Hi Everyone:
I apologize if I offend any of you with this mild bit of spam.
I just received notice that Apple has a new limited time offer on bulk
purchases (e.g. 10 or more) of (2) different models of the new iBooks,
and (5) different models of the new PowerBooks.
Now, it is highly probable that no one on this list needs ten iBooks or
PowerBooks. That said, I am willing to start a list of interested
people, if we hit the minimum number (10), then we can start the
ordering process.
The promotion will save you $125.00 over the regular educational price
for either an iBook or PowerBook with and Apple Care warranty; custom
configurations are allowed.
The window of this opportunity is April 29 to June 26th of this year.
Re-cap:
-Minimum collective order must be (10);
-Systems (iBook/PowerBook) can be custom configured;
-Systems must be purchased with an Apple Care warranty;
-You'll save $125.00 on each system.
-This offer is not restricted to staff, students qualify as do
university institutional purchases.
Thanks for your time. If you have any questions or comments, please
contact me.
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Apple Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196
204-474-7556
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
..from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32480-2004Apr21?language=printer
Who Should Keep Out The Hackers?
By Jonathan Krim
Thursday, April 22, 2004; Page E01
The calm of a few months without a major attack of a computer worm, virus or
other form of cyber-harassment was rattled hard this week.
So dangerous are the latest vulnerabilities that the Department of Homeland
Security took the rare step of briefing the media yesterday, warning that quick
action by users and network operators was crucial to avoiding serious Internet
disruption.
This time the problem is with routers, the appliances that push traffic around
the Internet. Routers made by Cisco Systems Inc., which has a major share of
the market, have two separate security holes that could allow easy access for
hackers to do their worst.
It's another reminder that security threats are not likely to go away anytime
soon and of the fragility of a world whose technology is so intertwined that a
breach in one place can be exploited to bring down thousands or millions of
systems around the world.
All of which makes recent recommendations in a report by an industry task force
unusual and worthy of close attention. In effect, the group is saying: Tech
providers, heal thyselves and make safer products.
That's a significant change for a technology industry that has spent
considerable public-relations resources talking mostly about the need for
better educating users and going after the bad guys.
But the report, issued Monday, pulls few punches.
"The lack of 'out-of-the-box' security in many products is staggering," the
authors state. By not having software that is set to be secure from the
start, "vendors are placing the entire burden of securing products on their
users."
[...]
For many security experts and an increasingly concerned Congress, the question
is, "What happens now"?
The celebrated public-private partnership was created expressly with the hope
of avoiding the need for regulation. As a result, none of the task forces
recommended government intervention. But there is no single entity responsible
for driving adoption of the numerous ideas.
The Department of Homeland Security officials say they are not responsible for
riding herd on industry. The technology trade associations leading the
corporate side want the agency to use its bully pulpit to improve education but
have been careful not to urge federal action directed at their own industries.
In the meantime, worms and viruses are becoming so commonplace that they are
losing their luster as news stories.
But they continue to cost companies and ordinary consumers millions of dollars
a year.
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..from:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5198152.html
Who shot SCO?
By Rupert Goodwins
ZDNet (UK)
April 23, 2004, 5:55 AM PT
COMMENTARY--There's been nothing like it since Dallas hit our screens quarter
of a century ago. Colorful characters, plot twists and suspense? Check. Good
versus evil, powerful men versus noble innocents, billions of dollars in the
balance? Yep.
We even have judges, guns and mysterious briefcases: as pure drama, l'affaire
SCO cannot be faulted. Yet there may be a bigger surprise at the end than
anyone guessed.
Whoever's writing the script threw in a doozie last week: Daddy wants his money
back--or does he? Baystar, the group of capitalists that on Microsoft's tip-off
gave SCO $20 million to establish control over Linux, publicly said that it
wanted out (see below for more details). And then it shut up.
That statement alone was a crippling blow to SCO, whose share price promptly
shed nearly half its value. If one of the two major backers for the expedition
thinks the game is up, why would judges, juries, investors and customers think
any different? SCO's reaction was typically loud, self-pitying and blisteringly
ironic--Baystar hasn't told us what the problem is exactly, it said. And if we
don't know the details, how can we respond? For a company that has consistently
fought to avoid revealing any substantive details of its own legal claims, this
is rich stuff indeed.
[...]
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..from:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5197398.html?tag=nl
BayStar: SCO needs new management
By Stephen Shankland
CNET News.com
April 21, 2004, 9:00 PM PT
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After nearly a week of silence, BayStar Capital said Wednesday its move to
retrieve a $20 million investment in SCO Group is part of an effort to induce
major changes at the Linux litigator--including new senior management and a
withdrawal from the Unix product business.
BayStar, whose funding in October was paired with another $30 million from the
Royal Bank of Canada, said it hasn't been happy with SCO's response to requests
it has made in recent months. BayStar has invested in about 400 companies over
the years, but only with SCO has it resorted to a request to have its shares
redeemed.
SCO contends that the increasingly popular Linux operating system infringes its
Unix intellectual property, an argument that is central to its lawsuits against
IBM and AutoZone and that is supported by BayStar. But to make SCO's case
stick, the company needs to change its management, focus on its legal case and
communicate in a more "sensible, businesslike fashion," BayStar spokesman Bob
McGrath said.
"We think they need to strengthen the senior team to get people with experience
and background in the legal issues," McGrath said. If SCO addresses BayStar's
concerns, McGrath added, the investor is open to reversing its redemption
request.
[...]
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Does anyone have a 5.25" Magneto Optical (MO) drive that still works? I
have a colleague that needs to get some data off an MO old disk.
Thanks,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Apple Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196
204-474-7556
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
This may get rather technically detailed and don't be suprised if there are
some "product placements" done during the presentation but, FYI, ZiffDavis
Publishing is doing a free (ya gotta register with an email address ::-(,
online, presentation (probably WinTel based, but who knows):
Intrusion Prevention Solutions: The Next Wave in Security
Apr 28, 2004 @ 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
http://eletters.webseminarslive.com/zd1/cts?d=70-141-1-1-43597-2470-1
Bugs. Worms. Viruses. Holes. Hardly a day seems to go by without some
kind of new security bulletin and patch, and IT managers are becoming
hard-pressed to deal with the onslaught. Join this eSeminar for an in
depth discussion with eWEEK Labs editors and technology experts to learn
about IPSes (intrusion prevention systems), which are often built from
the same technology base as IDSes (intrusion detection systems) but
differ radically from their forebears.
Sponsored by McAfee Security
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Hello:
For those of you using Final Cut Pro 4.0, for the moment you can
download "Final Cut Pro HD 4.5" for free from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/ca/finalcutpro/download/
Act quickly ... before they get the bright idea to charge for it.
Cheers,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Apple Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196
204-474-7556
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
Hi Everyone:
Did you know that you can access your 'cc' account from the Macintosh
OS X Desktop? Why would you want to?
ACN provides you with 100MB of regularly backed-up storage on their
servers. While many of you probably only use 'cc' for your email, you
can also use it for storing and/or moving your files between networked
computers.
Some of the users on this list may have discovered the "Connect to
Server" option in the "Go" menu in the Finder (Command Key - K). You
may have even tried typing in the following:
afp://cc.umanitoba.ca/
.. only to get a connection error.
Well there is a little know fact that only one of the many servers
which respond to the request:
afp://cc.umanitoba.ca/
.. actually has the necessary software to allow you to gain access to
your 'cc' account from the 'Desktop' of your Mac.
The trick is to ask for the specific server which as the necessary
software. Try this string of text in the 'Connect to Server' window:
afp://rigel.cc.umanitoba.ca
'rigel' has the necessary software to allow an 'afp' (Apple
File-sharing Protocol) connection. In the authentication windows which
opens, type in your 'cc' account name and password (the same as your
email account), and your 'cc' account will show up as a drive on your
Desktop (In the authentication window you might want to click on the
"Options" button and example some of the features available to you).
Now you can drag-and-drop files to and from your 'cc' account as if it
were a hard drive connect directly to your computer. You can move files
between any computer which has a high-speed Internet connection, or
which is directly connected to the UofM's computer network. This
includes MS-Windows computers. However, I don't do windows (small
joke), so you might want to speak with your local computer support
person about windows file sharing and 'cc' accounts.
Wayne, perhaps you could describe how an MS-Windows user would connect
to their 'cc' account for the purposes of file transferring?
It should be noted, that while you can connect using this method via a
dial-up connection. I would only recommend people with high-speed, or
the slower "light-speed" connections use this service.
I hope that you will all find this a useful service, provided by the
people in ACN.
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Apple Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196
204-474-7556
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
