Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Top Stories
Apple's Retail Strategy Evolves To Community Centers
Apple's retail store strategy continues to evolve away from a store-front sales approach and toward making the stores into the techno-equivalent of the neighborhood bar — a place to visit, meet friends, learn and have an enjoyable time.
News
Workgroup Cluster For Bioinformatics Announced
Apple has introduced the Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics, a turnkey, high-performance computing cluster that allows any scientist to configure, operate and maintain the system.
Apple Ships The Single Processor G5 Xserve
The Xserve was originally scheduled to ship in February, but was delayed until today.
Adobe Discontinues FrameMaker For Macintosh
"We have had some customers request an OS X version of FrameMaker, but it's really hard to justify on a business level."
Vail School May Shun Textbooks For Laptops
Laptop computers would replace textbooks under a plan being considered by the Vail School District for its new high school.
No iPods Please, We're Aer Lingus
If you want to de-stress after a tough working trip by listening to your new digital music player, sorry: the Irish national ariline has banned them.
Apple Releases iPhoto 4.0.1
Includes "many organizational and stability enhancements."
Opinion
The Belt Clip: It's Like Duct Tape For Your Mini
They say a resourceful handyman (or woman) can do anything with a roll of duct tape. I'm discovering that the white plastic belt clip that ships with the iPod mini is similarly impressive.
How Secure Is OS X?
Is OS X safe enought to be a viable contender for running public Web sites and general enterprise applications?
Review
Apple's New 20-Inch iMac Is A Beautiful Step Forward
It's a multitasker's delight.
Office 2004 For Mac A Must
I've been working with a Beta version of the entire suite for about a month. There are still some kinks to be worked out, but it's a substantial improvement over previous Mac Office products.
Mounting Servers Becomes Rational In 10.3.3
Part of the charm of the update to Mac OS X 10.3.3 is that Aple listened to the user confusion that the initial Panther release caused by creating two entirely different methods of mounting servers in the Finder.
Sidetrack
Low iMac inventory + current inventory report requested by Apple = new iMac.
Wintel
Passport To Nowhere?
Passport use is limited to Microsoft-owned sites and a handful of close partners, thanks to a combination of customer apathy, high-profile Microsoft glitches and credible competition from Liberty Alliance.
Wrong On Microsoft, Says Scoble
I had hoped Steve Ballmer would genuinely turn the company in a more honorable direction, becuase I think in his heart he knows it's the right thing to do. He hasn't, and that's a shame.
'Microsoft Faces Record EU Fine'
The European competition commissioner will not reveal what penalties he plans to impose on Microsoft till 24 March. But EU member states met to discuss his proposals on Monday, after which leaks swirled round Brussels that it would be nearly 500m euros.
See Also : Microsoft: EU Fine Too Big
by Paul Meller, IDG News Service
"In view of the absence of a clear legal standard under EU law, a fine of this size isn't warranted," said Tom Brookes, the company's spokesman in Brussels.