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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Using AirPort Extreme at home -- Comment()
AirPort 3.4 update released: "Apple on Monday released an update to its AirPort wireless networking software.". [MacCentral] I installed an AirPort Extreme Base Station at home last Friday. I then upgraded the software to version 5.3, and now version 5.4 is available. In fact I already installed 5.4 last evening. (It was included in the AirPort 3.4 package.) Also, new AEBS models were introduced. Fortunately Apple didn't make a radical change in the AEBS hardware, the entry-level model is still the same. I'm very pleased with the purchase. However, I'm still debating what printer to plug in to the USB port on the AEBS. Canon or HP, that is the current question.
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New Apple iBooks and PowerBooks are tempting -- Comment()
For a moment I was ready to buy a new portable (see below) to replace my 600 MHz iBook at home. Then sense prevailed. I think I'll wait half a year of more until starting to think about getting a new computer. My iBook will then be three years old, which is probably a good time to replace it. Apple updates PowerBooks and iBooks: "Following up on five major product announcements at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas on Sunday, Apple Computer Inc. on Monday announced upgrades to its entire line of portable computing products. Apple's pro PowerBook models have been bumped to a top speed of 1.5GHz, while the consumer iBook now reaches speeds of 1.2GHz." [MacCentral] Apple gives its laptops a speed bump, introduces new software: "Apple today updated their line of portables, bringing the PowerBooks up to 1.5GHz and the 12" iBook to 1GHz. They also introduced new video postproduction software and a storage area network application, Xsan." [Ars Technica]
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Supercomputer Hacks Highlight Ed Security Challenge: "Universities are turning to advanced security technologies such as intrusion prevention systems. Universities have historically tried to maintain as open and accessible network infrastructures as possible, but new threats are making that obligation especially onerous: For example, hackers recently broke into the Linux and Solaris supercomputer systems at Stanford University using stolen IDs and passwords, then took advantage of shared folders on the system that were kept up to facilitate data sharing and system management."
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