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Friday, December 21, 2001

News

School Board Duel Erupts Over Laptops
by Michael Erskine, GoMemphis
"This is not a toy. This is a tool." "That's a crock."

Buzzle In Liquidation
by Byron Connolly, CRN
Failed Apple reseller consortium Buzzle has been placed in provisional liqudiation by the Supreme Court of NSW.

Apple Posts PowerBook Firmware Update
by Jim Darlymple, MacCentral

Apple.com's 'Spiderman' Movie Trailer A Huge Hit
by Reuters

Opinion

Apple's FireWire To Go Wireless At 5GHz
by Kelly McNeill, osOpinion
The promising new GigaWire standard could lead to innovative products that will blow past all other networking technologies on the market today.

Review

Tech Gizmos In The Spotlight
by John Morris and Josh Taylor, ZDNet
Attenion, Mac lowers: It's finally your turn in the digital audio spotlight.

OS X Server 10.1 Is No Laughing Matter
by Jim Rapoza, eWEEK
We found that the Mac-based GUI management tools provided much easier administration than did the Unix-based versions of these tools.

PowerBook G4 Is Top Suggested Gift
by Mark Kellner, Washington Times
When creativity seems a lost art, I gotta give Apple high marks for the PowerBook G4.

Sidetrack

Friday, December 21, 2001
by Heng-Cheong Leong

Email

There's not enough free native e-mail client for OS X. Well, at least not for me. That last OS update trashed my Mail.app. Eudora Beta is flacky and does not have a good interface. While Netscape has a horrible interface.

Please do e-mail me if there are other freeware e-mail client out there that I missed.

Random

Crazy Apple Rumors Site: January 7th keynote to be a repeat. Apple to re-introduce iPod.

Well, even Microsoft needs a second chance to tell the time correctly.

Is Xerox coming after Steve Jobs next?

Wintel

Microsoft Seeks Antitrust Hearing Delay
by Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com
Microsoft asked to extend by another four months the scheduled date for a remedy hearing.

HP Goes On Offensive
by Benjamin Pimentel, San Francisco Chronicle
Ad, letter to shareholders defend Compaq bid.

Microsoft Schools Settlement Decision Held Until 2002
by Reuters
A US judge says he will give Microsoft and attorneys more time to negotiate a compromise with dissenters.

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