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Bravo .< 6:58:19 PM  >500 Stolen Tapes by Beatles Found. The police have recovered what appear to be about 500 original Beatles tapes that were stolen in the 1970's, including some tracks that were never released. [New York Times: Arts] .< 6:27:23 PM >Happy Birthday to Radio 8. One year old today. [Scripting News] .< 5:44:03 PM >12" PB features new midrange speaker [The Macintosh News Network] Weird. Hopefully it's a sign that Apple is looking to fix the pathetic sound that comes out of their laptops. .< 5:42:34 PM >Bush's Transformation in Saber-Rattling Times'The book is filled with a spinmeister's clichés ("Bush's record has been dauntless, far-seeing, and consistent" on the war) and is riddled with contradictions and evasions.' This little twerp is a pathetic excuse for a Canuck. We disown him and it's a wonder his mother didn't. .< 5:38:57 PM >Canadians Burned By Blank-CD Levy. In Canada, 21 cents is added to each recordable CD sold. The collected cash is supposed to go to musicians whose works are copied from the Net. A plan to raise the fee to 59 cents has some tech and retail interests riled up. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] .< 5:38:45 PM >MusicPad Pro music reader How cool is this? Display any piece of music from your portfolio on one screen. You can mark up the music too. .< 5:32:21 PM >View the Mail.app team pictures [Mac OS X Hints] .< 2:13:48 AM >Sony Clie Palm (MacInTouch Reader Report) 'Sony does not support CliE devices on Macs. But what I discovered (myself, and talking to other Mac CliE owners) is that they work beautifully on OS X' .< 2:04:36 AM >system.verbs.builtins.sys.appIsRunning changed on Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:50:59 GMT: Added support for Safari on MacOS X. [Radio.root Updates] Cool. .< 2:03:52 AM >More Fun Than a Barrel of IPods. The products on display at this year's Macworld range from ingenious to pointless -- and everywhere in between. Sample a little of everything in a virtual tour of the show floor. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] .< 2:03:15 AM >Mini-review: Keynote presentation software [Mac OS X Hints] .< 1:58:52 AM >Removed underlined links in Safari [Mac OS X Hints] Exellent. Read through the thread. I used the two line css stylesheet which removes underlines until you hover over the link. .< 1:50:15 AM >Apple receives BETT award for flat-panel iMac [The Macintosh News Network] .< 1:26:48 AM >Nary a false note Marie-Nicole Lemieux. [J]ust when you thought it was impossible to add another name to the registry of enormously talented Canadian singers -- a list that already includes Ben Heppner, Michael Schade, Karina Gauvin, Susan Platts and Isabel Bayrakdarian -- here comes this wonderful contralto from Quebec who deserves a place at the highest level of vocal achievement. .< 1:23:10 AM >US irked by N Korean tactics. The US condemns North Korea's withdrawal from a landmark nuclear treaty, but says it is still open to talks as the route out of the crisis. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] No oil . . . .< 1:21:14 AM >US boosts Gulf presence. The US defence secretary orders almost 35,000 more troops to the Gulf, as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on Iraq to disarm. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Oil. .< 1:12:45 AM >North Korea raises spectre of 'Third World War' 
After pulling out of a global treaty that bars it from making nuclear weapons, North Korea sent shock waves around the globe Friday as it warned of a "Third World War" if anyone tries attacking it. [CBC News] .< 1:11:01 AM >Dan Gillmor's spin on the Two-Way-Web: "Many journalists have yet to discover: in an emerging era of multidirectional, digital communications, the audience can be an integral part of the process." I'm a bit more radical. The idea of "audience" is obsolete. The new medium is read-write. Low-low barrier to entry. [Scripting News] .< 1:09:00 AM >DaveNet: Chapter 5 in which Dave goes to Harvard. [Scripting News] Far out. Go Dave! .< 1:04:33 AM >EU tells America to toe the UN line. World: 'Slippage' in US plans as Solana spells out Europe's misgivings. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 12:59:59 AM >Mood at Macworld: Line's a Party. Macintosh devotees queue up for Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote speech as early as 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, sharing doughnuts and playing games wirelessly. Later, giddy throngs pack Apple's booth, eager to get their hands on the new PowerBooks. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] .< 12:53:48 AM >Safari Enhancer is an "application for enabling several hidden features of the Safari webbrowser beta." [Scripting News] Downloading this so I can easily import my Mozilla bookmarks. .< 12:49:03 AM >Rebel MPs deliver war ultimatum. Politics: Labour backbenchers harden stance against attack on Iraq. [Guardian Unlimited] |
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