New & Noteworthy: QuickTime Live begins today;
New & Noteworthy: QuickTime Live begins today;
Apple's QuickTime Surpasses RealNetworks' RealPlayer Good news? Sure! But the actual 'news' in this press release is thinner than the title implies. Margin note: Hype may be marketing coin-of-the-realm in the technology industry, but this number munching is too much.
Apple short-circuits Circuit City deal Apple has dropped Circuit City once again. CNet has details. Note: this might mean your local Circuit City has deals on Mac CPUs.
MacInstruct Tutorial: Clean Your Internal CD ROM Drive The title says is all. The article is here.
Get a Mac? From the San Jose Mercury News: "Yesterday's column, in which I described the trials and tribulations of today's personal technology, brought the kind of responses that I expected. People in the software industry said I should understand that bugs are part of the system. People outside the tech business screamed their frustration with the gear they can't understand or keep running reliably." More.
Check the fine print From InfoWorld: "Bill Gates says security is Microsoft's top priority, but just whose security does he have in mind? Consider some of Microsoft's recent boilerplate legalese -- language you or your company might already have unknowingly accepted -- and then decide for yourself." More.
N.Y. accuses software maker of censorship From CNet: "The New York state attorney general's office sued security software maker Network Associates on Thursday over licensing language it says restricts free-speech rights." More.
NextCard trading halted; bank shut down From CNet: "Trading in Internet-only credit card company NextCard was halted Friday, a day after government regulators shut down the bank that it operated." More.
Probe launched into Pac Bell DSL flap From CNet: "The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into charges that Pacific Bell--owned by SBC Communications--overbilled customers for DSL (digital subscriber line) and other services. The commission is also looking at whether Pacific Bell under-reported complaints regarding "cramming," the practice of putting false charges on customers' bills that are unrelated to actual telephone use." More.