Monday, 29 April 2002
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Apple apes rumour sites with 50lb monster Mac [The Register]
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New anti-terror bill limits power to declare military zones
The federal government's new anti-terrorism bill couldn't be used to
prevent protests at international conferences such as the upcoming G-8
summit to be held in Alberta, Defence Minister Art Eggleton said on
Monday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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MacNN | Apple introduces new DVI-to-ADC Adapter
Might this somehow make it cheaper to extend from my G4 to my Cinema Display?
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Microsoft Excels @ insecurity. Guninski collars another bug [The Register]
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Web Site Introduces Commercials Online. Web Site Introduces Commercials Online Ads.com, an Internet media company in Seattle, plans to introduce a Web site today that will offer online access to current national television commercials. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Technology]I like this idea. I hate being forced to sit through ads but there are times when I'd like to gove have a look at one.
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Why Gates Won't Apologize. Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft trial, don't expect Bill Gates to say he's sorry. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] 'Asked if he recalled the violation regarding his threat to stop producing the widely used Microsoft Office program for Apple Computer's Macintosh unless Apple agreed to exclusively install Microsoft's Web browser on its machines, Mr. Gates said the threat was not part of the conduct condemned by the court. "What the finding relates to is the contract," he said, referring to the exclusive deal the two companies signed a month after the threat.'
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Israel attacks Hebron after reaching deal with Arafat
Israel sent tanks rolling into Hebron early Monday, killing nine
Palestinians, just hours after agreeing to release Yasser Arafat from
his month-long confinement.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Susan Kitchens: "John W Dean made this announcement: He's gonna reveal the identity of Deep Throat on June 17th." [Scripting News] Hey now, that is big news.
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West L.A. Music Delivers 104 Pro Tools Systems to Liberty Livewire
Los Angeles (April 29, 2002)--West L.A. Music has delivered 104 Pro Tools systems to Liberty Livewire, representing one of the largest single purchases of Digidesign products in the film and TV industry. [ProSound News] Yikes!The good news is they are mostly (71) Mac systems. So that's a pile of Macs sold.
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Jon Udell: The Google API is a Two-Way Street. "So don't ask only what Google can do for you. Ask also what you can do for Google, and for the Web, by making the most of the metadata you publish." [Scripting News]The article also includes 'A Radio Userland Script to Retitle Weblog Archive Pages'.
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USA Today: "Hundreds of Internet radio stations plan to go silent Wednesday to protest proposed record-label royalty payments they say would endanger their industry." [Scripting News]
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Intelligent Assistance Forms Strategic Alliances
Tarzana, CA (April 29, 2002)--Intelligent Assistance has finalized a strategic alliance agreement with Steve Michelson Productions and Deep Digital Media to produce digital content to be distributed both in DVD/DVD-ROM format and over the Web. This alliance will capitalize on the cutting-edge proprietary technology provided by Intelligent Assistance and Steve Michelson's 30 years of experience in the production and post-production aspects of television, documentary and DVD programs along with Deep Digital Media's expertise as a producer and marketer of digital content. [ProSound News]
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Zeldman reviews the new Dreamweaver. "You had to jump through hoops to make Dreamweaver 4 support current web standards. Dreamweaver MX Preview Release came out today, offering vastly improved support for CSS, XHTML, and accessibility." [Scripting News]
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DaveNet: Making friends with Hollywood. [Scripting News]
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TC Works shipping SPARK 2.5 with OS X support [MacNN]
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Wired News: SDMI: Quintessential Vaporware. Now SDMI is road kill, outpaced by developments in digital technology and done in by the narrow interests of its own members, record labels competing for dominance and music hardware companies impatient to get their products out to consumers. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Promotions - Music on. $150 off.*: "Purchase any iMac, iBook, Power Mac, or PowerBook and an iPod between April 23 and June 30, 2002. And get a $150 rebate on the iPod, Apple's ultraslim, FireWire-fast MP3 player." Irresistible.
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Grammys Chief Quits Under Fire. Michael Greene, who as president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ran the Grammy Awards ceremony for 14 years, resigned on Saturday. By Neil Strauss. [New York Times: Arts]
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Apple refreshes TiBook with faster G4. Big screen [The Register]
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Use Goliath for iDisk access behind a firewall [Mac OS X Hints]
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An introduction to groups [Mac OS X Hints]
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Sound and Fury. The musician on why he's still angry, why he doesn't make money on his records and why he can't understand his own lyrics. By John Leland. [New York Times: Arts] 'I know that if you make something and someone steals it, that's theft. That's all you need to say about file sharing, isn't it? Where's the ambiguity?'An interview with Elvis Costello. He also has no use for record company whining.
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