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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - This week, advisories were released for glibc, tomcat4, sane, XFree86, sendmail, and openssl. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Mandrake, and NetBSD. |
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- Mac OS X 10.3 coverage continues with a long list of notes about features, more about video card compatibility, and email about faxing, MPEG-2 changes, hardware support, and Eudora, as well as questions about Fast user switching and Active Directory. |
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- Are screen defects causing delivery delays? And crashes can depend on whether the power adapter is plugged in or not. |
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- clarification of the differences between a PAL and NTSC DVD, and how to author a PAL DVD from an NTSC source |
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- new Location field; Treo 270 works, but no support for Motorola A920 |
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- USB Printer Sharing problems following 10.2.8 update |
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- problem saving files, zoom bug, and why a ghost library was created |
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- cookie management, LL Bean problem and an odd sound... |
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- iPod Software 2.1, for iPods with a dock connector only, adds voice notes, digital photo storage, improved playback performance, and more |
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- Miglia Technology released the AlchemyTV PCI card, which lets you watch TV in full screen mode and listen to FM radio on a Power Mac. |
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- Diskology released Disk Jockey, a hardware diagnostic and disk copy tool for hard drives. |
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- Iceni Technology released Gemini Solo, a standalone version of its PDF text and image extraction plug-in. |
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- Ambrosia Software released iSeek, an Internet search tool that puts a search field in the menu bar. |
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- The reading, writing, and learning software for students with reading and writing difficulties adds support for Mac OS X, a new interface, new test-taking capabilities, and more. |
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- The Mac OS X dock alternative adds support for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (with Panther-only features such as the Window Dock), improved Quartz-based visuals, expanded hotspot support, and other improvements. |
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- The integrated disk navigation, document viewing and conversion tool adds support for more formats (including Word 2003), enhanced support for Word files (including OLE embedded data and footnotes), and other changes. |
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- The telescope control software adds much improved performance, the ability to tag Observing List entries with time stamps, and other changes. |
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- The audio capture software adds Mac OS X 10.3 Panther support, a Debug panel, and some bug fixes. |
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- Warning: installing iPod 2.1 firmware may disable your device. |
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- Readers offer notes on the new QuickTime and iTunes releases. |
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- Brian Scott Oplinger gets into the details of audiobook issues. |
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- Here's a possible Panther pitfall: support for "Carbon" applications. |
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- Steven Elliott is pretty happy with the Mozilla 1.5 release. |
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- Zagat is marginalizing the Mac, but the company says it's taking feedback.... |
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- Watch Steve Jobs's show from San Francisco, rebroadcast via QuickTime 6. |
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- Tristan Louis talks about the new iTunes Music Store and implications of Apple's cross-platform digital rights management system. |
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- I really liked this essay from David Rees (of "Get Your War On" fame) on his creative process.... |
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- Here's some news from AutoExpress on the upcoming MINI facelift scheduled for the '05 model year."The MINI is all set to get a facelift, Auto Express can exclusively reveal. However, as with some of the celebrities who drive the popular little car, it appears BMW is keen to keep the forthcoming cosmetic surgery under wraps. |
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- (updated)Here are three more in a what seems like a never ending stream of MINI Convertible spyshots these days along with an video from AutoExpress: photo 1 | photo 2 | photo 3 | video 1The photos look as if they were taken on the Nuerburgring during the usual BMW testing procedures. While it's obvious this car isn't specced with the usual MCS standard features it is somewhat interesting that the engineers opted for the standard 15" Cooper wheels for this seemingly rigorous testing. |
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- The Earth & Beyond servers will be down late this evening/early tomorrow morning (or in the morning/afternoon GMT) Thursday, October 16th from 1:00a - 4:00a Pacific Time for database maintenance and a small patch. Here's the patch message: |
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- Miller steps into pivotal spot Memphis Commercial Appeal Oct 17 2003... |
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- Ferry pilot may have fainted. Chicago Sun-Times Oct 17 2003 7:25AM ET |
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- Customs tracking weapon sources. The Argus Oct 17 2003 7:23AM ET |
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- Ferry accident centers on pilot. Helena Independent Oct 17 2003 7:23AM ET |
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- Ship's pilot might have blacked out. The Argus Oct 17 2003 7:23AM ET |
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- Travelers bringing homes along. Cincinnati Enquirer Oct 17 2003 7:04AM ET |
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- Ferry crash kills 10. Eyewitness News Oct 17 2003 6:56AM ET |
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- Construction now under way for $100 million Laughlin Bay Marina. Las Vegas Review Journal Oct 17 2003 6:53AM ET |
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- Residents stall proposed subdivision. Bristol Phoenix Oct 17 2003 6:52AM ET |
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- British war hero was basis for Bond. Charlotte Observer Oct 17 2003 6:51AM ET |
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- LETTER Secondhand smoke is hysteria. New Haven Register Oct 17 2003 6:50AM ET |
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- Mutu has a date with his destiny. Evening Standard Oct 17 2003 6:49AM ET |
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- Probe centers on ferry's pilot. Troy Record Oct 17 2003 6:23AM ET |
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- Ristori: Hi-Mar striper tourney time. Star Ledger Oct 17 2003 6:21AM ET |
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- Similar illness strikes day-care near Butler. Indianapolis Star Oct 17 2003 6:21AM ET |
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- Yankees: Water, water everywhere but it's business as usual. Star Ledger Oct 17 2003 6:21AM ET |
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- Paul, Paul, Paul...you sweet, shrill man!: What we have here is a form of looting.' So says George Akerlof, a Nobel laureate in economics, of the Bush administration's budget policies -- and he's right. With startling speed, we've blown right through the |
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- Start your Friday off right. Burp the tires and crank the 'Tallica, cuz it's time to take a high-speed drive though San Francisco behind the wheel of a Mustang. Check the video (21.9MB) that joe kral put together for the... |
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- Last post by sirkobble on 15:58 17/Oct/03 - for people who like the office, is this worth getting? |
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- Last post by Dermo on 15:48 17/Oct/03 - Lee & Herring Reunion in about two and a half hours' time. |
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- Last post by Mike on 15:12 17/Oct/03 - Anyone in the London area tomorrow who fancies being an extra in the pilot of a sitcom that will probably never be aired? |
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- Damn those Yankees! Damn them to hell and back! They truly are an evil empire.... |
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- Second Pizza in Progress Just threw together another lump of dough and put it out to rise. Man, I am... |
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- I was interested to read about a survey of blogging carried out by Perseus Development. On the basis of an apparently random survey of 3,634 weblogs, the organisation projects that the total number of blogs globally is now 4.12 million. They estimate that more than a million blog were one-day wonders with no postings on subsequent days. They claim that active blogs are up-dated on average every 14 days and... |
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- Can Iverson pass the test? ESPN.com Oct 16 2003... |
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