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Mac software developer LittleHJ has released BlogStudio for .Mac, a tool to help .Mac subscribers build their own Weblog ("blog") pages on their .Mac Homepage. [MacCentral] .< 1:27:26 PM  >Update Acrobat 5 to run on OS X I don't know if this has been posted here yet, but it was very useful to find this info out. If you own Acrobat 5.0, you can upgrade to Acrobat 5.0.5 which will run natively on OS X. This can only be done if you have Classic ... [macosxhints] .< 1:26:30 PM >Virgin Digital to compete with iTunes, others Virgin Group's new Virgin Digital business is set to compete with iTunes, Napster and others when it launches its own online music store. The company has partnered with MusicNet to create the service. [MacCentral] .< 11:50:18 AM >View from the Alpha Geek . A... View from the Alpha Geek. A really good synopsis on how RSS is connecting search with the way people share information. An snippet from the conversation with Rael Dornfest: TR: What makes RSS so important? DORNFEST: It’s one of the most widely deployed Web services around. It’s easily decentralized. Blogging, because of RSS, has gone from a popularity contest—how many times has my site been pinged?—to discovery of information. The browse metaphor for search has gone by the wayside. I think that RSS and syndication and blogs broadened it out. There was a lot of hype about this a couple of years ago but it’s only in the last year that things really started bubbling. I use weblogs to find information more than I use Google. I follow trails. Google will find you obvious answers. Google will find you what you’re looking for. Blogs, with RSS, will find you what you never expected to find. [Technology Review Feed v2.1] [Scott Young's Radio Weblog].< 11:40:19 AM >DaveNet: Harvard case study on blogging... DaveNet: Harvard case study on blogging. [Scripting News] .< 10:22:56 AM >"A History of Apple's Operating Systems" [Daypop Top 40] 'This document discusses operating systems that Apple has created in the past, and many that i tried to create. Through this discussion, we will come across several technologies the confluence o which eventually led to Mac OS X. An important goal of the discussion is to better understand th reasons, and if possible, the rationale behind Mac OS X and its important components.' .< 10:20:52 AM >Where Is My Gay Apocalypse? / Over... Where Is My Gay Apocalypse? / Over 3,500 gay marriages and, what, no hellfire? I was promised hellfire. And riots. What gives? [Daypop Top 40] .< 10:16:43 AM >"CNN.com - RNC tells TV stations not... "CNN.com - RNC tells TV stations not to run anti-Bush ads - Mar 6,..." [Daypop Top 40] 'The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize President Bush, charging that the left-leaning political group is paying for them with money raised in violation of the new campaign-finance law.' .< 1:56:25 AM >US criticised for Afghan 'abuses' An international human rights group criticises the actions of US military and intelligence units in Afghanistan. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 1:53:46 AM >1 year, $79,000,000,000, 11,000 dead, 77,000 new jobs, 30,000,000 vaccinations, 34 suicide bombs, 0 weapons of mass destruction, 1 jailed dictator 1 year, $79,000,000,000, 11,000 dead, 77,000 new jobs, 30,000,000 vaccinations, 34 suicide bombs, 0 weapons of mass destruction, 1 jailed dictator |
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