RMG-142 - Updates

There is a new version of iTunes out and four new iTunes Music Stores (Denmark, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland)


Also in the upgrade department, a new version of Firefox is out that addresses the security issues I reported on earlier.

On the subject of Firefox, check you the videos which Mozilla Europe has recently released.

Ranchero Software has released a new version NetNewsWire.

Apple has announced the Apple Certification Alliance.

Todays Garageband.com song of the day is Redneck Girlfriend by singer/songwriter Mykel Milur.

RMG141-Being Up-To-Date

Woo Hoo! My copy of Tiger arrived today. I installed it on one machine and am playing with it as I have time. So far I'm fond of widgets, very excited about Automator, and overwhelmed by Spotlight.

David from NYC wants to know if he can still get Panther. The anwser is yes, but not for long. If you want a copy of Panther, you can still find it at resellers. I found a copy for David at a CompUSA within a few blocks of his office.

I offer advice on stayin up-to-date on software.

Yahoo has introduced a new music download service.

Dell has announced that they have a 19" laptop in development. Several websites are pointing to a design patent issued to Apple for a tablet computer.

New updates out today for the pro apps, a new codec, and a new DVD player for Tiger.

Apple is offering a student discount of $100 on select computers.

Our tune for today is from a singer/songwriter in Lisbon Portugal. The band is gomo and the song is "Bald of Pride".

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RMG140-The Internet Archive

Note: I've found a problem with the links on this show notes. I know what the problem is but don't have the time to fix it right now. Dave.

Thanks for the notes about my mom. She’s home from her adventure at the hospital and doing great.

Thanks also for the comments about the list on yesterday’s podcast.

This is my first podcast with a database back-end. I’ve been working in my spare time the last few weeks on some infrastructure for this work, and decided to, as the marketing types say, “eat my own dogfood”.

A new version of iTunes is out.

There’s a lot of buzz today about a potential security issue with Widgets.

Tonight we talk about The Internet Library, otherwise known as archive.org.

The podcast ends with a tune by a South African band which goes by the name of 3speed. The tune is calld “Talk to the Trees”.

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RMG139-What's on Your Mac?

Happy Mothers Dayto all the mothers of the world. My wish is that every mother might be able to raise her children in peace.

My Tiger is enroute and I'm finally going to install a copy on one of my machines. I'm still waiting for the new edition of the Cisco VPN client before I can put Tiger on my production machines.

Tonight I talk a little bit about Ubuntu, a live linux distribution that runs on Macintosh hardware. If you're interested in Linux and want to give it a test drive, a Ubuntu Linux live CD is a good way to do it. Using a live CD, you can boot the machine from the CD, play with Linux all you want, and never touch the data on your hard drive.

Apple has released Bonjour for Windows. This is a zero-configuration plug and play network standard which allows machines on a local network to share services. Bonjour is the network protocol that allows you to share your iTunes library across your local network.

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Todays podcast includes two tunes from Garageband.com. One is from a Massachusetts band called The Bee's Knees and a very beautiful tune from a Los Angelse band called Circe Link. My appologies to the band as I misread "circe" as "circle". It's late folks.

Say "hi' to your mama for me.