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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

News

Apple Quietly Updates MBP Logic Boards
by MacNN

Apple Files For 'Multi-Pass' Trademark
by MacNN

Mail Stamps Stamp Out Apple's Poor Interface Design
by Dan Moren, MacUser

Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.1 Beta
by David Chartier, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Study: Apple Leads Industry In Customer Satisfaction
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Newly published data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index show that Apple leads other personal computer manufacturers, beating out Dell, HP and others.

Opinion

Time Machine And The Future Of The File System
by John Siracusa, Ars Technica

Dell's Battery Recall: MacBook Pro Batteries Shipped From The Same Manufacturer?
by MacFixIt

Yes Virginia, Macs Crash Too
by Dave Winer, Scripting News
Better to promise to help users when the computer you sold them crashes, than to promise they don't crash.

Review

Rage Of Magic II
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
A throwback to the coin-op battle games of yore, Rage of Magic II is a retro game of reasonable quality, if you're willing to put up with some limitations and general wonkiness.

Sidetrack

Ideas Are Free; Visual Basic Is Not
by Heng-Cheong Leong

If you are a developer looking for an idea to develop into the next money-making shareware product, look no further than Microsoft: Converting Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Application scripts into AppleScripts and vice versa.

Or you can try your hand in adding support for Visual Basic in OpenOffice.org. :-)

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