Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Tools We Use: LaunchBar (17-Mar-2003; 10.8K) [TidBITS] 1:46:56 PM

Cook's resignation speech. The former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook resigned from his post as Leader of the House yesterday. This has been widely reported and is thus probably known to most K5 readers. What's probably not widely know here is that he won an unprecedented standing ovation in the House of Commons. BBC is offering a recording of the speech in RealMedia format. However you stand on the issue, it is worth watching as a counterpoint to Bush's speech. [kuro5hin.org] 1:46:35 PM

Is there a Superman curse?. This CNN article covers the various terrible things that have happened to actors in Superman films over the years. Some are a bit strained -- no one should be surprised that someone who played the role would have trouble getting other work due to type-casting. [Comics Worth Reading] 1:46:20 PM

Killer Bug Looks Like a Virus. Health experts believe a deadly flu-like illness that has killed nine people is likely a virus. They're also encouraged that some victims seem to be recovering. [Wired News] 1:46:06 PM

Hong Kong Working to Grasp Scope of Mysterious Ailment. Government health officials said today that a small but unknown number of carriers of a mysterious kind of pneumonia were somewhere in Hong Kong. By Keith Bradsher. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 1:45:53 PM

Infoworld: Apple still a leading innovator [MacCentral] 1:45:27 PM

Xserve Clustering From Apple [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion] 1:45:11 PM

Apple pulls plug on original iMac. Five years after debuting the original iMac, Apple Computer stops selling the gumdrop-shaped machine to the public. [CNET News.com] 1:43:54 PM

Apple dips toes into supercomputing. The company is selling a version of its server that can be linked in groups to build a low-budget supercomputer, following in the footsteps of bigger rivals that sell Intel-based products. [CNET News.com] 1:43:42 PM

Computer makers' latest moves. Apple says good-bye flower power, hello supercomputing.... [CNET News.com] 1:43:19 PM