...from: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=579

Apple to release Xcode 1.5 this week

By AppleInsider Staff Published: 10:00 AM EST

Apple Computer yesterday announced to its Apple Developer Connection (ADC) members that it has completed the development of Xcode 1.5, the latest version of its integrated development environment for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.

According to a set of developer notes accompanying the release, Xcode 1.5 includes remote debugging, code completion for Java and AppleScript, subversion source-code control system support and native build system support for AppleScript.

Additionally, sources said the release will pack an enhanced debugger with a memory browser, globals browser, and ability to display file static variables, faster editor performance, Ant templates , documentation bookmarks, and overall speed improvements.

This latest build, 7K571, contains Xcode IDE 389, Xcode Core 387, and Tool Support 372.

Earlier reports indicate that Xcode 1.5 will also include updates to the user interface, code sense, inspectors, building, source code management and file editing.

In 2005, Apple will release Xcode 2.0 as part of its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger distribution. This second major release of groundbreaking development tools is said to include a visual modeling interface, remote debugging, an integrated Apple Reference Library, 64-bit support, and improvements for Java developers.

Apple has reportedly informed developers that an official release of Xcode 1.5 is expected on Thursday, at which time it will available to both paying and free ADC account holders.

The software is currently being seeded as a full update, distributed in multiple image segments.

=============================== ...from press release at: http://www.codeweavers.com/site/about/general/press/?id=20040803; cw=f16bec3c4f991bff9184ef9e0de0b8c3

CodeWeavers Adds Support For Apple iTunes In New CrossOver OfficeTM 3.1 Preview Most Requested CrossOver Office Enhancement Now Available for Limited Evaluation; Application Allows Dozens of Windows Programs to Run Natively in Linux

MOSCONE CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO / BOOTH 1661 - (August 3, 2004) - CodeWeavers, Inc., the leading Windows-to-Linux software developer, today announced the release of an evaluation preview of CrossOver Office 3.1, the latest upgrade to the world's leading and most reliable Windows-to-Linux application solution. The pre-beta preview, announced at LinuxWorld 2004 Conference and Expo in San Francisco and available to existing CrossOver Office users only, includes new support for iTunes®, Apple's exciting digital jukebox and download store program.

Since its initial release in 2002, CrossOver Office has significantly impacted the growth and practicality of the Linux operating system among desktop computer users. CrossOver Office enables many leading Windows applications including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Visio; Intuit Quicken; Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash; and Apple QuickTime to operate natively under Linux with no secondary emulator needed.

With iTunes support, CrossOver Office users will be able to download and organize songs from the iTunes Music Store. Soon they will also be able to plug their iPod into their Linux PC for music transfers and other jukebox-related tasks.

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=========================== ...from: http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-08-02.html

MOZILLA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES SECURITY BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM

Program harnesses power of the open source community to identify security vulnerabilities before they are exploited

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - August 2, 2004 - The Mozilla Foundation today announced the Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program, an initiative that rewards users who identify and report security vulnerabilities in the open source project's software. Under the new program, users reporting critical security bugs - as judged by the Mozilla Foundation staff - will collect a $500 cash prize. The new initiative was launched with funding from leading Linux software developer Linspire, Inc., and renowned Internet entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. [...]

========================== Apple has supplied an RSS feed for iTunes releases and most popular songs. It can be found at: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wo/2.1

Go to the page, select the music genre of your choice, and the page will generate a URL suitable for inclusion in your RSS reader. Just copy and paste it as a new RSS feed site.

(and for those of you who are not yet using RSS: - RDF

Resource Description Framework. A language derived from XML which describes metadata. Commonly used as a backend format for articles and other publications. For more detailed information on RDF files, you might want to go directly to the official page on RDF files at the World Wide Web Consortium. RSS

The RDF Site Summary is actually an extension to the RDF language. Quoting the official RSS v1.0 specification:

‘RDF Site Summary (RSS) is a lightweight multipurpose extensible metadata description and syndication format. RSS is an XML application, conforms to the W3C's RDF specification and is extensible via XML-namespace and/or RDF based modularization.’

... or to put it another way:

RSS allows its users to quickly and easily browse the latest news headlines from hundreds of different websites using a friendly and familiar interface. If you have the right RSS application it may have built-in support for synchronizing headlines and news stories with Palm OS PDAs and Apple iPods menaing that you can take your news with you.

More info at: - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html - http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/2.html

... which, simply, means that "news" source headlines (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, iTunes ::-) can all quickly be scanned with one simple application: an RSS Reader.

Since you ask, there are various RSS Reader applications (and news feed sites) available. One simple, freeware RSS app (NewsMac for OSX 10.2 and above) can be found at:

http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/newsmac/