Tuesday, May 27, 2003

iTunes Downdated, Features Ripped Out To Please Greedy Music Execs [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion] 10:24:13 PM

Ambrosia releases 'Uplink' computer hacker game. Ambrosia Software Inc. has announced the release of the Mac conversion of Uplink, a game set in the near future, in the world of high-tech computer crime and Internet-based industrial espionage. You're hired by companies to hack into their rivals' computer systems, stealing research data, sabotaging their information, laundering money, erasing evidence and framing innocent civilians. You can use the money you earn to upgrade your computer systems and buy new software and tools. In turn, you can engage in more dangerous, albeit more profitable, activities. [MacCentral] 3:06:56 PM

Ambrosia releases Uplink cyber-hacking title [The Macintosh News Network] 3:06:34 PM

iTunes update disables Internet playlist sharing. Apple today released an update to iTunes, its digital music player software. iTunes 4.0.1 gains performance and network enhancements, according to Apple, but one feature has been disabled: Internet-based playlist sharing. [MacCentral] 3:06:07 PM

Apple releases iTunes 4.0.1 update [The Macintosh News Network] "iTunes 4.0.1 includes a number of performance and network access enhancements, and only allows music sharing between computers using iTunes 4.0.1 or later on a local network (in the same subnet)..." 3:03:57 PM

It Just Isn't Easy Being Green. Director Ang Lee made his name with the mannered Sense and Sensibility and the serenely cool Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Now he's taking a real dramatic leap -- with the rampaging hothead known as the Hulk. By Jennifer Hillner from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 8:27:35 AM

PowerMail update improves searching, more. CTM Development has updated PowerMail, the company's e-mail application, to version 4.1.3. [MacCentral] 8:27:15 AM