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Submission + - Apple has released a new version of Boot Camp

Submitted by filenavigator
filenavigator writes: Apple has just released a new version of Boot Camp, the software that allows you to run Windows XP on your Intel Based Macintosh. Many people have been complaining about the USB modem, and idle sleep bugs. Not to mention the keyboard support for windows. All of these are to have been fixed in this release. Apple has made this beta release available to the general public

ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road 125

Posted by CowboyNeal from the hardly-knew-ye dept.
fishdan writes "Sportsdot is reporting on the fact that people are apparently not interested in watching baseball (or any other sport) on a cell phone screen. ESPN Mobile is (ahem) pulling the plug after less than one year of service. Current subscribers will get content till the end of the year, and their handset purchase refunded. You have to wonder what other mobile content is going to have to be rethought." "Ahead of its time" might be one take on this as well. It'll be interesting to see when the time is right.
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Submission + - Online Gambling Not Banned Yet!

Submitted by fishdan
fishdan writes: For the moment, the rush to legislate the ban on online gambling has been slowed. Senator John Warner, (R) from Virginia, has refused to allow the banning of online gambling to be tacked on to an upcoming defense bill. Opponents of online gambling were hoping to tack their measure on to a bill that "must pass" but will apprently be forced to delay. Congress recesses in one week, giving only a few days left if this measure is to be passed before the November 7th elections.

Lead PHP Developer Quits 809

Posted by CowboyNeal from the changing-of-the-guard dept.
Jasper Bryant-Greene writes "Jani Taskinen, one of the lead developers of the Zend Engine (the engine that powers PHP), as well as a lead developer for the thread safety system and other core components of the PHP project, has quit in a relatively cryptic message to the php-internals mailing list. Jani has been involved with PHP for about 6 years and his loss will undoubtedly be a big blow for the PHP project."
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Journal Journal: Plug Pulled on Virtual Baseball Game

Journal by fishdan
Sportsdot has the scoop on the Northern League reneging on it's earlier commitment to replace 2 Innings of a real baseball game with 2 innings played on an X-box. The Kansas City T-Bones were going to play first two innings of the July 16th game against the Schaumburg Flyers virtually. Now however Northern League Commisioner Mike Stone has ended the "Fantasy Baseball" dreams of two Xboxers, by reversing hims
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Journal Journal: Caveat Emptor

Journal by fishdan

The Chicago Tribune is running a story about a study that the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania is releasing a today that shows that "sixty-four percent of American adults do not know that it is legal for online stores to charge different people different prices at the same time of day for the same product."

From the article:
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Journal Journal: Making Iraq safe for DVD's

Journal by fishdan
Yahoo is running a story about the handover of sovreignty to the which VERY slyly reveals the true reason for the war in Iraq:

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