Tuesday, 7 January 2003
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PowerBook family grows, top and bottom. Home on the range [The Register]
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Apple's New iSUV By Paul[sgl dagger]Boutin 'While everyone else was out cost-cutting, Apple built a lust object. Sitting among the rows of jaded industry journalists at Jobs' feet, two things were obvious: Nobody, but nobody, really needs this computer. And everybody wants one.'
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"Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff". Bob Dylan's debt to the hidden industry that he (unwittingly) helped create. [Salon.com]
A fascinating article.
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Jobs: Pro Tools 6.0 for OS X Shipping This Month
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 07, 2003
-- Apple Chairman Steve Jobs announced during his Macworld keynote address Tuesday that Pro Tools 6 for OS X would be shipping this month. Digidesign's upgrade price for version 6.0 is $75 for Pro Tools LE, or $195 for Pro Tools TDM systems. The long-awaited upgrade was announced at the Los Angeles AES Convention in October.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]Damn I'm jealous. Come on Sonic!
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FindSounds Palette Helps Locate and Organize Audio Files
GRASS VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 07, 2003
-- Comparisonics Corporation has announced FindSounds Palette, an audio player, recorder, editor, database, search engine and Web browser, in one software program. It is aimed at those searching for, organizing, and editing sound effects and musical instrument samples, including multimedia and Web developers, electronic musicians, sound designers, filmmakers, videographers, teachers and students.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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Canadian WWI fighter pilot dies
Henry John Lawrence Botterell, perhaps the last remaining First World
War fighter pilot, has died at the age of 106.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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FBI calls off manhunt, informant gave 'false information'
The FBI has called off an intense search for five men thought to have
entered the United States from Canada. The bureau says it now believes
information provided by a man who was facing fraud charges in Canada is
unreliable.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]There was a great article in the Globe a week or so ago saying that basically there was no evidence whatsoever to support the story which had grabbed the headlines around the continent. An RCMP officer was quoted as saying he was amazed at the press the story had received and speculated that it must have been a slow week at the Whitehouse. Bush is doing his best to keep American citizens in a state of fear.
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Listen to the world, Blair tells US. Tony Blair warns George Bush to "listen back" to the international community's fears over Iraq. [Guardian Unlimited]My goodness. Mr. Blair has finally come to his senses?
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Apple announces support for 802.11g as AirPort Extreme: Apple announced today that they would be offering 54 Mbps 802.11g draft standard support in their new AirPort Extreme products, which include a new card (with a new form factor, thus not working with older Macs) and a new Base Station. Although CEO Steve Jobs said that 802.11g was a standard, as readers of this site know, the IEEE won't ratify 802.11g until fall 2003 at earliest, and the Wi-Fi Alliance's plans to create certification for draft g devices is entirely unknown. [80211b News]Looks as though Apple's pushing the envelope a bit.
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JD's Blog: New Media Musings I'd forgotten what a blast I'd had at past Macworlds. This is what technology should be about: stuff that's cool, fun, subversive, sublimely beautiful and, above all, useful.And this is what Apple is about. Read JD's musings to get a sense of excitment the Jobs can generate.
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Jobs Shows Off New Apple Products. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled two new PowerBooks, a souped-up integrated version of its iTunes, iMovie and iDVD apps, plus a new browser for Macs at his keynote address at Macworld in San Francisco. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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