September 2003 Archives

Ok - so many of you have noticed that all activity has come to a stop recently. There's a good reason for that - I am in the process of moving!!! Wow, what a ROYAL pain in the ASS it is to move your whole life to another city. I won't even go into some of the hell I went through during this move, but suffice to say it involved a verbal confrontation with a vagrant trying to steal my "trash", cops telling me I can't "block the road" with my truck (like ummmm, hey asswipe fascist communist PIG, how am I supposed to get my shit out of my house if I can't load it into a truck? You think your stupid ass can cut me some slack so I can get out of this HELL HOLE city of Jacksonville?), weather that just insisted on opening the skies and dumping more rain on me in one day than California has seen in ten years, and the list goes on.

I am finally in south FL and glad to be home. You don't appreciate what a city has to offer until you leave it and don't have it anymore! All I have to say is thank God for great SOLID friends - it took a few hours to unpack a truck with 5 buddies what it took me 27 hours to pack with only 2. If it were not for my peeps - I would have probably just jumped in front of a Mack truck rather than go through this move. I'll be back to slingin the juice in true digital pimpin fashion shortly. I think I have a lot of reading to do so I can catch up! Peace out...

A knowledge base article on Apple's website explains the network error that prevented many from accessing the internet and prompted Apple to remove the update from public availability. "Apple has removed Mac OS X 10.2.8 until an update that resolves this issue can be made available," notes the article. The document lists several workarounds for the glitch, and notes that affected Macs include the "Gigabit Ethernet" Power Mac G4s (dual 450 and 500 MHz versions) and... [Spymac]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor and Mac user who claims never to have downloaded a song or even file-sharing software... [MacMinute]

Apple, Dell and IBM are all expected to benefit from what appears to be improvements in IT spending, according to a Reuters article. [MacCentral]

California took a tough stand against spam e-mail on Wednesday after Governor Gray Davis signed a law prohibiting anyone from sending unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements to a California e-mail address. The law sets up an "opt-in" requirement, the aim being to prevent e-mail users from getting e-mail advertisements unless they asked to be on the sender's list. Senders of unsolicited messages could be held liable for damages up to US$1,000 for each message to an individual and up to $1 million for each e-mail advertisement sent out. The recipient, the state attorney general or the e-mail service provider could seek damages. [MacCentral]

Welchia worm implicated in snafu [The Register]

Media 100 Inc. on Wednesday released a new version (4.0.1) of Final Effects Complete for Mac OS X that adds support for Adobe After Effects 6.0 and Apple Final Cut Pro 4. Final Effects Complete is a special effects toolkit for Apple, Adobe, Avid and Media 100 nonlinear editing customers. It comes with over 100 software plug-in filters and transitions that generate Hollywood-style special effects for film, video, animation, DVD and CD-ROM content. Final Effects can be used to generate full-featured 2D and 3D particle animations directly within digital media solutions such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Boris RED and other applications. [MacCentral]

Over the last several months I’ve received several dozen emails from people who have made the bold move from Windows to Mac OS X. Deciding to dig a little deeper then “I just wanted to tell you that I recently switched and couldn’t be happier” I began a dialog with them to find out what it took for these ‘wise ones’ to become happy Mac people. The following is my narrative derived from the information supplied… [MacNETv2]

Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular Internet song-swapping network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

The government should have been on a Mac!!!

A computer virus hits the federal department, affecting the performance of the government's IT system that manages visa approvals, according to published reports. [CNET News.com]

10.2.8 Update Pulled from Software Updates and Kbase Docs [AccelerateYourMac News Headlines]

Virgina Tech's Apple Power Mac G5 Supercomputer project is shaping up to become "one of the world's cheapest and most powerful supercomputers," according to The Washington Post's David McGuire. 1,110 Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz machines will be linked together to comprise this new supercomputer. And it'll be cheap, too. Very cheap. "All this is expected to cost $5 million, 90 percent less than the next model up on the supercomputer hierarchy," McGuire reports.... [MacDailyNews]

Does this look familiar to anyone?

Note Apple.com's current design preceded the site above.

Wow. And "Like no other" is their trademarked slogan, no less! Is this a joke?

[Attribution: O'Grady's PowerPage] [MacDailyNews]

PhotoshopWorld Expo Opens to Public, Providing Free Day of Training [Graphics.com]

"Sun once again is trying to convince us that Java belongs on the desktop. At this week's SunNetwork conference, we are treated to the delightful wit and wisdom of Scott McNealy poking fun at our industry and making a case for getting rid of the rat's nest of code called Windows that most of us continue to use," David Strom writes for Internet Week in his article, "Java On The Desktop: An Idea Whose Time Has Come ... And Gone.""I have only one piece of advice... [MacDailyNews]

"Though no one can predict precisely how the music industry will evolve, many experts agree that a change in industry structure seems inevitable," reports Lisa Napoli for The New York Times.

"'Whatever the industry is going to be, it has to take a different form,'' said Christopher Waterman, dean of the school of arts and architecture at the University of California at Los Angeles, and Professor Starr's co-author. 'This is raising basic questions about property. Music has... [MacDailyNews]

Similarly priced? Give us a break! According to our visit to the Dell web site, the similarly configured Dell 650... is over $1500 more expensive! (Macs Only! via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]

If you want to find out how this picture was completely done in PhotoShop from scratch, then click here. Pretty amazing I must say. [KALIBER10000]

About damn time - send 'em ALL home!!!

Yankee tech workers hurting too much [The Register]

Mac OS X Hints has a news item on how to use AppleScript to make it easier to share your Mac's Internet connection with your mobile phone over Bluetooth. A reader wrote AppleScripts to connect and reconnect your phone to the Internet through your Bluetooth-enabled Macintosh. [macscripter.net news]

Liebermann Inc. today announced its new Grand Canyon line of professional desktop monitors... [MacMinute]

Ranchero Software has released NetNewsWire 1.0.5, an update to its popular RSS news reader and Weblog editor... [MacMinute]

O'Reilly has announced the release of "Wireless Hacks," a new guide that offers 100 industrial-strength tips about wireless networking... [MacMinute]

Virginia Polytechnic and State University is racing to deploy its new supercomputer cluster based on Apple Computer Inc.'s G5 desktops by Oct. 1 in order to make the next ranking of the Top 500 list. Faculty and students hope to set up the 1,100-node Terascale Computing Facility by the end of this week, said Lynn Nystrom, a Virginia Tech spokeswoman. The university thinks the new cluster will rank among the top 10 fastest supercomputers deployed at academic institutions, and among the fastest overall in the world, she said. [MacCentral]

Aladdin Systems Inc. is now shipping StuffIt Deluxe 8.0, a new Mac OS X version of the access and compression utility. The update lets you schedule backups and burn to CD/DVD, adds plug-ins for Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator and offers a performance boost. You can now schedule backups automatically, as well as expand or archive by adding or removing .sit, .sitx, .zip, or .tgz to the file name. With version 8.0, StuffIt Deluxe accesses .yenc (popular with newsgroups) and .cab (a Windows archive format) files and boasts a new user interface. [MacCentral]

OS X 10.2.8 Update Released (not for G5 Macs however) [AccelerateYourMac News Headlines]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that Apple is the last vertically integrated computer company... [MacMinute]

Buried in a NewsFactor article from earlier this month are the latest Apple market share numbers in the creative industry from research firm TrendWatch: Macs are used by 83 percent of graphic designers, 77 percent of corporate design departments, and 65 percent of ad agencies... [MacMinute]

The whole point of this post is to link you all to one of the funniest Fark Photoshop competitions I've ever seen: Photoshop your own anti-drug poster. [Wil Wheaton]

Apple's iTunes Music Store was not only a wake-up call to the rest of the industry, but also to cons... [MacNN]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs was included in the innovators section of BusinessWeek's e-business 25 list... [MacMinute]

Macintosh "is far better than most people now seem to realize," writes Paul Murphy for Ace's Hardware. "There are three key reasons for this: MacOS X running on a PowerPC CPU is tougher to crack compared to the security and processing continuity issues affecting Wintel. In particular, the underlying BSD operating system has standard Unix security while the platform is collectively a smaller target for the attention of worms and viruses.""The combination of... [MacDailyNews]

"The Mac OS X 10.2.8 update was released internally late last week, sources confirmed. The Jaguar software update was posted to the Apple network for employees on Friday," Nick dePlume reports for Think Secret. "Sources speculated that the update will be provided to users Monday or next week. One insider, however, suggested the release could be delayed due to some problems that have recently cropped up.""Apple's official download notes for the update state... [MacDailyNews]

"Of all the global companies making PCs today, just two make money. Few would be surprised that one of these is Dell, the Texas-based manufacturer that pioneered the idea of selling direct to its customers. But who would guess that the other is Apple Computer? Globally, it accounts for fewer than 5 per cent of computer sales, and in some markets its share is even lower." The Independent reports. "Outside its established core industries of media, design, education and... [MacDailyNews]

In the true tradition of Mac and OS X, here is a great little project management tool that does what you need WITHOUT the bloat!!! [freshmeat OS X]

If anybody has an old PowerMac G4 (Sawtooth or better), that they would like to get rid of, please let me know.

Users of iTunes and the Tivo Home Media Option will be pleased to know that they can use their DVR to stream Internet radio as well as their locally stored MP3's. Just create a new playlist in iTunes called "radio" ... [Mac OS X Hints]

Poor Debra Pickett. Pickett writes for The Chicago Sun-Times. She is experiencing what it's like to have an iPod and a Windows personal computer. She's also a great example of the confusion the average Jane must feel during these transitory times; the record industry's morass, online music, and incompatible music formats.

Pickett explains, "...after a couple of weeks of iPod ownership, I decided to download some new tunes for it. I started out by going to the iTunes Web site,... [MacDailyNews]

Lab360 is tha shizznit! You can listen to the audio of your favorite movies while you work! Check out The Big Lebowski, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Office Space, Fight Club, etc... [KALIBER10000]

Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names. [Wired News]

Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules. [Wired News]

I am soooo sick of these corporate assholes that think because they are huge they can just disregard what is in the best interest of the internet community as a whole. Verisign should be BANNED from the internet! Use certificates from THAWTE and get your domain names elsewhere!!!!

dmehus writes "ICANN issued an advisory late today concerning VeriSign's controversial SiteFinder service. The advisory requests that VeriSign voluntarily ... [Slashdot]

acostin writes "Some open survey results were published about PHP usage in the enterprise on the InterAKT site. An alternative survey on the PHP open source ... [Slashdot]

Virginia Tech posted an extensive collection of photos documenting the assembly and deployment of their Supercomputer Cluster which consists of 1100 P... [MacRumors]

Over the course of the past week, MacDesktops has posted 14 new desktop pictures, including: Blue Screen of Death (Humor) and Veronica Zemanova (Show some skin)... [MacMinute]

Ok - I have said it before and I will LOUDLY say it again. We, the people, need to speak out LOUDLY to our POLITICIANS. This is the only way we are going to stop the insanity. If going the legislative route doesn't work, BOYCOTT ALL US COMPANIES OUTSOURCING TO FOREIGN LANDS. Yep - a pretty drastic measure since that would mean almost all US companies.....but ya know what? Just like switching to a Mac, there is always an alternative to what you "think" has no alternative. Stand up and fight for your jobs NOW people. Once they are gone, you will be flippin burgers or serving slurpies to an Indian wearing the Armani suit that was once yours...

Shipping jobs overseas saves companies money by letting them hire cheap labor, but it costs jobs at home. Outsourcing has its defenders and detractors, and a lot of them are at a Manhattan trade show. Michelle Delio reports from New York. [Wired News]

Time to start hiding your money under the mattress folks...this is about the most STOOOOOPID thing I have seen yet...

Most U.S. banks plan to convert their ATMs to the Windows operating system by 2005. Will this move make bank customers vulnerable to malicious Internet attacks and the infamous blue screen of death? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

As stock options evaporate, tech workers may realize they're left with a dead-end career and no chance to strike it rich. Look out, Microsoft, the next wave of startups is on its way. By Michael S. Malone of Wired magazine. [Wired News]

The caretaker of domain names has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

Do you want to control your Mac, or one that you're responsible for, from a remote location? If you're running Mac OS X, you can take advantage of a variety of built-in Unix and AppleScript tools to control your computer from afar. Harold Martin shows you how. [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]

Apple has posted a QuickTime webstream of Steve Jobs' Apple Expo keynote on Tuesday, September 16 at... [MacNN]

Updated Swen: old trick, new packaging [The Register]

wrinkledshirt writes "Anybody remember the days when the naysayers said you couldn't build a viable business model centered around open-source software? After ... [Slashdot]

The new 15-inch PowerBook G4 has already overtaken the top spot on the "Top Sellers" list of the online Apple Store, after just being introduced on Tuesday... [MacMinute]

Samsung has introduced the SyncMaster 243T, a new 24-inch LCD monitor targeted at high-end graphics professionals... [MacMinute]

"A gaggle of companies has struggled for years to create such a market, hampered first by uncooperative record labels and then by free file-sharing alternatives. But change is coming fast. The overnight success of Apple's 99¢-per-song iTunes Music Store — it sold its 10 millionth song this month — has awakened consumers to legal downloading options. Iconic acts like the Rolling Stones and the Eagles have begun allowing their songs to be sold online. With the digital-music... [MacDailyNews]

The New York Times' David Pogue has recanted his recent propagation of the "security through obscurity" myth, writing today, "That, as it turns out, is a myth, no matter who repeats it... Mac OS X and Linux [are] much more secure than Windows XP. For example:"

- "Windows comes with five of its ports open; Mac OS X comes with all of them shut and locked... These ports are precisely what permitted viruses like Blaster to infiltrate millions of PC’s. Microsoft says... [MacDailyNews]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has moved up 44 places to be ranked 78th on the 21st annual edition of the Forbes 400 list of the United State's wealthiest 400 citizens. His net worth is now US$2.3 billion; of course, his standing is helped by the fact that he's also CEO of Pixar, which found success this year with "Finding Nemo." [MacCentral]

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This final candidate release updates the Sites Drawer and the Help book. The hunt is on for deal-stopper bugs, bugs that have to be fixed before releasing 1.0.5. [Ranchero]

FPCat writes "Finally, some one is doing something about one of my pet peeves. It seems a group of people are suing Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, and others for ... [Slashdot]

Rock on baby! Bring on the mass scale WiFi damnit. Who's got an old Primestar dish? Bust it out!

=m8s=Dark Underlord writes "I was browsing for wireless stuff and came across this link that shows how to use an old satellite dish as an 802.11 antenna." The ... [Slashdot]

Some senators and industry leaders have at last begun questioning the RIAA's ability to issue subpoenas based on nothing more than their belief that their copyright is being infringed... [Morons Dot Org]

Sources said that iSync 1.2 and iCal 1.5 are on the way, and will soon be posted to Software Update. Apple is expected to release the updates within the next few days, or next week. The updates have already been provided to a number of Apple employees. iCal 1.5 (build 644) and iSync 1.2 (build 117) will both include several updates... [Think Secret]

There has been a huge amount of absurdity in the world of Apple lately. Not from Apple this time, but rather the Mac community. These absurdities need to be addressed, by someone, but not by me, not today anyway. Today I thought I would simply point out a couple of them and shout “Lookit Lookit Lookit!” and maybe someone will pick one of them and run with it. Could happen, couldn’t it? [MacNETv2]

David Zeiler's latest column for the Baltimore Sun looks at problems -- especially from "cyber terrorists" -- federal agencies could incur by using Windows-based systems and how Macs could seemingly do the job better... [MacMinute]

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg fields a question that we hope is becoming more and more common these days.

"I am considering moving from a Dell laptop with Windows XP to an Apple laptop running the Mac OS X operating system. Is there a way to easily transfer to the Apple, via cables, the files and settings I have stored on the Dell? And is there a book about switching to the Mac from Windows?"

Mossberg responds, "Yes. There's a transfer product called... [MacDailyNews]

"Okay, published estimates for computer use indicate most people use something other than Macs. 'So,' you ask, 'why a Mac-centric column? Why read it when I use something else?' Are you happy with your computer choice? Ever ask yourself why Mac owners love their computers while Windows users barely tolerate theirs? Why Mac users who hate Windows are those forced to it at work but Windows users who hate Macs have never used one," Marc L. Rubinstein asks for The Casco Bay Weekly... [MacDailyNews]

NASA officials said Tuesday that the shuttle would not return to flight in March as... [spacetoday.net]

"Apple's new products and impressive sales results should capture the interest of investors... There is no doubt that Apple's new positioning will allow the company to experience some growth. They are essentially branching out into new market share in areas that were previously untapped. This is especially evident with iTunes, which may provide a glimpse into the future of the music industry," Dustin Zahrt writes for Market Critic.

Zahrt writes,... [MacDailyNews]

"I totally endorse the decision of Howard Hinesley, the school chief in Pinellas County, to eliminate Apple computers from the public schools and switch to Windows-based computers," Howard Troxler writes for The St. Petersburg Times. "ERROR: THE FILE "WHATSIS.DLL' HAS UNEXPECTEDLY DISAPPEARED FROM THE HARD DRIVE. After all, the entire point of public education is to prepare children for the real world, and the real world is dominated by Windows.""There is... [MacDailyNews]

Now THAT is what I call a prompt response! I just finished ranting about hiring H1B types and BAM! Congress was listening and started working on the problem. Aint life grand? :-)

In the boom times of the late 1990s, U.S. corporations widely turned to foreign workers to fill highly skilled jobs, particularly in the technology field. Now, in the continuing economic downturn, foreign workers are being blamed for displacing their homegrown counterparts. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

What happens when digital video recorders give viewers control of the TV schedule, the content and the ads? The whole world is watching. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

Something definitely needs to be done about this off-shore outsourcing situation. We go to school, get in debt, pay our taxes and live in the USA. Now the very companies based here in the US are sending OUR jobs to India and other foreign countries. Does anyone else see a problem with this? When are "WE - THE PEOPLE" going to finally stand up for our rights and demand that congress create legislation preventing corporate america from going out of country when we have perfectly capable and UNEMPLOYED workers based right here in our own back yard? Stand up and fight for your rights people...when they are gone, it will be too late. The only ones winning in these game are corporate GREED MONGER executives. Time to make them feel some pain. Contact your congressional representatives and fight back with your God given American right - VOTE!

Out-of-work engineers gather at an outsourcing conference to complain that sending tech jobs overseas eventually will hurt the U.S. economy. But whether or not that's the case is not clear-cut. Amit Asaravala reports from Burlingame, California. [Wired News]

Is forcing an Internet service provider to turn over the names of suspected music pirates constitutional? An appeals court is challenging the RIAA to demonstrate that it is. [Wired News]

Panic on Wednesday released an update to its FTP client software for Mac OS X, Transmit. The new version, 2.6, adds support for SubEthaEdit (formerly Hydra) as a text editor and more. With Transmit, users can connect to servers that support the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), an Internet standard for file sharing. [MacCentral]

Way to go SBC!!!!

securitas writes "The New York Times reports that Internet provider SBC Communications has refused to identify computer users accused by the RIAA of ... [Slashdot]

For the multitude of Wintel users who have been flabbergasted time and again by virus attacks and Microsoft's lacklustre response, the prospect of undisturbed surfing and checking e-mail on a Mac is becoming a more attractive option every day. By Yeong Ah Seng (Straits Times via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]

QuickerTek is now shipping its AntennaKit, an external antenna that works with Apple's Snow and both... [MacNN]

Photographer Carol Acord has a gorgeous little portfolio site. [KALIBER10000]

Ohhh baby - this is on th top of the "I just GOTTA have it" list......this thing is like straight outa James Bond...

Gibbs Aquada | Homepage

In a move aimed squarely at Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled on Tuesday a suite of software for businesses that want to dump - or just can't afford - the Windows operating system on their companies' desktop computers [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

They are no 23" Cinema HD Displays, but they look NICER with the G5 or new laptops!

Sony today introduced two new LCD monitors -- the 17-inch SDM-HX73 (US$620) and 19-inch SDM-HX93 ($1,000)... [MacMinute]

In Sunday's Houston Chronicle, an insert called Ultimate Houston featured the coolest, the "ultimate," attractions in the Texas city. The Apple Store was dubbed the ultimate cool store. [MacCentral]

Nick McKay writes "Tech Central Station is carrying a story on how Canadians are legally allowed to copy music not only in the home environment, but also on ... [Slashdot]

Dhruv Khanna, who was fired earlier this year, files a lawsuit against the company and a number of its board members, alleging mishandling of its finances. [CNET News.com]

And it ain't me who's going to leave [The Register]

During his keynote at Apple Expo in Paris earlier this morning, which brought an all-new 15-inch PowerBook and revamped 12- and 17-inch PowerBooks, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that 42 percent of Apple's computer sales are portable models versus an industry average of 24 or 25 percent... [MacMinute]

Up to 30 percent longer life than stock batteries say the companies [Insanely Great Mac]

Maccentral has provided a summary of the Apple Expo Keynote. [Maccentric.com]

Two companies are shopping around devices that project images into thin air -- similar to the holograms used in the first Star Wars movie. Will their products catch on? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

Ken Greenebaum writes "Soon there will be a 'new' Porsche 959 racing down highway 520 in Redmond. This article in autoweek describes how Bill Gates, Paul Allen ... [Slashdot]

This hint combines two other hints I read here on MacOSXHints.com. We have an iMac, largely used by my children, but upon which I have an admin user account. I can also imagine situations where for reasons of business or per... [Mac OS X Hints]

Driver and control panel for Kensington USB and ADB mice and trackballs. [Mac OS X Downloads]

During his keynote at Apple Expo in Paris today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs did not give a firm ship date for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (announced in June), only reaffirming that it would ship before the end of the year... [MacMinute]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned yesterday that recent security vulnerabilities represent a "new and growing challenge to innovation" and said that his company is under attack from "thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers."... [MacMinute]

Apple today introduced the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse, new Bluetooth-based peripherals that "provide reliable performance at up to 30 feet and offer secure 128-bit, over-the-air encryption keeping sensitive information safe as it is being typed."... [MacMinute]

Apple today introduced a new aluminum 15-inch PowerBook G4 in speeds of up to 1.25GHz with 512KB on-chip level 2 cache, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 with 64MB DDR RAM, support for up to 2GB of DDR 333 MHz SDRAM and a 60 or 80GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive... [MacMinute]

There's a useful tip for Safari users doing the rounds just now. If you use an online banking system such as Nat West, you'll often find that you have to use Internet Explorer or one of the last releases of Netscape to logon. This is invariably down to the some over-zealous browser detection code put in by the web developers who have built the system.

This is generally put in place because the system was probably developed with only the main browsers in mind (IE), with the developers believing that the security and functionality of the system couldn't be trusted in anything other than IE 5 or 6. However, quite often you'll find that standards compliant browsers such as Safari and Camino will cope admirably.

The 'hack' allows you to switch on the Debug menu in Safari, from where you can change 'User Agent' to Internet Explorer 5.2 (or anything you wish). The User Agent string is read by the browse detection code, so you can fool the code into thinking you're using a 'safe' browser, and do your online banking without leaving Safari.

Enabling the Debug menu is not just good for changing the User Agent string however, it's full of useful information. For example, web designers and developers will find the 'Show DOM tree' item useful, power users can access the 'Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts', though I can't see how the item 'Go to about:blank Soon' would be useful...

The hack involves opening a Terminal window and typing :

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugIncludeMenu 1

Then quit Terminal and boot up Safari.

{ via macosxhints and MacUser } [xlab : a mac os x weblog]

Get your iPod accessories on at everythingipod.com [KALIBER10000]

Whoah ... guess the new cool really is "bouncy gradient fun". For another example, here's Australia's very own Marc Edward Agency which also happen to utilize the flash comm server in a most lovely way. Site by Amnesia. [KALIBER10000]

The whole page turning thing is well done across 110th street: Bobby Womack Ladies and Gentlemen. [KALIBER10000]

The folks over at Flink have just relaunched the complete identity for Nexus Creative. The soundscapes were done in collaboration with Owen Lloyd known for his work with Hi-res!, Digit & Less Rain. Viola! [Thanks Fanny!] [KALIBER10000]

Apple plans to announce a special edition iPod at Apple Expo in Paris this week, a source told Think Secret. The company will reportedly unveil a special, limited "Apple Expo" edition of the 40GB model that will be available for sale exclusively through the Apple Store. [Think Secret]

MacMerc expects that Photoshop 8 will be rebranded as Photoshop CS (Creative Suite), and is expected later this month at PhotoshopWorld.

Update: Th... [MacRumors.com Page 2]

Scandanvian MUG 99mac.com has posted a gallery of pre-show images from the Apple Expo floor in Paris... [MacNN]

If you can't beat 'em...just say it isn't important! Gotta love Intel...

eWeek reports that Intel's Pat Gelsinger, chief technology officer at the chip maker, said that 64-bit computing won't be needed on desktop PCs for several more years... [MacMinute]

LaCie today announced its new Mobile Hard Drive line designed by F.A... [MacMinute]

"Apple, Newsweek learned, quietly informed some music insiders that it’s moved up the date for expanding its current Mac-only iTunes for the vast universe of Windows-based PCs to mid-October. Apple couldn’t be reached for comment," Johnnie L. Roberts reports for Newsweek.

Full article here. [MacDailyNews]

September 2003 Do you think the gloves are finally going to come off between Macs and the rest of the computer industry? Picture the following all too common occurrence... [macCompanion Magazine Headlines]

Even though he thinks Windows XP is great, Doug Schweitzer got tired of all the patches and fixes it needs. So he bought a Mac and isn't looking back. [Computerworld Macintosh News]

September 15 - 02:01 EDT�� Avadis "Avie" Tevanian, Apple's chief software technology officer, and Jon Rubinstein, Apple's senior VP of hardware engineering, made it onto CRN's first-ever "25 Innovators" list, which features the "hands-on technical gurus and product visionaries behind some of this year's most talked-about technologies."

If you want something to get upset about:

Pinellas County schools will phase out Apple computers and only buy PCs. Some teachers and administrators are upset.

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/13/Tampabay/Teachers_losing_their.shtml

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