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Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Panther Finder Tip
The shortcut bar at the left of Finder windows can accomodate applications as well as folders. Put your most commonly used drag & drop applications such as Stuffit Expander there to access them quickly & easily.
OmniWeb 4.5 Final Released
After a long beta period, the final version of OmniWeb 4.5 has been released.
OmniWeb 4.5 incorporates the open source WebCore and JavaScriptCore frameworks from Apple Computer Inc., which brings renewed support for the latest Internet standards like CSS, HTML, XHTML, and JavaScript to the Mac OS X browser. In addition to greater compatibility, OmniWeb 4.5 also contains many enhancements and fixes a number of bugs over previous versions. Improvements have been made to bookmarks, AutoFill, plug-ins, history indexing, and more.
OmniWeb 4.5 can be downloaded from http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/.
How BuyMusic really makes their money
BuyMusic's ads are served by the infamous DoubleClick network. In the past, Buy.com's profit philosophy was to underprice products and make up for the loss in profits by advertising, and it's very likely BuyMusic.com is doing the same thing. The site's privacy policy says that BuyMusic.com itself will not collect IP addresses and other personal information. But that doesn't keep them from doing so in a roundabout way:
"We use a third party to provide digital music download samples for our customers. That service collects your IP address, browser type, ISP, platform, and a date/time stamp."
The excerpt means that "third party" will sell your info (like the songs you've listed to) to many other third parties. In essence, you buy one James Taylor CD, you'll see James Taylor merchandise everywhere you go on the internet.
In addition to this story submitted by Martin Miller, you can find other surprising facts about BuyMusic at www.BoycottBuyMusic.com.