Microsoft updates IE for Mac. Version 5.2 of Internet Explorer for the Mac is available for free from the software giant's Mactopia Web site. New features include better handling of fonts in Mac OS X 10.1.5. [
CNET News.com]
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Apple considers 802.11g enhancement for AirPort?: this is hardly news or a secret, but it neatly dovetails with today's Proxim/Agere announcement. When I spoke to Apple's wireless team about Bluetooth a few months ago, I asked about 802.11a and 802.11g, and they openly, for publication, stated that they were looking very closely at them and waiting for ratification and/or deployment. Apple is smart to not follow the 802.11a path, as, for their customers, 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet, which Apple has helped pioneer as a basic feature, is more important than early adoption of a higher-speed wireless spec. Rather, Apple should deploy 802.11g as soon as it's feasible (it's not ratified yet, and won't be potentially til next year) for AirPort 3.0 and make AirPort 4.0 a dual-radio a/g chipset.
[80211b News]
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Intel to make Itanium 2 servers. The company will manufacture complete servers and other components based on its processor as a way to smooth acceptance in the market for the server chip. [CNET News.com]
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