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A similar thing is happening in Nova Scotia right now where some people are trying to get books with words they don't like removed from schools. .< 12:54:56 PM  >A look inside Jaguar. Apple: “In Jaguar, Sherlock makes it simpler to comprehend that information once you’ve found it. Now Sherlock displays search results in an interface tuned for each channel, instead of launching your Web browser.” [ranchero.com] .< 12:53:19 PM >Steve Jobs: "You want computers to discover each other and just share stuff" [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 12:49:22 PM >Marlise Simons in the NY Times reveals the kernel of what sparked the controversey over Pim Fortuyn. I checked her translation against the original article. Spot on.: "During the interview he was asked why he was so critical of Muslim immigrants. He said he found it shameful that foreign Islamic clergy here used offensive language against gays in this country, and that Muslim men tried to impose medieval rural customs in the Netherlands. "How can you respect a culture if the woman has to walk several steps behind her man, has to stay in the kitchen and keep her mouth shut," he said. " [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 12:48:44 PM >Reuters: "The suspected killer of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is a vegan animal rights activist who declares on the Internet that "protecting animals is civilising people", a source close to Fortuyn's party said on Tuesday." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] Twisted minds. .< 12:47:55 PM >Apple Instant Messenger to Work with AOL. SAN JOSE, (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.(AAPL.O) on Monday previewed a new bundle of free programs focused on connecting users, including an instant messaging application called iChat that will work with America Online'sInternet communication program -- the world's biggest. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:47:31 PM >Web Travel Sites: Better, Not Perfect. If you are making travel arrangements online, the best advice is: shop around. The extra time you spend could well be paid back through greater savings. By Richard J. Meislin. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:47:14 PM >Microsoft Expands in Europe With Navision Deal. Microsoft said today that it was buying Navision, Europe's fifth-largest software company, in a deal worth about $1.3 billion. By Paul Abrahams In San Francisco. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:46:52 PM >States Call Microsoft Out on Music. A Microsoft official acknowledged that the company uses its Web browser to play digital music files even if the user has already chosen a different music player. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:46:27 PM >Jobs Gives Developers a Thrill. Apple coders catch a quick glimpse of 'Jaguar' -- the next version of OS X -- as Steve Jobs rings a few bells and sounds a few whistles. Farhad Manjoo reports from the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, California. [Wired News] .< 12:45:59 PM >Microsoft: Few Changes to OS. A Microsoft exec concedes in court that the company hasn't really made that many changes to Windows in response to last year's antitrust verdict. It wasn't technically required to. But the admission may not help much. Robert Zarate reports from Washington. [Wired News] .< 12:45:37 PM >MSNBC: Music industry finally online. Since the launch, MusicNet has attracted only about 40,000 subscribers. Critics have panned it. AOL Time Warner's America Online service, which was supposed to be MusicNet's biggest distributor, says it wants something better before it will introduce the service. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 12:45:02 PM >Apple previews new AOL messaging: iChat [MacNN] .< 12:44:25 PM >Letting Optimism Ring Out of Chaos at a Time of Need. Just when New York could use it, Haydn's "Creation" arrived on Sunday afternoon, reassuring us that chaos is banished, God is ascendant, and the world is in C major. By Bernard Holland. [New York Times: Arts] .< 12:30:20 PM >David Suzuki wins broadcasting award Toronto -- David Suzuki -- scientist, professor, environmentalist and 30-year broadcaster perhaps best-known as the host of CBC's The Nature of Things -- has been chosen as this year's recipient of ACTRA's John Drainie Award. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] .< 12:28:00 PM >Frontier-TOC is a Frontier implementation of the AOL TOC protocol, one of the two that is used for AOL Instant Messaging. It enables scripters to write chatbots and other IM clients that work in UserLand Frontier or Radio UserLand. [Frontier News] .< 1:35:57 AM >O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. O'Reilly: “One thing that’s been overwhelmingly clear this year is that the alpha geeks are choosing Mac OS X. Why? Mac OS X is one of the most exciting things happening in the industry today. It’s the confluence of three great traditions—Unix/open source, Java, and the Mac—and the best of all worlds.”
I may go. Sounds like fun. [ranchero.com] |
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