New and Noteworthy: OS X saves Macs at one college; This week: CeBit 2003; more

OS X saves Macs at one college A DigitalMass.com article takes a look at how Mac OS X is saving the availability of Macs at some colleges and other institutions, though it presents some incorrect information about Mac OS 9's capabilities: "Moore wanted to abandon Appletalk, an obsolete networking protocol used by Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh computers. Because Appletalk is incompatible with the standard TCP/IP protocol used on the Internet and most business networks, a corporate CIO might simply have banned Macs from the workplace. But Mac users on the faculty refused to replace their machines with PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software, and there was no way a mere college CIO could impose her will. In the end, Apple's new OS X operating system came to Moore's rescue. It uses the standard networking protocol found on PCs and other computers. So Moore simply bought new OS X Macintoshes for the recalcitrant faculty members." More.

This week: CeBit 2003 CeBit, the world's largest trade show according to CNET, takes place in Hannover, Germany this week. The conference takes place from Wednesday, March 12th to Wednesday, March 19th, and full event tickets are priced at 78 Euros at the door. This year's show will have over 6,500 exhibitors from 60 countries and approximately 700,000 visitors. More.

HotBot offers "Hack" design contest with iPod prize The search engine HotBot is offering a contest for designers to re-shape the face of its venerable home page: Serious Designers Wanted. Faint at heart need not apply. Knowledge of CSS technology is necessary to enter. This must be your own design work. Copyright and trademark rules will be enforced. Winning entries may be offered to all HotBot users to select as their skin. Your design will be shown to the HotBot world." More.

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