Provider Desk BLOG: September 2002

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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.

September 30, 2002: eWeek reviews Apple's Xserve. The New York Times discusses what happens when speed becomes less important to the average computer buyer (registration required). jjm3

September 25, 2002: Microsoft has released security-related updates for the Mac OS versions of Internet Explorer. jjm3

September 24, 2002: Digital Photography Review covers Canon's announcement of the EOS-1Ds, an 11 (!) megapixel digital camera. Dell and Lexmark have agreed to sell printers, first under the Lexmark name and then under the Dell name, and CNet has the story. jjm3

September 22, 2002: the New York Times analyzes Dell's balance sheet (registration required). jjm3

September 20, 2002: 3Com has become the latest vendor to stop supplying Dell, and CNet details the divorce. jjm3

September 19, 2002: the New York Times covers various forms of removable storage (registration required). The Times also discusses web sites that help one choose among cell phones. jjm3

September 18, 2002: Apple has released Mac OS X version 10.2.1 (use Software Update). Symantec has updated Norton AntiVirus for Mac OS X.x to version 8.0.4 (use LiveUpdate). jjm3

September 17, 2002: CNet covers the installation of additional cell phone coverage in large interior sites. PC Magazine reviews the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner. jjm3

September 13, 2002: Network Associates has completed an exchange offer and now owns 96 percent of the shares of McAfee.com; CNet has the details. jjm3

September 12, 2002: Wired examines Pantone's control of color specification and matching. jjm3

September 11, 2002: An ISC warning outlines potential problems with network bridging in Windows XP. More convenience for the student body - the Chronicle of Higher Education details Washington University's online health center. jjm3

September 10, 2002: crazed folks at Carnegie Mellon have tracked down the first use of the :-) emoticon (on September 19, 1982). jjm3

September 9, 2002: Windows XP Service Pack 1 is (finally) out and ISC has a write-up for providers. The Super User Group meeting today includes an introduction to the PennERA project. jjm3

September 6, 2002: The Chronicle of Higher Education covers the University of Nebraska's initial foray into charging for on-line sports content. jjm3

September 5, 2002: David Pogue reviews Photoshop Elements in the New York Times (registration required). jjm3

September 4, 2002: Palm is offering a refund for Palm m130 users who believe they were misled by Palm's advertising of 16-bit color for the device. jjm3

September 3, 2002: Sony has introduced a new mid-price color CLIE, the PEG-SJ30. PC Magazine reviews the IBM ThinkPad X30. More IBM: the Chronicle of Higher Education has a short article on IBM's cross-campus eSuds initiative for web-based monitoring of washers and dryers (I am not making this up). Jerry Pournelle discusses his "spyware crisis" in Byte. jjm3

September 2, 2002: The New York Times discusses the failure of cell phone users in the United States to use their text messaging capability (registration required). jjm3

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