New & Noteworthy: OS X; iDVD 2 review; Macs in action;
New & Noteworthy: OS X; iDVD 2 review; Macs in action;
A penguin's-eye look at Apple's OS X By Doc Searls and Brent Simmons. It states: "Where OS X will succeed is in the one category where Linux has struggled for popularity (if not functionality) from the start: on the desktop." More.
Apple iDVD 2 review From Creative Mac.com: "When Apple announced the Superdrive and iDVD a little more than a year ago, I wrote about the possibilities that this combination would offer to video producers. The original iDVD was a great idea, but it had some limitations and a few bugs that caused many to avoid it in a professional environment, often turning to Apple's more expensive and powerful DVD Studio Pro. But with the release of iDVD 2, things have certainly changed, and I can finally see professionals turning to this sweet application for their daily needs." More.
Macs in Action: Pepperdine University From Apple: "After surfing one afternoon, Nathan Gebhard and Mike Marriner came to an unsettling realization. The two were about to embark on their senior year at Pepperdine University ... and neither had a clue as to where they were headed after graduation." More.
Web Help Desk 5.4Web Help Desk 5.4 is a web application for technical support designed for education and small to medium sized business customers which offers a web interface and an excellent feature set for both end users and support technicians. An online demo is available at here.
MacInstruct tutorial: crash course This new tutorial shows Macintosh users how to report bugs with developers and how to file feature requests.
Jilted by broadband From Red Herring: "Without widespread high-speed Internet access, the technology industry--and arguably the economy at large--will remain stalled." More.
Palm to replace faulty cradles From CNet: "Handheld maker Palm said Saturday it will replace older cradles for its m500 and m505 models to solve a longstanding problem that prevented some units from properly synching to a PC." More.
Handspring Treo 180 review From Dan Bricklin: "I've been using a Handspring Treo 180 combination PDA/cell phone for a few weeks. Here are some of my observations. " More.
Cell phone, laptop networks connect From News.com: "Laptop users may soon be able to roam like callers on cell phones. Nokia on Monday will unveil a modem for laptops that can access both 802.11b networks, which laptops use to surf the Net wirelessly, and cell phone networks." More.
Speeding Up The Checkout Line With Biometrics From Information Week: "A Seattle supermarket next month will begin using a service that lets shoppers use fingerprints to authorize payment for groceries." More.
Can e-mail seal a sales deal? From the Boston Globe: "Buyers beware, and sellers, too - especially if you communicate with each other by e-mail. A pretrial decision by a judge in a dispute over a multimillion-dollar home in Marion could end up making real estate deals outlined in e-mail as binding as those put on paper." More.
Verizon Wireless launches new download service From Lycos/Reuters: "Verizon Wireless
customers will soon be able to easily download games, musical ring tones and expense management software directly onto their cell phones." More.
The future of fiber From CNet/McKinsey: "Small news was good news for the telecommunications industry early this year when Corning--the world's biggest maker of fiber-optic cable--brought four of its manufacturing plants back on-line after a three-month hiatus." More.
Where Music Will Be Coming From From The New York Times: "Technology is changing music. But then again, it always has. The invention of the piano 300 years ago centered Western music on the keyboard. Electricity's arrival in the late 19th century enabled the duplication of performances and, later, the amplification of instruments. With digitization, the pace of upheaval has further accelerated. Digital file-sharing technologies -- Napster and its offspring -- are now undermining the established economics of music. And everything we know about digital technologies suggests that Napster is only the beginning." More.
DigitalConsumer Takes Up the Fight Against Copyright Plans in Congress From the Wall Street Journal: "A crucial debate is shaping up in Congress and in private industry about how freely you, the consumer, will be able to use digital music and video in the future. The record companies and Hollywood are scheming to drastically erode your freedom to use legally purchased CDs and videos, and they are doing it behind your back." More.