Monday, August 28, 2000
Top Stories
5 Reasons Why I'll Treasure My iBook
By the way, the customs officer's remarks upon seeing my iBook was "It's quite a cute machine, isn't it?".
Opinion
Apple Getting The Future Right
There is a reason why he was tossed out of Apple his first time around and why his NeXT experiment failed. There is also a reason why employees at Pixar prefer that Jobs act more as a "consultant" than a CEO. But wherever he was, he always had the "vision" which made the original Apple Computers Inc. so successful, but, more importantly, so different.
Review
Stairways Software's Interarchy
While decent chunks of this new, super-centralized version of Anarchy are without use, their existence is harmless, and the new features that are useful make the whole package worthwhile.
Mia 2: Romaine's New Hat
Mia 2: Romaine's New Hat is a fun, interactive story that immerses children in the story line while interesting them in science activities.
Sidetrack
Clue Me In
Ed Stansel: Macintosh users will find Movie Maker a pale imitation of Apple's snazzy iMovie software. Then again, Mac users find the entire Windows system a pale imitation of the Mac OS.
Dave Winer: And stop dissing the Mac!
Old News
3 Years Ago: Apple Changes Rules On Mac OS - Adding salt to clone vendor's wounds, Apple officially said that upgrades to the latest release of the Mac operating system, called Mac OS 8, would no longer be offered. Apple has been in contentious discussions with clone vendors regarding licensing the newest version of the Mac OS, but has not yet come to terms with any of the companies.
Wintel
AMD Jacks Up Athlon Processor To 1.1 GHz
Advanced Micro Devices has cranked up the speed of its Athlon processors again.
Report Questions A Number In Microsoft Trial
Do 70,000 computer programs depend on Windows or fewer than 10,000?
Some Web Users Handle Online Privacy Themselves, Study Says
The nation's Internet users want stronger online privacy protections and many use fake names, dummy e-mail accounts and data scrambling software to preserve their anonymity, a new study has found.