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- "2003 was a big year for Apple, and arguably its most successful in over a decade on a number of metrics. Apple's stock hit its highest point since May 2002, and after spending most of the rest of that year and first part of 2003 in the US$13-17 range, is now comfortably above US$20. Apple also said goodbye to one of its CPU stalwarts which had been in its lineup since 1997 — the G3. 2003 also looked like the beginning of the end for the oft-maligned G4 processor family for Apple with... |
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- "Apple Computer Inc.'s Apple.com led in number of unique visitors to retail computer hardware sites for the week ended Dec. 14, with 4.4 million, Nielsen/NetRatings reports. |
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- "When Apple Computer czar Steve Jobs takes the stage for his annual state of the company keynote next week, the Macintosh mastermind will announce a new iPod and a host of other product upgrades internetnews.com has learned," Michael Singer reports for InternetNews.com. "Sources close to the company say Apple will introduce entry-level versions of its popular music player with a smaller storage capacity and a sub-$300 price tag. The devices will come in either 2GB or... |
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- "Did you find a new computer under the tree this year? Is it driving you crazy yet? Microsoft is warning customers to make sure they enable the built-in software firewall before connecting PCs to the Internet for the first time. If you don't take this simple step, your first connection to the Web may infect your shiny new computer with the Blaster worm, or another annoying Windows virus," Sandy McMurray writes for The Globe and Mail. "Many new PCs come with a... |
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- "Sources from multiple manufacturers of controller chips and DSPs used in HDTV/TV/Analog Video-to-Firewire conversion devices have reported negotiations with Apple to handle production of the 'guts' of such a device, while Apple would supply the enclosure. It would sell for less than $200 initially and gradually be ratcheted down in price over the course of two years -- eventually dropping under $100. The host computer would do as much of the "processing" work as possible... |
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- Hypocrisy and Hypotheses...Carnival of the Vanities Finale 2003... |
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- Hypocrisy and Hypotheses...Carnival of the Vanities Finale 2003... |
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- ,"I Want To Marry Ryan Banks" (thumbnail view only). This should air January 18th on ABC Family. |
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- - Once again Joss says the film might not happen, but it probably will. Or vice versa. |
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- 'Angel's' Sarah Thompson speaks to Zap2it. |
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- Quicktime Player replacement for Mac OS X |
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- Flurries on and off. Last night Matty picked me up for the Micromusic (read: video game music) extravaganza just as my man and other ultimate power kids were leaving wearing hawaiian shirts, and snow was falling outside. At the arcade,... |
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- I was going to spitefully say how I'm going to avoid an end-of-the-year re-cap, because none of you care, unlike some other people whose blogs I read regularly, but then I got a little sentimental thinking that the year started... |
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- Many thanks to PHP Magazine for pointing out this new article from PHPFreaks: PHP: Cookies, A Quick Glance. |
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- If you make those noises to any gamer, they'll know what you're talking about. This isn't a game I have to explain in detail, because if you've touched PC gaming within the last decade, you've touched "Counter-Strike." This game was so popular that I know multiple chicks that used to play it. I used to wake up in college to the sounds of terrorist warfare--and it was coming from other dorms through our window, all day long. Petty disputes in our dorm were settled over "Counter-Strike," as were relationship troubles and popularity contests. |
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- The Xbox took a big hit this year not being included in EA's online experience; because of the EA titles' lack of online play, the PS2 games generally scored better than the Xbox titles. Thus, Xbox developers had to hustle themselves into the narrow market, providing competitive sports titles that would appear on XSN Sports, and not only provide the online experience but also a single-player game that would keep up with the likes of EA and Sega's market domination. Does "NBA Inside Drive 2004" keep up? Will basketball fans turn their back on EA and Sega for the High Voltage Software-developed, Microsoft-published title? |
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- A new message was posted: Address: http://radio. userland. |
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- The Burundian president, Domitien Ndayizeye, has blamed the killing on Monday of Apostolic Nuncio Michael Courtney on a faction of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL/Palipehutu), the only rebel group not to have signed up to the peace process in Burundi. The rebels have denied responsibility. |
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- Tension is rising between the self-declared republic of Somaliland and the neighbouring self-declared autonomous region of Puntland over the disputed regions of Sool and Sanaag, local sources told IRIN on Tuesday. |
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- Eritrea has rejected accusations that it is destabilising the Horn region as empty claims, saying history shows who the aggressor is. |
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- United Nations peacekeepers say Liberia is still not safe enough for the return of refugees who fled the civil war. Tens of thousands of Liberian refugees have been trapped in neighbouring Ivory Coast since a civil war broke out there as well. |
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- Storm hits Mozambican town of Moamba: leaves one child dead and 78 injured; and Angolan man who died recently in Zimbabwe and raised fears of Ebola might not have died from the disease. |
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- The latest business news from the continent. |
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- Sports news from around the continent and the world. |
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- The Vatican says its ambassador to Burundi has been shot and killed in the central African nation. |
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- Zimbabwe has reported its first suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus in Victoria Falls, a premier holiday resort. A sample of blood from the victim, who died in Victoria Falls, has been sent to South Africa for testing, and results are expected to be known later in the week. |
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- A Somali state official says an upcoming meeting of Somali warlords and leaders aimed at putting the stalled peace process back on track will do more harm than good. |
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- Shannon Doherty and Darryl Hannah are two celebrities who posed for Playboy. Click here for their photos.... |
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Booze (Dec 31 2003 22:09 GMT) - For someone who thinks she drinks as much as I think I drink, I'm really not drinking that much at all, booze-wise. Sometime between now and the end of October, I drank about 2/3 of a bottle of caramel cream liqueur, 34 proof, and I put the rest in the refrigerator to save for later. Said bottle is one of those little 50 ml bottles, the single servings. Half a teaspoon is enough to get me buzzed... |
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- Amish children who were getting ready to burn their school's trash found the body of a newborn girl Wednesday, authorities said. |
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