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news of 2004-08-03
Apple: Sweetness Regained
You'll want to read this BusinessWeek article about the second coming of Steve Jobs. It's not very objective, though, and sounds as if I had been asked to write a very optimistic view on Apple's prospects. But: This is exactly what Apple needs - good press.
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 22:59 CET ]
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Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.3.5 7M30
to ADC Select and Premier members. Areas of testing in this build: Core Graphics, Audio/Sound, Bluetooth, Video drivers, NFS, Safari and Power Management (Sleep). File size of the build is 41.5 MB.
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 21:10 CET ]
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Delicious Library 3.0
ThinkSecret previews the forthcoming application for your home entertainment library with many a delicous detail, such as barcode scanning with iSight, for example. The report includes a screenshot slideshow.
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 20:11 CET ]
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About macnews.net.tc (Version 2004.2, code name "Tiger")
Welcome to macnews.net.tc. Our tagline "macintosh rumours with common sense™" is our motto. What we mean by that is that we post news and rumours from the Macintosh world and try to put them into the bigger picture. While we're certainly not entirely free of subjectiveness, we often find other rumour sites to be a tad incapable of thinking outside the box, which is important to us, when we're scanning the information we get our hands onto.
We don't want to go as far as to say we're 'better' than other rumour sites, although you might agree that some of them often just fantasize quite wildly. We do that, too, but if we do, we tag those articles, so you can always be sure where we're walking and what we're talking about. (Wild guesses mostly happen in times of 'slow news' days combined with rain.) ;)
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Take me back to the homepage, please...
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 20:00 CET ]
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Intego releases WiFi Locator
For about 30 USD, these keychain devices let you see wireless networks' availability. Has anyone ever used one of those? Do they show you networks you can't join (i.e.: are they dumb)?
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 18:17 CET ]
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MacCentral about Harmony vs. Apple: A lawyer's perspective
In this article, MacCentral shows a lawyer's (Scott Culpepper) perspective on the case, should Apple decide to take Real to court. My personal opinion about this is quite clear, and I've already posted it here on macnews.net.tc a few days ago.
I again have to say that I think Apple should not sue Real over this. Not only would they carve into the drive they have with the image of 'cool' with the iPod and iTMS, it's also not that sure that they would even win a lawsuit. Apple would be much better off talking to Real and the options they have in working together. A company suing another company, in my opinion, always looks quickly like the bad guy. And if Apple wants to uphold their image of being for 'open', there's only one path they can really take, isn't there?
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 17:54 CET ]
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Apple releases Xcode Tools 1.5 to ADC
Currently, Select and Premier members have access to the new version. All ADC members will have access to the Xcode Tools 1.5 on 2004-08-05, the day after tomorrow. ;-)
The ReadMe file for Xcode 1.5 mentions, among other things, GCC 3.3 improvements, Dead-code stripping, Remote debugging, Code completion for Java and AppleScript, Subversion source-code control system support, Native build system support for AppleScript, Enhanced debugger with a memory browser, globals browser, and ability to display file static variables, Faster Editor Performance, Ant templates, Documentation bookmarks, Speed improvements.
[ Update 17:30 - ThinkSecret has now also posted about this. ]
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 12:44 CET ]
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iTunes on Linux
heise.de (German) reports that CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office (version 3.1 preview) can run the Windows version of iTunes. It's working just fine, access to the iTMS also works, the only important thing still missing (but in the works) is iPod support.
iTunes has long been the most requested app on CodeWeavers' site. Apparently, those guys are working quite hard on that project.
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 12:30 CET ]
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macnews.net.tc 2004.2, or "Tiger"
In anticipation of Tiger's new, more glassy, look in some parts of the system, we've come up with our new site design. If you prefer the old, more plain look, you can still use the lean one. But if you're anything like us, you'll want to use that new look of Tiger. ;-) Comments welcome... (more about macnews.net.tc 2004.2)
[ written by fryke™ on 2004-08-03 at 09:30 CET ]
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