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Saturday, December 27, 2003

Top Stories

iPod, Therefore I Am
by Steve Gillmor, eWeek
Apple's popular MP3 gadget is at the front lines of a battle for digital rights. Can the government, the entertainment industry and Microsoft stop it?

News

2003: Online Music Comes Of Age
by Daren Waters, BBC News
In the not-too-distant future when compact discs are museum pieces and vinyl records are near fossils, 2003 will be remembered as the year digital music stepped into the mainstream.

BookEndz 15" Docking Station Debuts At Macworld
by MacNN
BookEndz products, a popular line of docking stations for Apple PowerBook and iBook computers, enable the user to convert from a portable system to a "complete desktop system in seconds.

Opinion

Six Things I Wish Apple Would Have Done Differently In The Past Six Years
by Bill Palmer

Review

Apple G5: Is It World's Fastest PC?
by Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service
Even the least expensive configuration should outperform any of Apple's G4 computers and keep pace with 2.4 GHz Pentium PC.

Panther Raring To Make Leap Onto Your Mac
by Bob LeVitus, Hoston Chronicle
If you haven't upgraded to Panther yet, I think it's time.

Sidetrack

Saturday, December 27, 2003
by Heng-Cheong Leong

RUMOR TODAY : Apple, after conquering the video editing world, is aiming at professional audio recording and sound mixxing market.

DUDE, WHERE'S YOUR CAR? : Dude, the age of self-driven cars are coming soon, as humans discover better things to do than to steer.

Wintel

The Beginning Of The End Jof Java As We Know It?
by Business Standard
Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated.

Microsoft Abandons Smart Display Project, Stranding Domestic Monitor Makers
by Yoo Hyung-Jun, Korea Electronic Times
The sudden abandonment of the project of developing operating system of the 'Smart Display', the next-generation display platform, by Microsoft stranded domestic 'Smart Display' makers to suspend their development.

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