Friday, June 20, 2003

Apple gets a taste for speed. The company appears poised to boost its Power Mac line in what could be a much-needed overhaul of its high-end desktops. [CNET News.com] 10:51:00 AM

Apple to replay WWDC keynote via QuickTime. Most Mac enthusiasts will probably be unable to watch live coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote address to attendees of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday -- Apple doesn't seem to be offering a Webcast of the address as it happens, although some universities and retailers (including many Apple Stores) plan to show the event themselves. If you have to wait and but you'd still like to see the show, Apple will accommodate you -- the company plans to offer a replay Webcast of the event via QuickTime. [MacCentral] 10:50:37 AM

WWDC: FileMaker to demo WebObjects, Keynote integration. Apple subsidiary FileMaker Inc. will demonstrate connectivity between FileMaker Pro 6 and Apple's WebObjects 5.2 and Keynote 1.1 at next week's Worldwide Developer Conference. FileMaker Pro is the popular cross-platform database software. The software enables users to create simple single-user databases or complex systems for workgroups with up to 250 concurrent guests running off a server. Keynote is Apple's presentation software, enabling users to incorporating text, graphics, animation, and multimedia elements into slideshows that can be displayed on their Mac or exported to other formats. Version 1.1 was released on June 4. [MacCentral] 10:50:16 AM

Discarded War Munitions Leach Poisons Into the Baltic. Ships were sunk full of chemical weapons captured from the Germans. By Marlise Simons. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 10:49:42 AM

Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate? Sen. Orrin Hatch caused a stir by suggesting copyright holders should have the right to remotely destroy computers of suspected pirates. It turns out the senator is using unlicensed software on his website. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 10:49:18 AM

Why do people believe in God? Why do people believe in God? Why do most people on the earth believe in a supreme being of some sort, especially one who fails to manifest himself to us? [kuro5hin.org] 10:48:55 AM