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Provider Desk BLOG: June 2003From Blogger "A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically-like a what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly-from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction." Important note: This document is intended to include relevant and interesting links for local support providers (LSPs) at the University of Pennsylvania. Information Systems & Computing (ISC) does not endorse any of these external links. June 26, 2003: Microsoft has released Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000 Professional - CNet has details. A new hard drive every year? ExtremeTech makes the case. jjm3/ss June 24, 2003: Sharky Extreme tests Intel's 3.2 GHz Pentium 4. Dell has announced its latest mobile workstation, the Precision M60. jjm3 June 23, 2003: A big hardware/operating system day. Apple has introduced its next generation desktop, the Power Mac G5 and previewed Mac OS X version 10.3 'Panther'. Intel has debuted its 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 - ZDNet has forward looking details. Microsoft has released 'Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs'. The Washington Post covers the Supreme Court's affirmation of the use of web filters. jjm3/ss June 18, 2003: Deloitte Consulting has developed Bullfighter, an extension to Microsoft Word that flags business jargon. Handspring has (pre) announced their first Palm OS 5-based smartphone - should become generally available in October. jjm3 June 17, 2003: AMD has introduced several new mobile processors - CNet has more information. United Airlines is going to offer e-mail and data access on domestic flights - The New York Times has details (registration required). Microsoft is sueing organizations that have sent large amounts of spam through MSN - Wired has coverage. jjm3 June 16, 2003: Sony has refreshed two of it's high-end NX-series CLIEs. Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X - it's only bug fixes from now on. jjm3/ss June 14, 2003: Apple has released Final Cut Pro 4.0, which requires Mac OS X version 10.2.5 or above. jjm3 June 13, 2003: MacCentral covers Microsoft's cessation of Internet Explorer development for the Mac OS. jjm3 June 12, 2003: The IEEE has finalized the 802.11g wireless standard. jjm3 June 10, 2003: Quark has (finally) announced XPress 6.0, the first native version of XPress for Mac OS X (it also works on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home, and Windows XP Professional). ss June 9, 2003: The supported products evalution teams will make their final reports at the Super User's Group today. jjm3 June 5, 2003: Dell has released it's first pure gaming machine - HardwareCentral has a review of the Dimension XPS. jjm3 June 4, 2003: Palm has purchased Handspring: CNet has the sketchy details. jjm3/ma June 3, 2003: Spam overtook legitimate email for the first time in May, according to ZDNet - the spam filtering supported products team is working hard on solutions. The BBC covers another design award for Apple's Jonathan Ive. jjm3 May 2003 Provider Desk BLOG
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