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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

News

Torvalds Takes Bite Of Mac Mini

Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator still prefers Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine.

Eudora E-mail Client To Go Open Source

Qualcomm on Wednesday announced plans to release future versions of its Eudora e-mail client software as open source. The compay is collaborating with The Mozilla Foundation to base the next version of Eudora on Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail software.

Analyst: No More Studios On iTunes Before Holidays

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster on Tuesday said that recent meetings with four of the six major film studios revealed that they likely won't be adding their movies to iTunes before the holidays because of fear over retaliation by big retailers, as well as issues with content protection and pricing.

Textbook Company Tries Putting Bonus Materials On iTunes

"The students were more engaged with the content served up in this platform."

Unwarranted Q1 Concerns Weigh On Apple Shares

Google Launches Mac Blog

Accounting Outside The Box

"I chose Mac because I saw it as a clear competitive advantage. Because I wanted to focus on accounting, not computing."

Opinion

One Monitor Or Two?

Difference of opinion may reflect differences between Mac OS X and Windows.

I Just Stole Music From Myself. And I'd Do It Again

For every software barrier there is a software tank.

Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes

For Apple, Google Is A Better Dance Partner THan YouTube

My Personal Apple Truth

My biggest turn off, and issue with Apple, and the community... is in fact the community itself.

An Apple Or A Ring?

But really, ask any woman: "An Apple or a ring?" ... Isn't my wife one of a kind!

New Mac Ads: 1 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad

Intel Wants Its Cake Both Ways

Giving Apple a free pass while everyone else is supposed to get in line makes Intel look like a wishy-washy turncoat that doesn't really believe in its own product.

Review

Magnifying With A Touch

File Vaults

Knox is a nifty utility that gives you many of the benefits of FileVault without the overhead, along with many of the benefits of individual encrypted disk images via an easier-to-use interface.

Sidetrack

Rumor Today: More iPods

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is nowhere near, but rumors about new iPods have surfaced. Of course, one could argue that the rumors never died in the first place.

Wireless? Widescreen? No phone?

Are you tired already?

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