Thursday, May 22, 2003

Final 802.11g draft standard throttles data rates down. The final draft standard for 802.11g wireless LANs has cut the data throughput of the devices by more than half in order to protect 802.11b hardware operating in the same frequency band. [Computerworld News] comment []10:49:43 PM

iPod Conquers New York. ?There are two types of people in New York: Those who have an iPod and those who want one,? write Mary Huhn and Maxine Shen in the New York Post. ?The power to cram a jukebox worth of tunes into your shirt pocket is revolutionizing the New York social scene. There are iPod parties, jackets, fan clubs and Web sites galore. People are using the portable MP3 players as alarm clocks, address books and surrogate pets.? [May 22] [Apple Hot News] comment []10:47:35 PM

How Apple's Spam Filter Stacks Up. I won't say I don't receive pitches for the occasional mortgage discount or Vegas vacation, the latest performance-enhancing elixir or anatomical wonder pills. In general, though, I've had good results with a built-in spam stopper in Apple's Mail program, which I've used daily since it was released with the Jaguar update of OS X last year. [osOpinion] comment []4:01:22 PM

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