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MacOSX 10.3 “Panther” Coming Out

Oct

8

2003

Apple’s announced that “OSX 10.3”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/ will be released this month on October 24th. The feature set looks quite impressive, and hopefully the speed gains will be as impressive as promised.

iCal and iSync Updated

Oct

8

2003

Apple updated their iCal and iSync software, finally replacing the floating window for event properties with a drawer and fixing the method for entering appointments that span multiple days. In addition, “phpiCalendar”:http://phpicalendar.sourceforge.net/nuke seems to be progressing quickly, and is now almost at the level of Apple’s own “.Mac”:http://www.mac.com calendar publishing software. The latest .94 builds ...

Arnold Elected Governor

Oct

7

2003

Arnold Schwartzeneggar was elected governor of California today (Arnold’s Campaign Website). With a fairly solid showing in terms of the electorate. It seems however, that people’s reaction to the recall was more one of disatisfaction with the current administration than a ringing endorsement of Arnold’s candidacy. It should be interesting to see how things shape ...

Software Customer Bill of Rights

Oct

5

2003

In Cem Kaner’s blog: Software Customer Bill of Rights Cem Kaner discusses issues related to increasingly restrictive end user licensing agreements for various software, and how they are diverging from commonly accepted fair use rights for both software and other copyrighted works. Finally, he addresses issues of embedded software in items like automobiles, medical devices, ...

Netiquette

Oct

3

2003

Netiquette, Online Netiquette UNCENSORED! – Common Courtesies and Social Graces for Newbies and Lazy Netizens is a website that publishes a free monthly newsletter discussing different aspects of internet etiquitte. Things like how to forward email, sending attachments, and other topics. Although sometimes too basic, the items are often of value and worth checking out.