Ramblings of a Lunatic

Friday, May 23, 2003

Freeware Gems for Mac OS X
From O'Reilly.net
Here's a collection of lesser-known freeware gems available for Mac OS X. We're talking about neat little apps that you might not have heard of, but that can do the job just as well as better-known (and much more expensive) varieties without you having to pay a penny for them. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]
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An article on Apple's spam filtering in Mail.app
via E-Commerce Times: It may not be the best filter, but it comes with the platform, it's easy to use, and it works well most of the time. [Mac Net Journal]
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Legal issues with iTunes streaming, sharing
Hell, this probably started at Microsoft! [MacNN]

The Baltimore Sun discusses the legal issues surrounding streaming iTunes songs over the Internet and the various methods hackers devised to use the sharing function to download songs from one another's drives: "the Advanced Audio Coding file-compression format that Apple uses in its music store prevents large-scale streaming or downloading, as AAC-coded songs can only be played on three Macs authorized by the same user account. Streaming and downloading AAC-coded songs to strangers doesn't work."

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New .Mac Templates
Apple has added 5 new HomePage templates for .Mac members. Among the new templates are Kids Pink and Pushpin for Photo Albums, while iMovie users get the retro-styled Projector.

These templates and more can be found at the .Mac website. [dotmac.info]
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