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A useful AppleScript news site
I am adding a link to the Weblog AppleScript Info to the Resources section of Mac Net Journal. The Radio-based page, which I just subscribed to, is written by an AppleScript enthusiast by the name of Rob J., and today's posts are just a sample of the useful items on the site:
- A link to a Palm Desktop 4 script that fixes an error some users have encountered with the final version of the program
- And a link to BlogApp v1.2, an OS X application for posting to Weblog sites
It's also cool that AppleScript Info links to Mac Net Journal! Right back at ya!
5:38:38 PM 
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EchoStar pulls out of satellite Net access
CNET News: The company is backing out of its satellite-based Net access business in what many see as a tactic to pressure U.S. regulators to approve its proposed takeover of Hughes Electronics. [CNET News.com]
This is bad news for satellite dish users - especially rural users who opted for satellite Net access to get high bandwidth when no wired high bandwidth options were available...
4:27:05 PM
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In Search of the Best Wireless E-Mail Device
OsOpinion: Research in Motion continues to hold a commanding lead when it comes to e-mail access on
handheld devices. However, other companies that are big names in the wireless world are
working overtime to shake up the status quo. "The biggest advantage for Palm and Treo is
that they have got more software available," Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told Wireless NewsFactor. [osOpinion]
4:20:41 PM
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Hotmail glitch may be keeping some from their e-mail
Hotmail glitch shuts out users. The problem blocks access or causes long log-in delays in the Web-based e-mail service. Microsoft attributes the partial outage to a Hotmail server error. [CNET News.com]
1:25:36 PM
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Huevos offers Net-based searches through a Cocoa front end
Huevos 1.0b1. Huevos is a free and Open Source (BSD license) Cocoa application that provides a window where you can type a search string and choose a search engine. A search is then run in your default Web browser. It’s customizable via the Preferences window: you can add, edit, and delete search engines. [ranchero.com]
1:24:37 PM
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Apple unveils AirPort deal: Buy a PowerBook or iBook and get $100 off an AirPort
MacCentral notes that Apple is offering an AirPort promotion among other promotions announced today. Check out the Apple promotions page for additional details about the AirPort Base Station deal as well as the flat-screen monitor deal...
1:22:32 PM
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Release of Default Folder X 1.1 brings improvements to the file management program
St. Claire Software has released a new version of Default Folder X 1.1, adding better file management options under OS X through the $34.95 shareware application. It currently only supports Carbon applications, meaning it won't work with Cocoa apps like Mail, iPhoto and OmniWeb.
10:18:32 AM
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Apple brings DVD Studio Pro to OS X
Apple has upgraded DVD Studio Pro to version 1.5, and this update finally brings the spendy video editing package ($999.95 new, $199.95 to upgrade) to OS X. Check out the promotional page from Apple for the nitty gritty on this upgrade, including technical specs and examples of how the editing workflow can be done in DVD Studio Pro...
9:39:03 AM
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CNET likes Radio 8
CNET reviews Radio 8. Nice review. We need a spell checker. They like Blogger better, but gave it the same score, 8 out of 10. But the best part are the user comments. You guys really like us. Wow. Thanks! [Scripting News]
9:27:42 AM
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MacSlash readers talk about the holy grail - Connecting Address Book and Palm
MacSlash readers are in the midst of discussing ways to move contact information between Apple's Address Book application and Palm Desktop?
In the middle of the discussion one reader brought up the interesting idea of trying to get Palm to work with the centralized Address Book database, rather than duplicating contact information across multiple programs. As far as I can see, there is no way to do this right now, and I am not sure if it is Palm or Apple who is at fault in the situation. It's a shame though. I still think that the holy grail will be a centralized database, probably open source, that would offer a common storage format and access protocol for information so that it doesn't need to be duplicated all over my hard drive...
9:04:31 AM
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Of interest to Radio and Instant Outliner users...
Steve Zellers is doing OPML in Apple's Cocoa environment. Steve knows outliners, he used to work on MORE at Symantec. He's also proudly displaying the XML-RPC Man on his weblog. Arf arf! [Scripting News]
8:55:57 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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