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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
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Mac OS X 10.3 - the definitive Panther review: "Ars Technica's Apple Technology Expert John Siracusa is back with one of his trademarked reviews, this time covering Panther." [Ars Technica] Good work by Ars Techica! I disagree with some of the observations, but this is in any case one of the best software reviews I have ever read.
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20th Anniversary Of Computer Viruses Commemorated: "Our good friends at the BBC are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the computer virus. So, viruses are no longer teenagers and are now entering adulthood, as 'there are almost 60,000 viruses in existence and they have gone from being a nuisance to a permanent menace.' What wonders shall there be to come, as these marvelous bits of code continue to grow and multiply?" [Slashdot]
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Infinitely expressive smileys: 
"This highly tweakable smiley-generator is part of a computational semiotics project to refine the expressivity of machine-mediated communications." [Boing Boing Blog]
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Mac OS X v10.3.1 Improves FileVault, FireWire 800, More: "The 10.3.1 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: FileVault, Printing, WebDav, and FireWire 800 drives. This update also includes the latest Security Updates." (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Rendezvous Picture Transfer With Panther: "There are many clever features in Mac OS X 10.3 that don't appear on the cover of Apple's Panther page. One of my favorites is the new Image Capture application that enables you to network images directly from your digital camera to others who can view them with a Rendezvous-enabled browser." (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Panther Application Improvements: "In this article, I want to look at some of the application and utility changes that give Panther some of its sheen." (TidBITS via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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