Thursday, October 9, 2003

iTunes for Windows rollout scheduled for Oct. 16. In April Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that his company would, before the end of the year, introduce a Windows version of its iTunes software. Since then, Jobs and other Apple executives have stopped short of offering a specific timetable for when the Windows version of the music player software would be released. Now, at long last, it appears that the wait will soon end: MacCentral has received an invitation to a special Apple event scheduled for October 16th, presumably for the rollout of the long-awaited iTunes for Windows. [MacCentral] 12:04:49 PM

Mac OS X 10.3 to ship in 15 days' time. Day of the Panther [The Register] 10:29:44 AM

QuickTime: a model of success [The Macintosh News Network] 10:29:28 AM

Apple to launch iTunes for Windows. The Mac maker is expected to unveil the long-awaited Windows version of the iTunes Music Store at an event next week. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 10:29:17 AM

John Gilmore's take on mind altering drugs. John Gilmore, probably most well known as "that dude that started the alt.* newsgroups" is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a foundation dedicated to civil rights and civic responsibilities online. As a life member of the Libertarian Party he is , not surprisingly, in favour of drug policy reform. Unlike others, Gilmore holds a unique perspective on why "illegal" drugs should not be banned: The right to speak freely is irrelevant if the citizenry does not have the right to think freely. [kuro5hin.org] 10:29:03 AM