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Apple Comes Through After Bad iBook Order Timing

Low End Mac's Dirk Pilat had the frustrating experience of having Apple release the new G4 iBooks just two days after he placed an order for a 12" iBook with a Combo drive, 640 MB RAM, an AirPort card, and a 40 GB hard disk -- G3 of course.

However, Apple came through. Dirk writes:

"...a little email from Apple arrived on my cellphone, telling me that they would scrap my G3 order and instead send me a 14" G4 with bells and whistles. Just like that. And it costs the same. Unbelievable!"

Cool.

For more:

http://lowendmac.com/pilat/03/1106.html

Apple: ‘the Microsoft of music stores’ – Steve Jobs

Macworld UK has an interesting piece on Steve Jobs discussing Apple's iTunes Music Store venture.

"Apple has become "the Microsoft of music stores" Jobs is quoted commenting on SoundScan's report that that iTunes Music Store took 80 per cent of the market for legally downloaded music last week.

For the full report, visit:

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7230

Jobs Says Panther Could Run On Intel, But He's Happy With IBM

CNET News.com's Ina Fried reports:

"The latest version of the Mac OS X operating system could easily run on Intel chips, but Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs said on Wednesday that the company has little interest in changing processors.

"'It's perfectly technically feasible to port Panther to any processor,' Jobs said at a meeting with financial analysts. But Jobs said the company is happy with IBM's PowerPC family of chips and feels the performance is 'quite competitive.'"

However, the fact that Jobs would even explicitly address this issue at a press conference begs the question of whether Apple is testing the waters for how a switch to Intel might fly.

For the full report, visit here:

http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-5103279.html

Apple Wooing Government, Business Customers

Also from CNET's Ina Fried:

"Apple sales chief Tim Cook told financial analysts that the company last month launched a direct effort that's aimed at the creative market and government entities, with 70 Apple employees working in either field sales or telephone sales.

"Cook said the company has also established employee purchase programs at about 100 companies in recent weeks, an effort Cook said will build advocates for bringing the Mac into the workplace...

"To boost small business sales, the company plans to make every Wednesday 'business day' and is also trying to cut service turnaround time for business customers and offer them the ability to make service appointments with the 'genius' of their choice."

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Rainjul Announces Polywogg Blogging Service Free for .Mac Members

Rainjul L.L.C. released the first public beta version of Polywogg, http://www.polywogg.com/ Polywogg is a journaling/blogging service for Apple Computer's Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther. Rainjul is offering a free, one-year subscription to Apple .Mac members.

"This first release of Polywogg is packed with innovative features, many never before seen on any journal service, such as video blogging with Apple's iSight camera and comprehensive desktop web client application support. The blogging and journaling phenomena are ultimately about the appeal of social networking," said Steven W. Schuldt, creator of Polywogg," .Mac members are at the forefront of the digital lifestyle, but they need a unified, accessible journal community."

"People want to share experiences, thoughts and opinions with a fun, vibrant, online community. In creating Polywogg we focused on building a strong and cohesive social networking service to make that vision a reality. Users can create multiple journals, manage them collaboratively and easily search for and connect with others in the growing, world-wide Polywogg community," said Mr. Schuldt.

Polywogg, downloadable as fully functional and non-expiring software, comes complete with two desktop web applicatons: Polywogg Reader and Polywogg Publisher. For a limited time, a one-year subscription is free for Apple .Mac members and for non-members costs $15.00 (US), with other options available. Subscriptions can be purchased via PayPal, credit card, check or money order. Subscribers can create up to five journals on the service. Polywogg runs on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 Panther.



For more information, visit:

http://www.polywogg.com/

My Book Off The Presses

On a personal note, my new book, "That They May Be One," is off the presses today. Please note that this is a religious work about Christian ecumenism, and contains nothing whatsoever about computers.

My publisher has posted the following announcement:

As publisher for the Convent Society of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, I am today, pleased to announce the release of "That They May Be One" by Charles W. Moore.



Requests for the book may be made by email, by mail, or by telephone or fax.



"That They May Be One" is 8 3/8" x 8 1/4", soft covered, 25 chapters with notes.



It sells for $10.00. For those who might wish to use the book as the basis for a study, orders of 10 or more copies to the same address are discounted by 10%.



Books shipped to the USA are charged at $US10.00 which is inclusive of regular mail shipping. Airmail is surcharged.



Books shipped within Canada and to elsewhere in the world are shipped at $10.00 Canadian and charged postage and handling above that.



Our usual arrangement is to ship at the customer's request with an invoice payable by cheque or money order on receipt of material. Shipping is by the least expensive post unless faster service is requested by the customer.



Fr. Robert S.H. Mansfield, SSC

President, The Convent Society of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada

136 William St.,

Parry Sound, Ontario

P2A 1W2

Telephone: 1-705-774-9232

Fax: 1-705-746-2043

http://www.zeuter.com/~accc/accc/convent.htm

Mac Night Owl: Panther Two Weeks Later

Yes, I've survived the experience.

Here's the URL for today's commentary:

http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#later

First Pepsi; Now McDonald's

The New York Post's Tim Arango reports:

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Less than a month after Pepsi announced a blockbuster deal to give away 100 million downloads from Apple's iTunes music service to its customers, McDonald's is close to a announcing a much bigger deal, The Post has learned.

"In a dramatic move that gives a thumbs up to the music industry's efforts at creating legal alternatives to file sharing, McDonald's plans to give away up to 1 billion songs in a marketing campaign, according to sources familiar with the matter.

"Both Pepsi and McDonald's are paying Apple's retail price of 99 cents per song, sources say. And McDonald's has arranged to buy up to a billion songs to meet customer demand...."

For the full report, visit:

http://www.nypost.com/business/10067.htm

Did QPS Anticipate The OS X FireWire Bug Two Years Ago?

This two-year-old note in a FAQ on on QPS's support page reads:

"We do not yet support these drives on OS X because there are still some communication issues with the operating system. However, many of our customers are using the drive without problems on OS 10.1.3. If you are going to use the drive on 10.1.3, then format the drive using the disc utility in OS X. You would find this by double clicking on the hard drive icon, double clicking on the OS X system folder, double clicking on the utilities folder. The disc utility is in this folder. Go to the partition tab to setup the drive. If you were also going to use the drive on OS 9 you would select the option to install OS 9 disc drivers."

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You can check it out here

eWeek: Weakness Reported in Wireless Protocol

"A researcher at ICSA Labs has reported that some implementations of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a standard for cryptography of data on Wi-Fi networks, can be compromised through a dictionary attack. Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs, detailed the attack scenario in a paper published yesterday."

Read more at:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1375085,00.asp

PC Mag: PC Magazine Announces Tech Ex Finalists

"PC Magazine announced today the finalists for the 20th annual Awards for Technical Excellence. The awards recognize the products and influencers that have advanced the state of technology and set new standards for technical innovation. The winners will be announced on November 17 at Fall Comdex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

PC Magazine will also recognize the Person of the Year, which celebrates an individual's contribution to technology and business in 2003, and a Lifetime Achievement Award to an individual who has done the most to change how people use technology. Last year's Person of the Year Award went to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. In 2002, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to AMD's Jerry Sanders."

Read more at:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1373681,00.asp

eWeek Scoop: Microsoft Hopes to Smother Flash with 'Sparkle'

" Watch out, Macromedia. Here comes Microsoft "Sparkle."

According to press reports, Sparkle is an animation toolset that will likely emerge as part of the Longhorn wave of products/technologies. Some are describing Sparkle as a Macromedia "Flash killer."

Microsoft officials declined to comment on Sparkle. But here's what Microsoft Watch uncovered."

Read more at:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1374462,00.asp

Charles W. Moore

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