Friday, November 1, 2002
Top Stories
Stores Offer A Chance To Polish The Apple
"I now know what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a Mac genius."
Japan's Growing Mac 'Mod' Squad
Mac owners in Japan love to modify their Macs, from painting the lids of laptops to replacing the entire shell with custom-made transparent plastic.
News
'Modders' Can't Leave Macs Alone
Tinkering with computer hardware is an old hobby popular with PC owners. Still, some Apple users can't help but get into the act.
Dell Will Not Sell iPods In UK
Online, The Dead Do Tell Tales
Morticians can thank the popularity of HBO's Six Feet Under for giving their industry a quirky TV profile, but consumer technology is also redefining the once-staid business by adding a whole new "product" line — the digital memorial.
Opinion
The Point Not Taken
No matter how often it has been said, it seems that many GNU/Linux and Macintosh users refuse to see the obvious.
Review
It's Everything I Need And More
My iBook does everything I need it to and more. It looks great, and I'm having fun using a computer for the first time in years.
Norton Antivirus 8.0: Stalwart Virus-Protection Suite Comes To Mac OS X
With the exception of PC virus detection, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 8.0.2 provides the tools necessary to keep your Mac free of viruses. The responsibility for updating your virus definitions, however, remains with you.
Sidetrack
WHERE RUMORS COME FROM : John K Fisher speculates on Slashdot why Apple is putting out a document listing CSS bugs in Microsoft's Internet Explorer...
When you're trying to convince MS users that they can use Mac versions of programs they are used to, why point out serious flaws in one of the biggies? Unless, of course, you have something better you're planning to push...
MAC RESTAURANT: Bean Head, 1835 N. King Drive, Wisconsin.
HAPPY NEWS : Hey, what do you know, the RSS feed of MyAppleMenu validates as RSS over at Mark and Sam's validator.
Wintel
Tablet PCs: Still A Work In Progress
The encouraging news is that the designers are going in the right direction.
Gates' Pen Vs. The Keyboard?
After many trials and failures, Microsoft says it finally has tablet PC software that works. Here's the inside story.
Gates: "This Is Big. Don't Doubt Me."
With Moses-like faith, he's bringing Tablet PCs to the people, and he's sure they'll extend "the magic of software".
Microsoft Renews Video Editing Push
Microsoft will add a video-editing feature to its Windows XP operating system with a new program that automates and simplifies home movie making, the world's largest software maker said on Friday.
Free Thinkers
Can free source-code stop Microsoft?
Namibia Wisely Spurns M$ 'Gift' In Favor Of Linux
Accepting the 'gift' would entail outlays of money in the range of fifteen times the value of the M$ Trojan horse.