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Book Reviews

Thursday, July 7, 2005

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What Is It These Mac Cultists Want? "Apple will not necessarily benefit if Microsoft's Longhorn OS is a disaster."

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Multiple blasts paralyse London: "Many people are injured in explosions on the Underground network and a double decker bus in London." [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

I was just leaving for my daily bicycle ride when my wife said to come and watch the news. I could not enjoy my ride as usual. I was biking in the woods near the Nuuksio national park in solitude, in fine weather and with no other people nearby, but every once in a while my thoughts returned to the incident.

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Canon IXUS 700 seven megapixel digicam: "Before you even think about buying this camera you have to ask yourself one key question: do you really need seven million pixels in a compact digital camera?" [The Register]

I have a three year old Ixus 400, and I'm still pleased with it. I agree with the review - having a 7 megapixel resolution would not significantly improve the camera for my purposes.

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Sometimes I love my job: "When you're a writer on tech topics, it's common to get emails about how you don't know what you're talking about." [Backup Brain]

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Hewlett Cites Progress on Quantum Computer: "Hewlett-Packard scientists Bill Munro and Tim Spiller have devised a new strategy for developing the quantum computer. [...] The leading technology in the field of quantum computing involves using trapped ions. Through its grant, Hewlett-Packard will also explore potential applications for quantum computing, particularly in the field of computer security."

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Linux developers defecting to Mac OS X? "We still see Linux as quite good as a server operating system, but we[base ']ve become completely disillusioned with Linux as ever becoming a viable desktop OS worthy of standing toe-to-toe with Windows. There[base ']s simply no disputing that Mac OS X is clearly the superior graphical user interface (GUI) OS that has some Unix-inspired heritage underneath the hood. The Linux GUIs are not even in the same league."

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Neanderthal Genome May Be Reconstructed: "German and U.S. scientists have launched a project to reconstruct the Neanderthal genome, the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology said Wednesday."

I read on my vacation the science fiction books "Darwin's Radio" and "Darwin's Children" by Greg Bear. These were based on speculation about ancient human genes. The truth may be stranger than fiction, perhaps.

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XP vs. OS X Software: "The problem with saying "wait for Longhorn" is... that's exactly what we're doing!!!"

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He Says He Owns the Word 'Stealth': "Can a man own a word? And can he sue to keep other people from using it?"