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Monday, November 3, 2003
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Inspired by Nokia: sidetalking -- Comment()
135% NOKIA-STYLE SIDETALKIN' FROM 2006 TO INFINITY!! Enjoy! (See especially the Mac user at the bottom of the page.)
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Fink 0.61 Brings Panther Compatibility: "We modify Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X ("port" it) and make it available for download as a coherent distribution. It uses Debian tools such as dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management. This release was built on OS X 10.2 using the gcc 3.3 compiler, and runs well on OS X 10.3. Most Fink users who upgrade to 10.3 will want to only use the binaries from this new distribution for now, while the Fink team continues to modify Fink packages for 10.3." (MacNN via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Apple G5 dual supercluster achieves over 10 teraflop/s -- Comment()
On the report on top-500 supercomputers dated November 2nd the Apple G5 supercluster has achieved a speed of over 10 teraflop/s. Here is a listing of the top-5 systems from the draft report: All the speeds are in gigaflop/s (10^9 floating point operations per second).
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Apple Will Be Patching Jaguar Security Issues: "Ahem, sorry to burst the latest rumor/conspiracy bubble, but Apple will be updating Jaguar's security issues, according to a statement by Apple to MacCentral." [MacSlash]
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New Windows worm steals user information: "Mimail.C was discovered Friday, the vendors said in bulletins on their Web sites. It arrives as an e-mail with "our private photos" in the subject line and an attached ZIP archive file called "photos.zip." The sender's address is faked to be "james" at the receiver's domain and the body of the message promises revealing photos of a girl at a beach, the antivirus vendors said." [IDG InfoWorld]
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The Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2004: "The big advantage of a resource like this is that you have an incredible amount of information at you fingertips. You'll enjoy it more if you have a faster Mac, but it's pretty impressive on any machine." (Applelinks via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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The Apple Alternative: "This relative security exists because OS X is a harder target. Apple has worked to make it secure out of the box, even if that means some features take extra work to activate." (Washington Post via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Microsoft Moves Virtual PC From Linux: "When Microsoft Corp. launches Virtual PC 2004, a Linux version of the software won't be along for the ride -- at least not officially." (eWeek via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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