Apple says it might not go to Macworld NY '03; Today in history: Motorola previews the G3; more
Apple says it might not go to Macworld NY '03; Today in history: Motorola previews the G3; more
Apple says it might not go to Macworld NY '03 Re-stating that it will not attend a Macworld Expo in Boston in 2004, Apple said "Since IDG is no longer investing in New York, we now need to reevaluate our participation in Macworld New York 2003." in a Boston Globe article. An IDG spokesperson retorted "Macworld in Boston is a done deal. And we are still talking to Apple about their participation in it. Charlie Greco's (IDG World Expo's CEO) departure will not change things one way or the other." More.
Today in history: Motorola previews the G3 News.com notes that on this day in 1997, Motorola revealed new details about the first of its next-generation PowerPC processors, called G3, at the International Solid State Circuits Conference '97 in San Francisco, California. The G3 made its a debut in a new line of Macs initially running at 233-300 MHz, and spawned the infamous "Snail" commercials. The G3 is still used in Apple iBooks, though production chips now run at up to 1 GHz. More.
Opera: Microsoft is cramping our style Opera has accused Microsoft of some more foul play, as rendering glitches in Microsoft's flagship MSN.com site have sparked renewed criticism from a competitor that the software giant is undermining its browser. ZDNN reports "Opera Software on Wednesday said Microsoft has been sending its browser a faulty style sheet, which determines the presentation of graphics and text in a browser window. When people using Opera 7 browser software visit MSN.com, published by Microsoft, some of the site content is obscured, Opera Chief Technology Officer Hakon Lie wrote in a posting to the company's Web site." More.
Doctoring an iPod to run on Linux Wired has a detailed report on the iPod that has been hacked to run Linux. "After four months of stout effort, programmer Bernard Leach has managed to get Linux running on his iPod. Although still in the early stages, this development may allow hackers to bypass Apple's closed operating system on the iPod by using Linux, an open and freely available operating system, instead." More.
Comcast backs off domain change The Boston Globe reports that Comcast Corp. has reached a deal with AT&T to let millions of cable broadband Internet subscribers across the United States -- including more than 200,000 in Massachusetts and New Hampshire -- keep using their attbi.com e-mail addresses through at least December 2004. More.Resources