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SAN FRANCISCO: In a move which surprised the techno-illiterate,
District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz rejected the proposed
settlement drafted by Microsoft to end the private antitrust suits
against the company. Motz said the thinly veiled market share grab
was "Lame-o," and emphasized the point by holding this thumb and
forefinger on his forehead in the shape of an L.
"But we always win," whined Microsoft's lead attorney, when
informed of the decision. "It isn't faaaaair."
Oscar, our potbellied pig, has some unusual lumps on his shoulders
this morning and has been practicing taking flying leaps off of our
coffee table. And my sources from Way Way Down Under report that the
temperature has cooled by a refreshing 10 degrees.
Why, do you ask, has Oscar been taken to this projectilian
behavior? Because, for a brief moment, it appears that in the great
saga of the Microsoft Antitrust Trials, common sense has
prevailed.
Now the case isn't settled yet, so Oscar still needs to finish his
aviation lessons, and nobody's yet drinking Mint Juleps in the
company of those who have been Permanently Retired Below, shall we
say. But we're hopeful.
It may be that Microsoft might actually be punished for being a
monopoly.
Who woulda thunkit?
Apple Debuts 4 New Products, Puts David Coursey into a Snit
First, at Macworld last week, Apple debuted a number of new
products, which I'll try to describe for you. There was the new iMac,
which has been variously described as a Desk Lamp, a logo for Pixar,
"lump-stick-rectangle," and "My Aunt Louisa, the one with the wide
butt and square head."
Also announced but overlooked in the brouhaha over the new design
(which we like, by the way;
<SUBLIMINAL>Send us a new iMac. Send
us a new iMac. Send us a new iMac.</SUBLIMINAL>) was
the introduction of the new Power Mac replacement, code-named
"Kepler."
Seen by only a half-dozen attendees who hung around after a break
in the keynote (which many apparently misinterpreted as the end),
"Kepler" consists of each of the perfect geometric solids nested
within each other and linked together with an ingenious system of
hinges and joints to create an effect reminiscent of the giant
useless spinning ball Jody Foster fell into in Contact.
According to Jonathan Ive, he presented each geometric solid to
Steve Jobs in turn, and when he ran out (after seven attempts), Jobs
reportedly said, "What the heck, just use all of them." The new
design uses the new G5 processor, which reportedly runs "hot as
Hades," according to Ive.
"That's why all the geometric solids are spinning in my design,"
he said. "The motion cools off the processor at the center. "
As to the other products introduced, Apple also introduced
iPhoto But You Don't, a photo-editing application that works
with every known camera in the universe but yours, and they did a
110% enlargement of their pictures of the iBook to trick everyone
into thinking they had released one with a 14.1" screen.
Oh yeah, David Coursey's in a snit about something, but for the
life of me I can't bring myself to care enough to comment on it.
Something to do with sitting on the dock at San Francisco Bay,
wasting time.
Consumer Electronics Show
Finally in tech news: There was some sort of electronics show in
Las Vegas. I never made it past the slots in the airport to find out
more.
iPods that never passed beta or focus groups, 09.13.
"What most Apple fans don't realize is that there were a few iPod variants that never made it out of beta testing and the focus group stage."
Mac of the Day: Power Mac 8200, Apr. 1996 - The minitower version of 7200 was never sold in America.
List of the Day: G4 List is for those using Power Mac G4s or G4 upgrades.
October 7 in LEM history: 98: Love that PowerBook G3 - 99: Troubleshooting 101 - Love at first sight - 02: Hot rodding a Power Mac for OS X - Beefing up Windows networking - 05: Choose FireWire 800 over USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 - Faster Mac minis shipping - Speedy 100 GB 7200 rpm notebook drives
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