Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Top Stories
Noah Johnson: Folding Proteins At Home
In what is rapidly becoming a new world of democratic computing, Noah Johnson's three Power Macs are humming quietly away, helping Stanford University scientists solve a complex problem that, one day, may help them fight disease.
News
Apple Accpeting WWDC Annual Design Award Entries
The Apple Design Awards recognize excellence throught hree separate contests: Application Software, QuickTime Content, and new for 2004, Performance Demos.
New Vail High School To Use Laptops Instead Of Text Books
A Tucson school district has proposed a plan that woul dhave "clicking" instead of "flipping."
Mass Merchants Pounce On iPod
Apple's iPod has confirmed its mass market appeal with the news that Myer, Megamart, Target and Domayne stores are to stock the top performing music player.
Police Warn iPod Users After Spate Of THefts
Owners of the iPod are being urged by police to use cheaper headphones to prevent muggings.
Virgin Gets Taste For Apple's iPod
Apple's iPod is a big hit "across the pond," in the Virgin Atlantic Airways lounge at London's Heathrow Airport.
Apple Wants Patent On iPod Interface
Apple appears to have learned from its mistake in relying on copyright law and is now turning to patent law to protect its user interfaces.
BBEdit Update Adds Features, Fixes Problems
Tiny Server Powers Big Jobs
There's not a Mac in sight among its 40-odd Windows XP and 2000 desktop computers — but there is a dual-processor Apple Xserve network server at the centre of this hub of industry.
Review
The Majestic Alps And The King Of Keyboards
If you live and die by your keyboard as I do, Matias's Tactile Pro Keyboard is absolutely worth a try.
iChat Status Report
Despite its undeniable utility, I retain a love-hate relationship with iChat, and after much consideration, I've realized that it has nothing to do with actually using the program, but with the limited ways that the program lets me manage my availability with different groups of people.
iClip
Power users who find themselves jugggling a lot of information, or using the same bits over and over again will find this tool one of the must-haves for their Mac.
iChat Pack Rat
What happens when you've got 1,725 iChat transcripts — a full 15 MB of data? Simple answer, questionable name: Spiny Software's excellent Logorrhea.
Sidetrack
Free (As In Lunch) Software In Trouble?
Macromedia: We wanted to offer the updater to our users for free and, to comply with US accounting rules, we couldn't include any additional functionality and not charge for it.
Wintel
Gates Points To 2006 Longhorn Release
Bill Gates stopped short of setting 2006 as the year for the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, but said that industry speculation that the operating system will come out in 2006 is "probably valid speculation."