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Tuesday, February 4, 2003

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Safari's Answer To Tabbed Browsing: 'Safari now has an answer to the question "Where is the tabbed browsing?" The answer is not really tabbed but the name is simple: Pith. Caught a glimpse of this little app over at the lovely folks of ResExcellence This little app adds a small window that integrates wonderfully with Safari and allows you to switch between open pages effortlessly and without the clutter of having 5-10 windows open at once.' [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion]

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Apple Takes On PowerPoint: "One of the simplest, yet most compelling features of Keynote is its align guides for slide elements." (eWeeks via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]

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MS in talks with Apple to avoid court battle: "Microsoft is talking to Apple to avoid a challenge to a planned $1.1 billion antitrust settlement the computer maker claims gives Microsoft an unfair advantage in the education market, according to Bloomberg." [The Macintosh News Network]

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Richard Gayle writes: "Apple and the Mac are making a huge push in bioinformatics. [...] Last year at the first of these BioCon meetings I noticed a big shift. The number of Macs was up to maybe 50%. It looked like people had titaniums if they could afford it, and iBooks if not. Finally, the developers who needed Unix could get not only the OS they needed (OS X) but also a cool piece of hardware. They loved it. [...] Apple[...] has a very big presence at the meetings. The computer room, open to all, has over 20 computers, either iMacs or towers. I got to use a 23 inch flat screen (So gooooood!) and to test out Safari (pretty nice) and take a look at Keynote (I'm hooked.) If the IT researchers at universities that are developing all the bioinformatics tools want Macs, it could be a huge tipping point for the adoption of these computers. It may not hurt MS but it could have an affect on Sun."

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Freeverse offers release versions of free board games: "Following a successful beta test launch recently, Mac game publisher Freeverse Software today announced that it's now offering release versions of the Freeverse Board Game series -- a collection of eight games offered as freeware..." [Google Technology News]

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Apple 12" PowerBook G4 867: How Fast It Is?: "We believe that road warriors, other than video graphics professionals, will be satisfied with the 12" model's feature set and performance. It is mostly but not completely down to a question of screen size vs portability." (Macs Only! via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]