[MyAppleMenu] Oct 26, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Virginia Tech Beefs Up Mac Supercomputer
<http://news.com.com/Virginia+Tech+beefs+up+Mac+supercomputer/2100-1016_3-5426091.html?part=rss&tag=5426091&subj=news.1016.20>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

The fastest Mac supercomputer has gotten faster, thanks to an Xserve makeover.

See Also: System X Faster, But Falls Behind
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,65476,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Virginia Tech's recently rebuilt Mac supercomputer has squeezed out a few more teraflops, but it probably won't be able to keep its top-five world ranking.

Editor's Note: Reader

Editor's Note: Singapore


[News]

*** Apple's iPod Honeymoon Continues
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10930&hed=Apple%92s+iPod+honeymoon+continues>
Red Herring

Analysts say that Apple's iPod could do more than just boost the company's bottom line.

*** OS X Springs A Security Leak
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/index.php?p=676>
David Berlind, ZDNet

After more than a decade of Macintosh users telling Windows users to eat crow -- or actually to "Get a Mac" -- in response to their security woes, an alarming piece of malicious code has turned up that's designed to exploit OS X in ways that are normally used to attack Windows.

[Wintel]

*** Home PCs Plauged With Problems
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65466,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Associated Press

Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.

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[News]

*** Buzzing The Web On A Meme Machine
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/arts/26meme.html?ex=1256529600&#38;en=f7984c657b13f0e3&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
Sarah Boxer, New York Times

The Web is obsessed with anything that spreads, whether it's a virus, a blog or a rumor. And so the Internet loves memes.

*** Microsoft Reworks Antispam Spec To Silence Critics
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5426045.html>
Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com

Microsoft has revised its antispam specification Sender ID following the spec's near-death in the technical community.

*** Tiny Ideas Coming Of Age
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/weekinreview/24fede.html?oref=login&ex=1256443200&>
Barnaby J. Feder, New York Times

The nanotechnology surge is confronting the patent office with a familiar problem -- assessing claims of innovation that do not match up neatly with the way patent examiners are trained to categorize them -- but on a whole new scale.

*** User Education Is Not The Answer To Security Problems
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20041025.html>
Jakob Nielsen, Useit.com

Internet scams cannot be thwarted by placing the burden on users to defend themselves at all times. Beleaguered users need protection, and the technology must change to provide this.

[Linux]

*** Linux Kernel Flaw Allows DoS Attack
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39171340,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

A bug in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel allows remote users to crash systems running SuSE's latest enterprise and consumer software.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Game Theory For Swingers
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2108640/fr/rss/>
Jordan Ellenberg, Slate

What states should the candidates visit before Election Day?

[Life]

*** After A 28-Year Hiatus, Miss (Er, Ms.) Subways Is Back
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/nyregion/26subway.html?oref=login&ex=1256443200&>
Anthony Ramirez, New York Times

Yesterday, a new Miss Subways was crowned, just in time for the 100th anniversary of the subway system.