Leopard 10.5.3 Update Now Testing

A third maintenance and security updated dubbed 10.5.3 Build 9D10 has been released and will address reported bugs with AddressBook, AppleScript, Audio, Back To My Mac, Dashboard, the Dock, DVD Player, Finder, Graphics, iCal, Mail, Portable Home Directories, Printing, Rosetta, Spaces, Spotlight, Time Machine and VoiceOver. There are 75 other corrections to OS X code, two for critical memory leaks. Expected release of this upgrade is April.

Heads Up! Jennifer Aniston Uses A MacBook Pro

Head of Mac Public Relations To Palm
Lynn Fox, Apple's "head of Mac PR", has slipped away from Apple to Palm and it has all been very hush hush. Probably because the iPhone is trouncing Palm's Treo.

Hon Hai To Make 3G iPhone
The Down Jones is reporting Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry is in talks with Apple to make the next generation iPhone aka the 3G iPhone. Apple expects to ship 10 million iPhones by the end of this year.

Two Bad Apples Steal 332 iPhones
Two of Apple's employees, who work at the Rockingham Park Mall in Massachusetts, stole more than $132,468 dollars worth of iPhones and resold them on the black market. Both men were arrested in their homes yesterday.

Mac Pro EFI Firmware Updated To v1.3
Late last night I received notice of update availability of firmware for the Mac Pro. There wasn't much information other then it fixed several stability issues and updated the BootROM version to MP31.006C.B05. The Update should be in full release today.

Pelosi Working Against Women For Obama

A group of very prominent Democrats have written a letter to Pelosi seeking a retraction of her comments on superdelegates and to stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race. This comes about because Pelosi recently said superdelegates should support whoever emerges from the nomination on tests with the most pledged delegates - a clear indication that she is supporting Obama over Clinton.

Pelosi's words effectively hurt all women who seek to achieve equality but since her climb to the top of her position she appears to have no desire to help other women. The prominent Democrats asking her to clam up including the founder of Black Entertainment Television (not all African Americans support Obama), Bernard Schwartz and Steven Rattner.

The letter was quickly rejected by Obama spokesman Bill Burton but no one is surprised. Clinton contends superdelegates should exercise independent judgment about who would be the best for the party and the country - another clear rejection by the Obama camp because that would mean Obama would not be the Democrat's nominee.

Women Democrats should dump Pelosi. They should, without hesitation, throw her out of office as quickly as possible and cease any and all financial and political support of her career in Congress.

Wright Has Hurt Obama's Credibility
A recent poll conducted by NBC-WSJ reports 26 percent of those polled feel Obama has not addressed the Wright controversy properly resulting in more negativity for the inexperienced Senator. More importantly more then half of all those polled (55%) said they were "disturbed" by the videos of Reverend Wright that were broadcast on TV and the internet. You can bet those same clips will appear relentlessly in upcoming political ads should Obama be the Democrat's nominee. We'll see the Reverend rant against white people and his hatred for America again and again and again. And this guy has been and remains Hussein's pastor for the last 20 years. If that isn't enough to scare you away from throwing your vote his way then nothing will.

Hussein Obama's Ratings Have Not Improved
The NBC/WSJ poll also notes that Obama's overall ratings have not improved and that Hillary continues to ride a wave of American support. Among those who are supporting Clinton their view of Obama isn't that high and Clinton would probably have an easier time of uniting the party then Obama.

40% of Clinton Voters Will Vote McCain If....

A new poll is revealed today from a very respected organization that reports nearly 40% of current Clinton voters will switch their vote over to McCain if Clinton is not nominated as the Democratic Presidential nominee. OTOH, only 9% of Obama voters will switch to McCain and that means the chances are pretty high for another Republican win because the media seems determined to force Obama on the Democratic voter.

Chelsea Slaps Back
Chelsea Clinton slapped back yesterday when asked by an obvious right-wing audience member on whether her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. "I do not think that is any of your business," Clinton said. And it isn't, of course. Hillary's credibility was never in question during that drawn out GOP instigated investigation although the Obama and GOP are hoping it will become an issue. The American people see right through the attempt tho' just as Chelsea does and will agree that it is ridiculous.

A Gore-Clinton Ticket?
There are lots of hints and much speculation that Al Gore will become a member of the Presidential team brokered at the upcoming Democratic convention. Will he run beside Hillary or Obama as Vice President again or as President? "He won't accept a Vice Presidential position with Obama and that's clear." Would Hillary accept the Vice Presidential position? Her supporters say it is not out of the realm of possibilities. "As Vice President it would clear the way for Hillary to move into the Presidential position in 2012."

She's Right, You Know...
Hillary Clinton said she would have long ago distanced herself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright if she had attended his church. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." She's right, you know.

Huffpost Buries Clinton Admission
At the very bottom of their front page, the Huffington Post, a huge Obama supporter, runs a very small story on Hillary's admission that she made a mistake regarding her memories of her trip to Bosnia with Chelsea during the Clinton Administration. "So I made a mistake. It only proves that I am human." Wait ... Huffington Post's top article screams "Why wasn't the truth good enough for Hillary?"

Ariana Huffington was a strong Republican supporter. She went independent and threw her support to Hussein Obama. As a woman voting against another woman, Ariana isn't helping anyone but herself. How sad for her.

More Boobs For Obama!

She's back - Obama girl has a new video whining over the fact that more and more Democrats are retreating from the fold and jumping on the McCain bandwagon. All the while she flashes, jiggles, shakes and bounces more of her boobs. And she's got quite a following - today there are more Boobs supporting Obama then ever before. Go Boobs!

Oprah's Dead Dog Buys Penthouse
Have you read about this yet? Oprah's best gal pal, Gayle, recently purchased a $7.1 million New York penthouse. When asked where all the money came from to buy such a palace, Miss Gayle went mum. Page Six reveals that the penthouse was "purchased in the name of Oprah's recently departed pooch, Sophie. According to deed records recently released, a company called Sophie's Penthouse LLC bought a $7.1 million full-floor sky palace atop the 36-floor building at 207 E. 57th St."

New York's New Governor Is A Card
Boy, this guy is really "out there". Coming into office on the back of Govenor Spitzer's recent departure, the new Governor couldn't wait for more then a NY minute to tell the world both he and his wife have had various love affairs with other people. Today he opens up and admits to using cocaine and marijuana as a younger man. As a "younger man"? My dollar is on the table that the guy is still smokin' and tootin' today...

Hussein! Keep Your Clothes On!
A recent shirtless photo of the mocha chocolate man aka Barack Hussein Obama has been snapped while on a three-day hiatus to - where else but the Caribbean where mocha chocolate is plentiful! Not a pretty picture at all. Dear God Hussein - cover up!

Whoopi Says America Is Racist
Yesterday, on "The View", the old gal Whoopi Goldberg spouted off at the young and luscious blond Elizabeth whining that "This country is racist!" That can't be true, of course. This IS America - land of the free!

Richardson The Hypocrite

Months ago Governor Richardson of New Mexico was telling the world that super-delegates should vote the way his state or district goes, but, after a little behind the curtain palm greasing by St. Obama, hypocrite Richardson now believes super-delegates should vote their conscience. St. Obama said he didn't want that - unless it was to his benefit, of course. Richard and Obama are nothing but hypocrites.

Other hypocrites include Ted Kennedy and John Kerry - of whom their own states voted for Clinton - yet these two hypocrites have come out to defy their state residents and endorse Barack Hussein Obama. How slimy can you get?

Why Democrats Will Vote For McCain

There's a new survey over at CNSNEWS.COM reproting on the anger and disgust of the Democratic voter and how a large percentage will bolt the party if Barack Hussein Obama is the Democratic nominee.

It's the racism problem he has brought to this campaign that angers so many Democrats. When he needs a surge in the polls one of his campaign officials will leak a story or make a statement that the Clinton camp has made a bigoted remark or statement. They haven't, of course, but the Barack Hussein Obama camp twists it in such a way as to cast a negative cloud over anyone who speaks of Hussein's heritage, his Muslim-associated middle name, his wearing of native African garb, his 20-year association with the racist man he calls his pastor, or his impassioned and highly inaccurate speech on race. If you refuse to support Hussein then you are quickly labeled a racist yourself. And that's how the new game of racism works. You either support him and his demands or be labeled a racist.

So what will those Democrats who despise his type of campaigning do if he results in obtaining the Democratic nomination? Many say they will leave the party and re-register as an Independent. Even more will re-register with the Republican party and vote for McCain to ensure their vote is heard and loudly with the election of another Republican to office. "It's the only way the Democratic party will learn and it will slap them upside the head very quickly," says one angry Democrat. "If I give my vote to McCain it sends a clear signal to the Democratic far left that the majority of Democrats are not going to tolerate the election of another unqualified candidate - no matter what race, color or religion he or she is!"

Barack Hussein Obama And Racism

Hussein's back at it again, smearing a former President through a surrogate, this time it is retired Air Force General Merrill "Tony" McPeak. Barack Hussein Obama's campaign officials have purposely taken a recent statement made by former President Bill Clinton and twisted it in an attempt to harm Hillary Clinton. This type of unethical political campaigning has become par for the courage with Barack Hussein Obama. How sad for this country.

Barack Hussein Obama is a walking race card. With virtually no political record or significant history of public service to speak of, a "change" in skin color is basically all he's got to offer. Other than being Black, his policies and programs are no different than those of loser John Edwards.

Barack Hussein Obama's admitted drug use (in his own memoirs) should be a major concern to the American people and to ignore that or to claim it is inconsequential is ridiculous.

Barack Hussein Obama didn't vote against the Iraq war, in fact, he abstained hoping he could claim "I didn't vote for the war..."

Then there is his best friendship with Rezko where Barack Hussein Obama entered into a sleazy real estate deal with his close friend and good buddy resulting in indictment charges against Rezko and the purchase of a million-dollar house for $300,000 under market value.

Barack Hussein Obama has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million. Last year, at the request of a hired representative for an Australian-owned chemical corporation Nufarm, Obama introduced nine separate bills exempting the company from import fees on a range of chemical ingredients it uses in the manufacture of pesticides and herbicides. Nufarm's U.S. subsidiary is based in Illinois.

The Barack Hussein Obama website openly supports The Black Panther Party. How racist is that?

And then there's the 20-year relationship with the racist Reverend Wright who's published video excerpts of sermons are full of racism and bigotry against the "white man". Barack Hussein Obama claims he was unaware or never in attendance at one of the Reverend's racist sermons and allowed the Reverend Wright to marry him as well as baptize his children. When asked if he would disavow and leave the racist church run by the Reverend, Barack Hussein Obama said no, that he continues to support his church and the Reverend Wright. If Hussein was a white male candidate who's pastor advocated racism and supported the KKK by running a KKK logo on his website, he would be run out of the Democratic party post haste.

Any woman who votes for Barack Hussein Obama is voting to degrade their own daughter, to ensure their own daughters never achieve equal rights or break the corporate ceiling of America.

Barack Hussein Obama is the worst type of racist we could have loose in America.

A recent poll published by CNSNews.com reveals that hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters will bolt from the Democratic party and vote for the Republican candidate, Senator John McCain, rather then vote for Barack Hussein Obama. And when we find another Republican in the White House it will be the Democratic Party's own fault for promoting, supporting and possibly nominating a racist like Barack Hussein Obama.

Sunday Sermon

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Sunday Sermon
One of the biggest myths associated with the newsgroups is that they belong to one individual. Not so. The newsgroups are open to the public and no one individual can control or take charge of a group, no matter how ego maniacal they are. You've seen and read these maniacs. They hover about almost every newsgroup and play their game of bully control. It is egomania at its worst.

If you don't like an individual or a posting you have the right to ignore it or filter it from your news reading pleasure. The biggest difficulty maniacs have is the inability to refrain their index finger from clicking on a post. They are obsessed and in all seriousness, should seek help. For if they do it in this forum, you can be assured the same behavior is prevalent in their own personal lives.

How To Install Perian On Your AppleTV
Step by step instructions are provided by the iClarified web site on upgrading your Apple TV Take 2 to view a slew of video formats through Apple TV. If you've an interest go here: http://tinyurl.com/yofbkg

The Beatles Coming To iTunes
Paul McCartney has confirmed yesterday (Saturday) that a $400 million deal with Apple to offer the Beatles back catalog. All four Beatles (or their families) will receive a portion of the $400 million payment as well as Michael Jackson, EMI and Sony, each of whom own certain recording and publishing rights.

Want to See The Apple March 6 SDK Event?
Go here: http://tinyurl.com/

What's The Latest On The iPhone?
- BBC iPlayers launched for iPhone
- 15 new games from Gameloft to be released
- SDK event iPhone download at Apple
- Sun announced development of Java for iPhone
- Apple will not limit VOIP on iPhone over WiFi
- iPhones apps in the works: Comic Life, NetNewsWire, Twitterific, Diner Dash and MacGourmet

Friday Futures

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OS/2 Community Rides The Dumps
The handful of interlopers, almost exclusively non-OS/2 users, residing in the OS/2 newsgroups have done their best to degrade the community itself putting the whole into the deepest dumps of desperation and depression. It all began with the "never come to fruition" product called eComStation. The game was to con the OS/2 user into believing that by investing in one man's folly he called eComstation that OS/2 could be revived and lifted from the OS/2 coffin. And like the nincompoops they are, they believed, followed, dropped to knees and sang the praise of the folly man.

Today their money has been depleted, their hardware has fallen years behind the norm and their 1990's operating system has left them looking stupid, foolish and sad. They were warned on many occasions, often repeatedly that they were being lied to, but the Linux and Microsoft users who masqueraded as OS/2 users urged them to ignore the messengers. "Don't believe them - put 'FUD' in the subject line and filter out the truth!" And the stupid and foolish did just that. Today they pay the heavy price of being the most ridiculous of fools.

PGP To Offer Whole Disk OS X Encryption
PGP Chef Tech Officer has revealed that PGP will release a version of its whole disk encryption software for OS X in the near future. This will be a boon for OS X users, especially laptop users who are more likely to lose or have their machines stolen. The new PGP product will encrypt the entire boot disk. OS X already features FileVault, but that focuses on encrypting the user's home directory. With PGP whole disk encryption every OS X user can be assured their data and vital information is kept safe even if stolen or lost.

More Confirmation of a 3G iPhone
Broadcom has sent a manufacturer's sample of their new "3G Phone On a Chip" to various manufacturers, inclduing Apple. The chipset offers:

* a 3G baseband transceiver supporting download speeds of up to 7.2 megabits per second
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* an FM radio receiver
* an FM radio transmitter (for car stereo playback)
* multimedia support for a 5 megapixal camera
* 30 frames per second video with “TV out”
* support for EDGE, HSUPA, HSDPA, and WCDMA

It is rumored that Apple will offer a 3G iPhone by mid-summer (June or July) and this 3G chip is the most likely missing piece of the puzzle.

Thursday Trumpet

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OS/2 Community Shoots Self Again
Once more the sickest handful of wingnuts who dawdle in the OS/2 newsgroups have fired another shot into the dead body of OS/2. Few real OS/2 users exist anymore, much less hang out in the OS/2 newsgroups. It is the radical Linux and Vista lovers who claim to have OS/2 on their computers. If they do, they don't use it for anything public because everyone of their headers reveals Linux or Microsoft operating systems. And thus far the wingnuts are proving themselves to be just as disfunctional and mentally sick as we all discovered soon after their arrival. It is always gratifying to know that first impressions are confirmed time and again.

Three more results from the most recent OS/2 users poll:

Which individuals are considered to be the most irrelevant and redundant interlopers to the OS/2 newsgroups?
1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Goodman (Stan)
3. Amadeo (Marty)

Which individuals make the top of the "wingnut" list?
1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Amadeo (Marty)
3. Goodman (Stan)*
3. Dodel (Mark)*

*Tied at exactly 77,812 votes

Which individuals are ignored more often then not?
1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Goodman (Stan)
3. Amadeo (Marty)*
3. Dodel (Mark)*

*Tied at exactly 64,327 votes

Which individuals tend to have the least credibility?
1. Goodman (Stan)*
1. Dodel (Mark)*
2. Amadeo (Marty)
3. Tholen (Dave)

*Tied at exactly 139,472 votes

SDK News
Much information provided at the SDK Announcement Event today.
- The SDK is a beta and not the final final release.
- SDK to require Mac OS X (Windows developers are left out of loop).
- EAG and Gameloft first to offer iPhone game titles.
- Sling Media, MySpace, Google all had SDK weeks ago.
- The iPhone will continue to be locked and the only 3rd party apps you can run are the ones approved by Apple.
- iPhone has 28% market share, Safari has 71% market share for mobile browser.
- Next release of iPhone software will provide: push contacts, global address list, Cisco IPsec VPN, authentication and certs, enterprise class WiFi (WPA2 / 802.1x), security policies, enterprise configuration tools, and remote wipe - all for Enterprise customers.
- MS Exchange will be built into the iPhone, Activesync for iPhone has been licensed.
- SDK uses same programming language and interface for OS X and now a new API that adds touchscreen input.
- Comes with iPhone Simulator so developers can test and optimize their apps on OS X.
- OS X remains the core of the iPhone, kernel optimized to work with reduced resources of handsets
- $100 to join iPhone Developer Program. SDK free for download.
- Sega, known for high graphics, had to scale up their own graphics for iPhone - iPhone highest graphic display
- New iPhone icon - "App Store" - go there to buy and download your iPhone apps. Many free.
- Developers get 70% of app price they set while Apple gets 30% to cover cost of App Store.
- Apple encourages all developers to make their apps FREE!
- iPhone software update in June to version 2.0 - it is free.
- Every app for iPhone will run on iTouch. ALL iTouch apps will have a nominal fee.
- iFund will offer $100,000,000 to fund companies to develop for Apple.
- Apple encourages development of VOIP over WiFi
- Unlocked iPhones will be banned from App Store

Wednesday Winners

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OS/2 Community Votes Again
A new OS/2 survey has been released covering several OS/2 topics A total of 155,389 votes were cast resulting in the following:

Which three individuals are the most ignored by the OS/2 community?

1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Goodman (Stan)
3. Amadeo (Marty)

Which three individuals are considered the most obnoxious by the OS/2 community?
1. Goodman (Stan)
2. Tholen (Dave)
3. (Amadeo (Marty)

Which three individuals are considered the least knowledgeable by the OS/2 community?

1. Amadeo (Marty)
2. Goodman (Stan)
3. Tholen (Dave)

Which three individuals appear in more newsgroup filters by members of the OS/2 community?

1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Goodman (Stan)
3. Amadeo (Marty)

Which three individuals are thought to be lacking of any social redeeming values?

1. Goodman (Stan)
2. Amadeo (Marty)
3. Tholen (Dave)

Which three individuals are considered the biggest losers by the OS/2 community?

1. Tholen (Dave)
2. Goodman (stan)
3. Amadeo (Marty)

Note here: in several categories above there were voting ties between Amadeo and Dieter. Invariably the win went to Amadeo.

Which three individuals are considered the most beloved in and outside the OS/2 community?

1. The OS/2 Guy
2. Letourneau (Ed)
3. Johnson (David T.)

Apple To Release SDK Tomorrow
Should be a very exciting time tomorrow when Apple unveils to the Mac Developer community the first release of the Software Development Kit for the iPhone. A great many new applications are expected to be released over the next few months - all for iPhone and iTouch users.

Apple will exceed 10million sales of the iPhone according to the analysts talking to Wall Street. In fact, by year's end Apple should hover around 13 million iPhones with a 3G version anticipated for June-July release.