Wednesday, October 8, 2003

Music Label Cashes in by Sharing. Magnatune is trying to turn the music industry on its ear by encouraging file sharing and giving artists a large chunk of the proceeds. It seems to be working. By Chris Ulbrich. [Wired News] 1:43:09 PM

Mobs Turn Net into Money Machine. Organized crime gets an upgrade as syndicates do their dirty work online. To tech-savvy gangs, the Net is the perfect place to run extortion rackets, kiddie-porn rings and assorted scams. [Wired News] 1:42:49 PM

InfoWorld: Microsoft's Office 'system' attacks collaboration from all sides. Jon Udell. Administrators will have to install and manage three or four sets of clients and servers. The new capabilities are exciting, but it'll take lots more integration to make Office-based collaboration a seamless and manageable experience. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:42:34 PM

iCal, iSync updated, new features added. In addition to announcing Mac OS X "Panther's" forthcoming release date, Apple on Wednesday released updates to iCal and iSync, the company's calendaring and data synchronization software for Mac OS X users. iCal v1.5.1 and iSync v1.2.1 are both available for download from Apple's Web site. [MacCentral] 1:42:07 PM

Apple to release Mac OS X Panther, Server Oct. 24. Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday announced the release of Mac OS X Panther and Panther Server, the latest major updates to its Unix-based operating system. The releases come just four months after Steve Jobs demoed the new operating system during his keynote address at the companies Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Both versions will be available on Friday, October 24, beginning at 8:00 p.m. [MacCentral] 1:41:53 PM

Liquid-cooled Macs could be in the future. Start-up firm Cooligy, a Stanford University spin-off company, has announced a new processor-cooling technology called Active Micro-Channel Cooling that was developed in the university's engineering department in cooperation with Apple, Intel, AMD and DARPA, according to Macworld UK. [MacCentral] 1:41:41 PM

G.E. and Vivendi Agree on Terms of NBC Universal Merger. The companies, in a joint statement, placed an estimated value of the combined entity at $43 billion. But the actual price General Electric is paying is far less than that. By Kenneth N. Gilpin. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 1:41:29 PM