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Odds and Ends: Steve Jobs thinks DRM should be abolished; Knowledge Base updates

Steve Jobs thinks DRM should be abolished In an opinion piece posted directly to Apple's Web site, Apple CEO Steve Jobs looks at the current state of affairs with regard to digital rights management. He offers an overview of the current top-to-bottom, proprietary DRM schemes used by Apple and other companies, then peers forward into some potential scenarios for future online music sales.

The idea he seems to endorse most emphatically is complete obliviation of DRM as we know it:

"The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music … Read more

Odds and Ends: Knowledge Base updates

#304308 MacBook: Shuts down intermittently #302268 Syncing contacts and calendars to iPod with iTunes for Windows #61695 Using Audible spoken word files with iPod #304045 iWeb: Menu items are unavailable after Archive Install

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#305040 AirPort Extreme (802.11n): USB storage volume does not appear in Airport Disk Utility or appears with an unexpected name #305038 AirPort Extreme (802.11n): USB storage device supported formats and protocols #305029 AirPort Extreme (802.11n): TSN/WPA Windows clients may have connectivity issues #305006 AirPort Extreme (802.11n): May incorrectly appear to be powered by a connected USB device #93234 Compressor: Unable to connect to background process #304570 Final Cut Pro: Canceling render may take longer when rendering media with processor-intensive effects #60950 iPod missing in iTunes and Mac desktop

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Odds and Ends: FUSE comes to Mac OS X; Knowledge Base updates

FUSE comes to Mac OS X Taking advantage of his company's policy that encourages employees to spend 20% of their time working on personal projects, Google employee Amit Singh has developed and released MacFUSE, a Mac OS X version of the popular FUSE (File System in User Space) mechanism, which was created for Linux and subsequently ported to FreeBSD.

"FUSE makes it possible to implement a very functional file system in a normal program rather than requiring a complex addition to the operating system. More importantly, the FUSE API is very easy to program for. The large number … Read more

Odds and Ends: OmniWeb vulnerability reported; Knowledge base updates

OmniWeb vulnerability reported The latest in a series of purported vulnerabilities in the "Month of Apple Bugs" campaign -- which has actually turned into a indictment of largely negligible third-party software flaws -- implicates the modestly popular OmniWeb browser.

The project's vulnerability description states "OmniWeb is affected by a format string vulnerability in the handling of Javascript alert() function, which could allow remote arbitrary code execution."

Knowledge Base updates

#301476 Resending iTunes Gifts #304971 Apple Product Tutorials #61603 Macintosh: FireWire Issue With Some Canon Mini-DV Cameras #304210 Vintage and obsolete products #304957 Using JBoss application … Read more

Odds and Ends: Knowledge Base updates

#304899 iChat: About the iChat Update 1.0 #303887 iTunes Music Store: Error (-50) when downloading purchased videos #61771 iPod displays a sad iPod icon #303550 iDVD 6: No audio on finished DVD #301005 Logic 7: Changes to preference location, file name, and troubleshooting practices #107998 Printing to an AirPort Extreme Base Station from Windows XP #304940 Mac OS X 10.4: Burn folders containing items on an NTFS volumes may not burn #304915 Mac OS X 10.4: Getting help using input methods #304910 Mac Pro: Graphic card video compatibility with Apple DVI-to-video adapter #304339 iTunes: Album art does … Read more

Odds and Ends: Knowledge Base updates

#304218 Mac OS X: Exposé puts all open windows in one row #301590 Mac OS X Server: Admin tools compatibility information #106214 Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck #106176 Mac OS X: About This Mac "build" information #301740 Xsan: Configuring for optimal performance #107952 Saving a packet trace in Mac OS X

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#304896 Xserve (Late 2006): Configuring Lights-Out Management (LOM) #304897 Xserve (Late 2006): How to configure Server Monitor to access Xserve (Late 2006)

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#61135 Safely disconnect iPod #107297 How to get files from a previous home directory after Archive and Install (Mac OS X) #304393 Intel-based Mac may become unresponsive in target disk mode #300618 iPod shuffle: How to find the serial number #60978 iPod: How to find the serial number #301920 Mac OS X 10.4: Stay away from the SyncServices folder #301302 Mac OS X: May not sleep when using some Bluetooth mice #304887 Xserve (Late 2006): Power consumption and thermal output (BTU) information #304092 Intel-based Macs: Built-in display dims before sleep #301637 Mac OS X 10.4: Address Book unexpectedly … Read more