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Dell's Dud (Oct 16 2003 23:58 GMT) - The idea that the iPod's position is precarious -- that any day now, some cheaper weak-branded knock-off will knock Apple off its perch -- is exactly backwards. |
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- This is the brushed titanium ring. Very light of course. 12 |
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- This historical event is in conjunction with the 2003 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom and Home Front Awards to be presented by Secretary Rumsfeld on November 14, 2003. [PRWEB Oct 15, 2003] |
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Dudley More (Oct 16 2003 23:58 GMT) - Following up on a few points from last week's "Dell's Dud"... |
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- Here is the Stainless Steel ring. The narrow part is polished, |
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- What's on your dock?, a LaunchBar Rip-off for Windows, and that new Mac feeling. |
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- On October 16, Apple and America Online, Inc. announced an alliance to provide instant, one-click registration to the iTunes Music Store for AOL's more than 25 million U.S. members starting later this quarter. |
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- On October 16, Apple launched the second generation of our revolutionary iTunes Music Store for both Mac and Windows users. The new iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store that Mac users love -- with the same music catalog, the same personal use rights and the same 99 cents-per-song pricing. |
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- Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" will be available on Friday, Oct 24, at 8 p.m. Panther delivers more than 150 breakthrough new features including a completely new Finder that provides one-click access to favorite files and folders, Expose, a revolutionary new way to instantly see all open windows at once, and iChat AV, a complete desktop video conferencing solution for business, education and consumers. |
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- Pete Starzewski writes "NetBench shows Samba 3 is 2.5 times as fast as Win 2003 on identical hardware. The battle to replace aging NT4 servers is on." Quote from story: "Tests by IT Week Labs indicate that the latest version of the open-source Samba file and print server software has widened the performance gap separating it from the commercial Windows alternative. |
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- Statistics for TWiki.Plugins Web Month: Topic Views: Topic Saves: Attachment Uploads: |
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- 49 percent of US troops in Iraq say their morale is low. Electronc voting may mean the end of American democracy. [via Heli] Official: |
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- (US-Maryland-Baltimore) Systems Biology Field Application Specialist: Your mission, as an Application Specialist, will be to combine your consultative skills, technical expertise, and training savvy to seamlessly integrate Beckman Coulter genetic analysis and protein separation products into our clients’ operations. Your responsibilities will include: * Product training, technical, and application support for our automated genetic analysis system, the CEQ2000XL, and CEQ8000. |
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iPCTunes (Oct 16 2003 23:57 GMT) - Well, iPCTunes finally showed up today and I couldn't be happier. I can finally listen to the stuff on my... |
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- Jim Caple wrote a great column today. I think his concluding paragraphs really say it all: Clemens and Pedro may be facing off against each other on the mound, but they won't be alone. It's never just the players on the field when these two teams meet. It's also all the players who have ever played in the rivalry. |
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- Apple announced a net profit of $44 million for the fiscal 2003 quarter ending September 27, 2003.... |
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- (US-California-Silicon Valley) Technology leader and world's largest supplier of life science tools has an opening for a SQA Algorithms Tester for 6-12 month contract/contract-to-hire. Our client is making some of the biggest breakthroughs in science happen by creating products and instruments that change the way researchers identify and analyze the building blocks of life. In just the last year, genes for breast cancer, skin cancer, Alzheimer's disease and hypertension have been identified by dedicated professionals using our client's instrumentation, reagents and software. Bioinformatics Algorithm Software Test Engineer Working closely with algorithm developers, scientists, and software testers, you will test algorithms written in Matlab, C++ or Java, which are designed to process gene expression/ microarray data. Tasks include writing test plans and cases, selecting statistically sound test suites from large data sets, writing test tools and generating reports. |
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- SPORTFAN.NL - De 36-jarige Namibier Frankie Fredericks heeft een punt gezet achter zijn loopbaan. Fredericks won viermaal Olympisch zilver. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- SCHAATSFAN.NL - KC Boutiette en Jenita Hulzebosch-Smit hebben in Alkmaar de openingswedstrijd van het marathonseizoen gewonnen. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- VOETBALFAN.NL - De Eindhovense politie heeft ternauwernood een ontvoering van PSV-spits Mateja Kezman weten te verijdelen. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- TENNIS.NL - Kim Clijsters en Justine Henin-Hardenne hebben zich gemakkelijk geplaatst voor de kwartfinales in Zurich. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- FORMULE1FAN.NL - De Grand Prix van Canada is definitief toegevoegd aan de kalender van 2004. De race wordt op 13 juni verreden. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- FIETSFAN.NL - Het UCI heeft bevestigd dat het bloed van wereldkampioen Igor Astarloa op de dag voor het WK abnormale waarden vertoonde. - [Donderdag 16 Oktober 2003] |
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- It seems odd to be complaining about heat -- I suppose for half of the world, this is not even a consideration as winter is coming and that means rain, snow, gray skies, and well COLD I have a lot... |
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- Votre hebergeur prefere vous propose une kimouss le samedi 8/11. Apres un apero chez moi, je propose de se faire un resto (pizza, chinois, mac do, autre ...) avant de finir la soiree chez moi ou ailleurs. un topic est ouvert pour cette Kimouss ici les personnes sures de venir doivent envoyer un... |
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- Anyone noticed that around here at least the town Fire Departments are doing a new fire safety campaign. So you... |
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- Olha o que a Meg postou hoje: Murilo Mendes. TEM QUE LER. Entre no Sub Rosa e leia o post inteiro. "Me colaram no tempo, me puseram uma alma viva e um corpo desconjuntado. |
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- A new study says Linux is regarded as the most secure operating system by a substantial number of business developers—including Windows developers. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] '-- It's not just Linux, though. Open source is also gaining ground in business-development circles. --' ... |
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Miscellanea (Oct 16 2003 23:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Automatic Labs; a Safari rendering bug; Aladdin's new kernel extension; |
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- Come and celebrate Lenny Bruce's 40th Anniversary as the only qualified President of the United States since the CIA-Mossad and the Fed assassinate... - www.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.1MB) and quick download (3.2MB). With... |
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- Oct. 16 - A Russian family mired in red tape and stranded in Newport receives some good news. |
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- Oct. 16 - Rhode Island state troopers are not only some of the best-dressed police officers in the country, they're the most fit as well. |
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- Oct. 16 - Pope John Paul II becomes just the fourth pope in history to reach 25 years as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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- Once I couldn't find my keys because for some reason I'd put them in my refrigerator when I'd gotten home from work, but I think Roy's got that story beat... The piece of skull, taken from the right side of... |
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- We're finally getting The Great Firewall of China off the ground - set to launch later this month. It was up to me to install the Chinese Language Pack for Movable Type on our server. Installation itself was fairly easy. Somewhat more tricky for a non-Chinese speaker is using the back-end in Chinese mode. Only via intimacy with the UI was I able to negotiate my way around. |
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- Things I'd wondered about myself and didn't have immediate answers. Feel free to answer these questions yourself.... |
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- Flyers right wing Radovan Somik underwent successful arthroscopic surgery Thursday to repair a medial meniscus tear in his left knee, team officials said. |
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- Most recent daily statistics (13 Oct 2003): Ranking: 0, Activity percentile: 0.00%, |
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- Most recent daily statistics (13 Oct 2003): Download count: 0 |
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- Public mailing lists: sushi-devel |
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- Public discussion forums: Open Discussion, Help |
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- Tracker description: Bug Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Tech Support Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Patch Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Feature Request Tracking System |
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- Most recent daily statistics (13 Oct 2003): Commit count: 0; Add count: 0 [Web-based access to repository] |
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- Wouldja like fries with that?... |
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- Project description: Sushi is a suite of GNOME application that allow people to play a pen-and-paper game across the Internet. |
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