etc. [OS X]
• Yum! 0.4.5 Recipe Cookbook With Sample Collection [OS 10.2 up]
• Manaus 0.21 iApp To Access Amazon.com [OS X 10.3 up]
• MacAstronomica 2.0.4 Astronomy Software [OS 10.2 up]
• Indigo 1.2.3 Home Automation Control Server Integrates X10 Devices [OS 10.2.6 up]
• Chronopath Unveils Restore Document Archiving And Restore Application For Mac OS X [OS X 10.1 up]
• Waterfall Software Announces iVideo 1.5 [OS X]
• KavaSoft releases iTunes Catalog 1.1 [OS X]
• iBlog 1.3.3 Desktop Weblogging App With iLife Integration [OS 10.2 up]
• Manic Minefields 2.1.4 [Classic and OS X]

• Parliant Corporation Upgrades PhoneValet for Mac OS X
• New FileMaker Donations Application Ships
• QuickBooks: Pro 6.0 for Mac Designed for Mac Small Businesses
• Vantage Learning Releases Wordfinder and Meaningfinder, Advanced Writing Development Tools for Students and Professionals
• Troi Automatisering releases Troi Dialog Plug-in 3.5.1 for FileMaker Pro
• 24U Appearance OSAX 2.1.1 Released
• SpeedTools Test Suite 1.1 Disk Benchmark & Data Transfer Test Utilities
• TriCN Introduces DDR FCRAM II Interface Technology
• Imation and Exabyte Announce Strategic Agreement

Lionhead wants your feeback for it's new Black and White game. Meanwhile, Kirk reviews two Freeverse games, interviews Colin Smith of Freeverse, and might as well marry the whole company while he's at it.

Patch includes fixes for FileVault, Printing, WebDav, FireWire 800 drives, and the latest Security Updates.