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Smoothing the upgrade path [The Register] 'So users get faster machines, and Apple gets time to finish off its 64-bit OS. Developers win too, since Apple is effectively creating an installed base of 64-bit capable systems that will be ready to take advantage of 64-bit application upgrades after Panther has shipped. Users may be less willing to go 64-bit if they have to buy new kit and new apps all in one go - a staggered roll-out, hardware first, OS in September, apps later - makes it easier for users to buy into the technology.' .< 11:33:58 PM  >Other News: iTunes Competition Gathering Citing the L.A. Times, a brief Reuters story describes the gathering competition for Apple's iTunes Music Store, including Microsoft, which is said to be demonstrating its prototype store to record company executives. [MacInTouch] Me too! Me too! Pathetic. .< 11:22:35 PM >Camp Delta death chamber plan The United States is looking at building facilities at its Cuban detention camp which could include a court and execution room. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 11:20:57 PM >Blix: I was smeared by Pentagon Hans Blix lashes out at "bastards" who have tried to undermine him in the three years he held high-profile post. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 11:14:55 PM >Seeking the Perfect Piano Piece, in Spruce An unchanging production process is one reason that Steinway's factory is something of a manufacturing time capsule. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 10:37:48 PM >ProSoundNews Online Daily - Dolby Focuses on DVD-Audio at Home Entertainment 2003 Expo 'It is estimated that by the end of 2003, more than 10 million DVD-Audio players will have been produced and sold globally. Moreover, the majority of DVD-Audio titles include a companion Dolby Digital soundtrack, which provides backward compatibility with the more than 75 million DVD-Video products sold in the United States to date.' Dolby handles the licensing for MLP and encourages the use of AC3 on DVD-Video zones so they have an interest in pushing DVD-A. I think this is good as I'd love to see DVD-A succeed. .< 10:34:24 PM >Pro Sound News Online Daily - Sonic Studio Ships Pro CD Recorder 'Drive mods include an upgraded quartz crystal oscillator instead of the standard ceramic and a laser tuned for use with a specially formulated, Sonic Studio-branded Taiyo Yuden media. While custom configured for Sonic Studio, CD.1 works fine with any Teac 512 SCSI-compatible workstation.' The goal is to provide a professional CD writer for audio professionals. I want one of these! .< 12:09:09 PM >What will a weblog bring? Dave: "A business contact. A bug report. An old friend finds you again. You get a job. You hire someone. You get an answer to a question. These are the benefits of running a weblog." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 1:29:23 AM >Microsoft Plays to Film Industry The software company wants Hollywood to use its Media Player technology in the industry from start to finish -- from filming and post-production to distribution. While some are intrigued, Microsoft still has much industry trust to win. By Aram Sinnreich. [Wired News] Sorry boys. Hollywood likes sexy and Apple is sexy. MS is about as unsexy as it gets. .< 1:12:49 AM >Wi-Fi for Dummies - You want a home wireless network, but you're afraid it won't work. Here's how to do it right. By Paul Boutin 'The only product that met our needs was Apple's AirPort Extreme base station. [...]There's only one major caveat on the AirPort: You'll need a Mac to configure it. Since you'll only need to do this once, though, it's not a big problem. Only a small percentage of us own an Apple computer, but we all know someone who does and never stops reminding us. Not only will your Mac Buddy come over and set up your AirPorts, he'll be hurt if you don't let him. Go ahead, ask him and see.' Ha. It's true! Just be prepared to drool over our machines and how easy it is to get things done. .< 1:04:43 AM >AppleInsider: Apple to Announce the Power Mac G5 at WWDC 'The new Power Mac G5s will sport a completely new motherboard design utilizing DDR 400 RAM as well as AGP 8x graphics, FireWire 800 (FireWire 2), and USB 2.0, sources said. "In the box" connectivity among the news systems is based on Hypertransport -- a universal chip-to-chip interconnect developed by AMD and partners -- which provides 64-bit addressing and will replace Apple's multilevel bus architecture found in current systems. This royalty-free technology sports a low manufacturing cost and is capable of transferring data at up to 12.8 Gigabytes per second.' Yowsa. The drooling begins. .< 12:54:54 AM >CBC Sports: Stanley Cup final comes to Devilish end 'The New Jersey Devils captured their third Stanley Cup in nine years with a 3-0 victory over the upstart Anaheim Mighty Ducks Monday night at the Continental Airlines Arena. With the victory, the Devils won the best-of-seven final 4-3.' Stanley Cup Final Game 7 and I didn't watch. I call myself a Canuck?! .< 12:51:48 AM >US threatens mass expulsions A huge registration scheme for Arab and Muslim men in the US may result in up to 13,000 deportations. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Perhaps they'll put a force Muslims to wear an identifying mark like the Nazis did the Jews. .< 12:43:13 AM >Sony looks to high end for hit products The consumer electronics giant brings some clarity to its ambiguous Qualia product line--offering some details about what the products would be and who they would target. [CNET News.com] 'Kevorkian added that the company seems to be falling behind in product innovation and cited the portable digital audio space as an example. The company pioneered the Walkman, a portable tape player, but it has taken a back seat to others, such as Apple, which developed the hard drive-based and popular iPod player.' One of the high end products they are talking about is a $6800 US SACD player. Huh? .< 12:36:38 AM >CIA had doubts on Iraq link to al-Qaida World: Intelligence agency knew for months that a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida was highly unlikely. [Guardian Unlimited] 'As President George Bush was forced for the second time in days to defend the decision to go to war, a new set of leaks from CIA officials suggested a tendency in the White House to suppress or ignore intelligence findings which did not shore up the case for war.' I watched Bush defend himself again this evening on the news. Condoleeza Rice was sitting in the background and I thought she looked quite anxious about the situation and about what the president might say. |
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