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Wednesday, July 9, 2003

Top Stories

.Mac Users Get Bookmarks Service, New Backup, More
by Dennis Sellers, MacCentral
You can keep your bookmarks in sync so they stay up to date while you're on the road.

Like Peas In An iPod
by Daniel P. Finney, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The iPod is the player of choice for digital music heads.

With iChat, Who Needs A Phone?
by Alex Salkever, BusinssWeek
Jobs' latest innovation could hasten a coming age when anyone who wants to can use their PC to bypass traditional phone services.

News

PowerBook Added To Portable Digital Media Lab
by Dennis Sellers, MacCentral

Microsoft Woman Uses Mac OS Rather Than XP
by Adamson Rust, The Inquirer
We suppose it could just be an Asus M3N, which looks spookily like the Powerbook, but we think we should be told.

Apple Exhibiting At IBC, Siggraph
by MacMinute

Apple Cuts Keyboard, Mouse Prices To $49
by Nick dePlume, Think Secret
Apple Store order summaries for the Power Mac G5 describe the system's input devices as "Keyboard Wired" and "Wired Mouse" — designations that have not been used by Apple in the past when referring to its input devices.

Opinion

Treading The Line: Are Apple's Applications Helping Or Hurting?
by Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac

Why Laptops Shouldn't Replae Desktops
by David COursey, ZDNet
Of course, it's possible to lose data on a desktop. But I think the average desktop is a much more secure data repository than the average notebook.

R.I.P. C&G
by Marc Zeedar, MacOPINION
Perhaps the software distribution model of business is dead.

Apple Raises The Ante
by Paul Gilster, News Observer

A Tool For Apple
by Matthew Haughey
Moving from one powerbook to another is a lot more difficult that I thought it'd be.

Review

A Week With An eMac Finds It An Excellent Value
by Dan Knight, Low End Mac

Special Report: Troubleshooting Safari 1.0
by MacFixIt

Apple's iSight Is Out Of Sight
by Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics
By manufacturing the camera, the software and the computer, Apple is able to create a smooth experience that is out of sight.

Analysis: X86 Vs PPC
by Nicholas Blachford, OSNews.com

Dot Mac Reloaded
by Michael Brewer, O'Reilly Network
Dot Mac is getting ready to go through some more changes along with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). However, the release of Panther isn't all that's happening towards the end of the year.

Epsilon Tahari: Reign Of The Machines
by Galen Wiley, Inside Mac Games
If you have the skills, or the serious patience, Epsilon Tahari will keep you going at it for weeks on end. If you're new to the genre, and are expecting a game you can just pick up and play, you might be thoroughly disappointed.

Sidetrack

Wednesday, July 9, 2003
by Heng-Cheong Leong

CHEW GUM WHILE WALKING : Singapore's chewing gum lovers, time for rejoice. The ban on chewing gum is partially lifted.

Wintel

All The New Kids On The Blog
by Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Blogs, as they're known, are a phenomenon across the Internet, but for big companies such as Microsoft, they bring both opportunity and risk.

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