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Wednesday, December 25, 2002
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Dvorak: Linux too much like Windows: "Linux is too much like Windows. You'll discover that all the flavors of Linux and the open-source software that runs on it are getting more and more like Windows. This may cause big companies to dump Windows in favor of the cheaper open-source software, but none of it is quite as good as Windows-based software. Linux may be more efficient and faster, but if you're going to play the features game, you're bound to lose. That's Microsoft's real specialty." [Slashdot] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]]
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The Top Science Stories of 2002: "It's been a productive year for science and technology. Researchers have sequenced key genomes, discovered an entirely new order of insect and probed the outer reaches of the solar system with surprising results, to name but a few advances. Of course, 2002 also had its low points, perhaps most notably two prominent cases of fraud in physics. But in all, the progress outweighs the setbacks." [Scientific American] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]]
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No Excuse For Not Creating Great Digital Media: "Now you can have the same equipment as Hollywood moguls." (Bangkok Post via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Picking The Right MP3 Player: "If you know what you're looking for, you'll be able to eliminate many lesser models right off the bat." (CNN/Money via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] I have been extremely happy with my iPod, the 20 GB model. I have also invested in new cd's, about 12 this year, but I have always converted them to mp3's onto the iPod. There is not much use for the cd player these days. And my cd collection is hardly ever used these days, except by playing the mp3's made from the cd with the iTunes program.
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Farewell Beloved CDs: "Having all your music collection in your pocket - it's an idea thousands of Christmas shoppers will have fallen for. But is it all it's cracked up to be?" (BBC via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Microsoft, Adobe in document duel? "Adobe Systems readies a new business push as industry giant Microsoft moves ahead with plans for software that could nibble at the edge of Adobe's market." [CNET News.com]
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The Code That Cuts Both Ways: "Should security experts publicize vulnerability information, especially when releasing that data could result in attacks on security holes before a patch is released? Although some alerts merely describe a flaw or contain non-working or disabled code, others include usable code for carrying out an exploit. Where should the line be drawn?" [osOpinion]
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A performance, expressed in text, data, and code: "The 115 columns I wrote for BYTE.com are now restored to the public Web. I took this step reluctantly, and would have preferred that the original namespace remain intact, but so be it. Those columns that have continuing value can now weave themselves back into the fabric of the Web." [Jon's Radio]
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Essential OS X points to OS X Switcher's Guide by Jeffrey Zeldman: "It's a ritual as old as moss. You've unwrapped your new Mac. You'll spend the next two weeks installing all your applications, utilities, peripheral drivers, accessories, custom Photoshop palettes, and painstakingly hand-crafted email filters. Not to mention restoring your preferences before finally moving all your documents to the new machine." [dive into mark]
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Apple posts Win-to-Mac OS X Porting Guide: "... help Windows developers porting their existing C or C++ Windows applications to Mac OS X. The guide introduces Windows programmers to the Mac OS X procedural APIs for key areas such as 2D/3D graphics, user interface, text handling, networking, and multiprocessing. It also directs readers to additional resources on the ADC website, in third-party books, and elsewhere." [The Macintosh News Network]
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Your search took 0.09 seconds and 6 geese refers to Joe Gregorio: "If I query Google I don't care if the results are divined by 10,000 linux boxes, randomly picked by squads of trained canadian geese, or signalled from the otherworld via interpretive dance." [dive into mark]
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Not the nightmare from hell: "My favorite comment on NetNewsWire Pro so far comes Technovia: 'Posting to Radio from NetNewsWire Pro isn’t the nightmare from hell that I thought it might be...'" [inessential.com]
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