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Legal US Music Downloads Beat CD Sales

Kelly McNeill of OSViews says:

I've received a lot of feedback from osViews readers (my site) asking about the music download survey that we've been conducting over the past few weeks, saying that osViews readership must be skewed in one particular direction to get the results we did. The primary reason given is not necessarily the fact that iTunes has significantly surpassed its competitors, but that the results show legal digital downloads surpassing even CD sales. I must admit that even I thought this a was a bit peculiar, but now, according to a BBC World news report, it seems the survey is correct. Legal digital downloads have surpassed even physical CD sales!

For the full report, visit here.

Apple Store Ginza to Open in Tokyo on November 30

Apple’s first retail store in Japan will open in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district on Sunday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. This will be Apple’s 73rd retail store, and the first outside the U.S. The Apple Store Ginza will feature five floors where customers can shop for and learn about the latest Apple products and solutions as well as visit the popular Genius Bar to ask the Mac “Genius” questions and receive service. The Apple Store Ginza will host more than 400 customer events each month including a Studio Series of hands-on training classes.

“We opened our first retail store just over two years ago and have since hosted more than 23 million visitors,” said Ron Johnson, Apple senior vice president of Retail. “We are thrilled to be bringing the best personal computer buying experience to Japan when we open our first Apple retail store in Tokyo on November 30.”

The hands-on Apple store experience provides visitors access to the latest Mac computer systems including the PowerBook G4, iMac and eMacâ„¢ running innovative digital lifestyle applications like iPhotoâ„¢, iDVDâ„¢ , iTunes and iMovie, as well as Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther,” Apple’s next generation operating system. At the Apple store, knowledgeable sales people are available to help customers learn about the new ultra-portable iPods and iChat AV and iSightâ„¢ digital video cameras for video conferencing with friends and family.

A complete schedule of Ginza store events and classes is available at
http://www.apple.com/retail/jp/ginza

Panther Speeds Up Lombard PowerBook

XLR8Your Mac has posted a report form a reader who says that OS X 10.3 Panther has given his Lombard PowerBook (400 MHz G3 8MB VRAM) a substantial speed boost.

He notes in part:

"I just upgraded this system to 10.3 with the Up-To-date CD's and just did the update. Took about 2 hours - did a full install with X11 and other languages, but works GREAT!!! In the past, I have been bummed out by the sluggish performance of the Lombard in 10.1.x and 10.2.x even with the QE hack...

"I knew it was a video problem so really didn't want to to sink money into a CPU upgrade especially with heat, battery and technical issues. But in 10.3, WOW. The screen redraws quickly, no Radeon 9800, but it is now certainly acceptable. Expose works pretty darn good, although not perfectly silky. Auto Hide Dock looks great as does the magnification. (Animated apps I have turned off). If 10.3 would just allow the DVD player to work, I would be overly satisfied...."

For the full report, visit here.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S16473

Mac Night Owl: The Panther FireWire Bug: Prosoft Says You Can Get Your Data Back!

Or at least, that's what Prosoft says.

Here's the URL for today's commentary:

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

Also see today's Notable New Product News for more on this.

Your Mac Life - Seal Works, PowerLogix & Macworld magazine

Tonight on Your Mac Life, sponsored by Griffin Technology, Digital Forest & Marathon Computer:

With Macworld Expo in San Francisco only 2 months away, Your Mac Life begins a series of Expo Special Reports highlighting the people and companies who will be at the Big Show this coming January.

On tonight's show, Paul Kent, Conference Chair of Macworld Expo will talk to Nick Floro of Seal Works regarding their plans for Expo.

Also on the show will be Robert Jagitsch of PowerLogix, talking about their announcement last week of The PowerCube Enclosure, a "cover" for your Cube.

The Granddady of Mac magazines is Macworld and they have a new Editor in Chief - Jason Snell. Jason will talk about his vision for the magazine and where he sees it in the makeup of the Mac Universe.

And Schoun Regan of TheMacTrainers.com will also be on the show to answer all your Panther questions!

And, as always, Peter Cohen of MacCentral will have the latest in Mac Gaming News.

If you have any questions for tonight's guests, please send them to Your Mac Life <onair@yourmaclife.com>.

Your Mac Life is also offering very special accommodations during Macworld Expo San Francisco 2004 - Check their web site (http://forums.yourmaclife.com/viewtopic.php?t=3258) for more details.

You can also join one of the two Chat Rooms that run during the live show - on the World Without Borders site (http://www.wwbchat.com/login/index.shtml) or on the dedicated IRC Server at irc.netmug.org in the #yourmaclife Channel.

If you have a high speed Net connection, you can access the live video stream during the Your Mac Life broadcast, brought to you by Channel Storm's Live Channel Pro 2 (http://www.channelstorm.com), by opening QT 6 and typing in this *NEW* URL:

rtsp://qt.yourmaclife.com/yml/video

Or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at: rtsp://qt.yourmaclife.com/yml/YML

Make sure you listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30pm to 8pm PT or from 8:30pm to 11pm ET, for the most fun you'll have listening to your Mac.

Tune in to hear the difference!

OS X Troubles

A Technology - TechWeb report says:

"Security research firm @stake Inc. warns Macintosh users about three security problems with Mac OS X 10.2.8 and previous versions. The first advisory, "Long argv[] Buffer Overflow," warns that an attacker could possibly crash Mac OS X or execute commands. "

Panther Bitten By Another Data Damaging Bug

The Register's Tony Smith reports:

"Mac OS X 10.3's FileVault system, which protects each user's home folder with on-the-fly 128-but AES data encryption, has been found to contain a data-damaging glitch, Apple has admitted...

"The FileVault problem follows an earlier clash between Panther and version 1.0.3 of Oxford Semiconductor's 800MBps FireWire interface chip. That bug lead to data being damaged on external hard drives connected to the host Mac after Panther had been installed on the host system...."

For the full report, visit here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/33769.html

MusicMatch Issues Warning To iPod users

Also on The Reg., Andrew Orlowski notes that:

"San Diego-based MusicMatch Inc. has greeted the arrival of iTunes for Windows with a stark warning to users: delete Apple's software....

MusicMatch suggestions for peaceful coexistence include the following advice:

• Disconnect the iPod from your computer if it is still connected

• Double click on 'My Computer'

• Double click on 'Control Panel'

• Open 'Add or Remove Programs'

• Select and uninstall 'iTunes'

You can check it out at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33752.html

Web Browsers For Use With .Mac Bookmarks

A new Apple Knowledge Base article discusses Web browsers that are supported for use with .Mac Bookmarks.

The following Web browsers are supported for use with .Mac Bookmarks:

Macintosh

Safari 1.0

Internet Explorer 5.2.3

Netscape 7.0

PC

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (when upgraded to 128-bit encryption)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

For more information, visit:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=52321

Red Hat Drops Free Consumer Linux Products

David Legard ofIDG News Service reports:

"Prominent Linux vendor Red Hat is dropping its free Linux product range and asking customers to migrate to its priced Enterprise Linux, the company said Monday.

In a statement posted on its Web site, Red Hat said it will end maintenance and errata support for Linux versions 7.1 through 8.0 on December 31, 2003, and for the most recent version 9 on April 30, 2004."

In place of the free product, Red Hat is offering its Enterprise Linux at $179.00 a pop. Makes OS X look like a real bargain at $129.00.

For the full report, visit here.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113262,00.asp

Charles W. Moore

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