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news of 2003-02-19

Microsoft Buys Connectix

Of course they say that MS will continue to produce VirtualPC for the Mac. I guess, though, since Microsoft wasn't cut to pieces in court means that their old ways may again begin. And that kind of makes me sad. MS buying Connectix? Sounds like a funeral to me. Let's raise our glasses and say goodbye to a good old friend that not only brought us some Windows compatibility, they also used to double our RAM (RamDoubler) and Speed (SpeedDoubler). And of course they enabled our Macs' sense of sight (QuickCam). (fryke)

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[ written by fryke™ on 2003-02-19 at 22:12 CET ]
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MacWhispers Promotes The Idea Of A Newton II

In an open letter to Apple, MacWhispers puts together their recent rumours about several third party suppliers (hardware) and promotes the idea of kind of a subportable, larger than PDA tablet Mac. Interesting idea, but the price tag would be too high, I guess. (fryke)

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[ written by fryke™ on 2003-02-19 at 22:04 CET ]
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New iMac 17" Packs A Sony SuperDrive

MacBidouille (in French) posts: "Les iMac G4 17' sont désormais équipés de "SuperDrive" de marque Sony (DVD RW DW-U10A)." Your French should be enough to translate that. ;) (fryke)

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[ written by fryke™ on 2003-02-19 at 19:52 CET ]
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