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Sunday, July 4, 2004

Apple's iMac takes a time-out. roundup Flat-screen PC won raves, but sales had begun to flatten out. Will an all-new design give it a lift? [CNET News.com - Personal Technology]
1:41:50 AM

Microsoft Patches IE Flaw. On Friday Microsoft released a patch for the flaws exploited by the recent Download.Ject attack. The patch is labeled a configuration change, and prevents an ActiveX component from writing to the system. While the flaws have been known for over 9 months, only recently have they been exploited. The patch is available through Windows Update. More information can be found on Microsoft's site. [BetaNews.Com]
1:40:26 AM

Microsoft's patchwork mess. ZDNet's David Berlind explains why a sometimes infuriatingly complicated patch process reveals both timing flaws and potential vulnerabilities in Microsoft's thinking. [CNET News.com]
1:39:20 AM

Space station astronauts pull off risky spacewalk, plug in new circuit breaker. CBS 47 Jul 1 2004 3:05PM GMT [Moreover - Space station news]
1:36:49 AM

Apple iTunes giveaway features iPods, PowerBook, more. Apple is getting ready to mark the sale of the 100 millionth song from its iTunes Music Store, and the company is marking the occasion with 50 iPod giveaways and a giveaway package that includes a PowerBook, iPod and a 10,000 song gift certificate. The giveaway will be open to iTunes Music Store users in the US, UK, France and Germany. The company also announced that it's moved 1.5 million songs since its European iTunes Music Stores opened two weeks ago. [MacCentral]
1:35:39 AM

Apple confirms new iMacs are coming in September. Apple on Thursday confirmed that a new iMac is on the way, but stopped short of providing any details about the new system. The company's online store has stopped accepting orders for the current flat panel models, but Apple doesn't plan to have a replacement ready until September -- the victim of "less than perfect" planning, by its own admission. [MacCentral]
1:34:51 AM

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Space station crew step out again, in risky mission to repair circuit board. CNEWS Jul 1 2004 3:46AM GMT [Moreover - Space station news]
12:35:56 AM

Apple's Rendezvous comes to Windows, Linux, Java. Since Mac OS X v10.2's release, Apple has promoted a zero-configuration networking technology it calls Rendezvous. Now Apple is further promoting the standard more with the release of Rendezvous technology for Java clients, POSIX platforms including Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD, and a "technology preview" for Windows. Developers for those platforms interested in finding out more can do so on Apple's Developer Web site. [MacCentral]
12:31:42 AM

Visual search tool Grokker 2.1 ships for OS X. Groxis Inc. announced on Wednesday that Grokker 2.1, the company's visual search tool, is now compatible with Mac OS X. The software was previously available as a Beta release for the operating system. Grokker uses its four plug-ins -- The Web (covering the AltaVista, MSN, WiseNut, Yahoo! and Teoma search engines), Amazon.com, Google and My Files -- to produce visual maps of the data you're looking for, whether it's on the Internet or on your hard drive. It features a fully functional Web browser and allows you to build, edit and save visual maps containing up to 2,000 items in each. Version 2.1 builds maps faster, adds the Google plug-in, highlights query keywords in different colors and more. It requires Mac OS X v10.2.2, a G3 processor, 256MB RAM, 20MB free hard drive space, Java 1.4.1 and Safari 1.0. A 30-day trial is available from the Groxis Web site, and a license is US$49. [MacCentral]
12:30:54 AM

New Sony Walkman to Rival Apple Player. San Jose Mercury News Jul 1 2004 4:27AM GMT [Moreover - moreover...]
12:29:56 AM

RealNetworks Will Stream to AT&T Wireless Phones. RealNetworks says it will provide audio and video services to mobile-phone users on the AT&T Wireless enhanced mMode service. This marks a major step in the brief evolution of content offered on wireless devices, RealNetworks says. [NewsFactor Sci::Tech]
12:26:19 AM

Motorola and Opera Sign Second Deal. Web browser developer Opera Software and Motorola's Personal Communications Sector (PCS) have struck a licensing agreement to deliver Opera's Web browser on Motorola handsets. [NewsFactor Sci::Tech]
12:25:37 AM

Lindows Releases OS for Centrino Laptops. Lindows, the maker of Linux for personal computers, says it now has a version of the open-source operating system available for Centrino-equipped notebook computers. [NewsFactor Sci::Tech]
12:24:46 AM

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Spacewalking Astronauts Make Critical Repair (Reuters). Reuters - A pair of spacewalking astronauts found success in Earth orbit on Wednesday, making a critical repair to the International Space Station after meeting with frustration just one week earlier. [Yahoo! News - Science]
11:57:33 PM

7-Year, 2-Billion-Mile Flight Brings Craft in Saturn's Grip [NewsIsFree: Science]
11:46:50 PM

Net Attack Aimed at Banking Data (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Computer security experts warned yesterday of another new Internet threat that can steal the passwords and account information of people who bank online -- the second such discovery in a week. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
1:43:39 AM

Press Release: 2004 E-Crime Watch Survey Shows Significant Increase in Electronic Crimes [CERT]
1:28:42 AM