Thursday, April 4, 2002

A doomsday asteroid? Not for 900 years or so. CNN has a story tonight about NASA scientists confirming that a 0.6 mile wide asteroid has a one-in-300 chance of colliding with Earth in about 900 years. And, although that chance seems pretty small, it is much greater than the chance of any other known asteroid plunking our home planet. 10:32:43 PM comment

Just how much does Microsoft care about your digital rights? Read on... Microsoft preps content locks for devices. The software company prepares to upgrade its anti-piracy technology in an effort to link online music subscription services and portable gadgets. [CNET News.com] 9:36:06 PM comment

Fortune likes Photoshop 7.0 Peter Lewis gives a glowing review to Photoshop 7.0 for OS X in the latest installment of the magazine. One thing is for sure, that the release of Photoshop for OS X, as much or more so than the release of Office vX will mark a turning point for OS X. I know people who will finally consider moving to OS X now that their photo editing duties can be done natively in the new operating system. 9:29:19 PM comment

Apple offers a security update Apple Security Update released for Mac OS X. An Apple Security Update for April 2002 has been released via the Software Update application in Mac OS X. This release includes updated components that address security issues, especially for those running servers or file sharing across the Internet. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] This update doesn't require a restart, and the update is a speedy process. And, although I just suffered a spontaneous restart on my machine a few minutes ago - the second in the last two days - I think it is more related to the newest beta of OmniWeb than this recent system update. 8:12:51 PM comment

Bluetooth adapter starts shipping O'Grady's PowerPage notes that the D-Link Bluetooth adapter that offers Bluetooth support through a small USB hardware and Apple beta software add on is now shipping. It costs $49. 3:27:55 PM comment

Apple makes some job cuts Apple pares a small number of jobs. just in The cuts, which are the latest in a series of small-scale moves by the Mac maker, will affect its sales and support staff, CNET News.com learns. [CNET News.com] 3:19:23 PM comment

Good taste is not the only reason to avoid Dion CD Dion disc could bring PCs to a standstill. A European version of the vocalist's new album carries copy-protection technology that could crash the PCs and Macs of listeners who ignore a warning label. [CNET News.com] 1:06:35 PM comment

CNET says an Apple-Microsoft announcement is coming Microsoft expected to stay with Mac. There has been consternation among Mac fans as to whether the software giant might drop its support at some point in the future. An upcoming event should put those fears at ease. [CNET News.com] 12:13:01 PM comment

Znippetizer-X 1.4 helps sort, organize text. Znippetizer-X 1.4, from Code 66, is a $15 shareware tool, to help programmers, writers, scientists, lawyers and other people who need to quickly sort, organize information. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 12:11:00 PM comment

An OS X e-mail client showdown OSXGuide offers a brief look at three non-Microsoft e-mail clients for OS X, and the author rates Eudora highest, followed closely by PowerMail and Mailsmith. The article shuns Entourage, like many other e-mail client reviews, but it doesn't clearly state why the author chose not to include it in the review. When I have done e-mail client reviews, I have not included Entourage for OS X because the cost to buy that program is effectively $300 or more. Entourage is not available as a separate program and it can only be purchased as part of the Office vX package from Microsoft... 9:43:02 AM comment

New AppleScripts aid importing contacts onto an iPod Apple has unveiled three new AppleScripts for importing contact information into an iPod. The scripts, available here, offer contact importing from Palm Desktop, Entourage and Address Book. MacCentral has more info in its story: Apple offers iPod contact import AppleScripts 9:18:23 AM comment

ClubMac will remain as a brand MacCentral notes that the ClubMac brand will continue despite acquisition by MacMall yesterday. 9:06:30 AM comment

Scripting? What is that? Russ Lipton explains what scripting is.   [Scripting News] 9:02:52 AM comment

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