Linked List: November 30, 2004

Tuesday, 30 November 2004

Apple Hires Peter Mehring, Possibly as New Mac Hardware VP ★

Macity reports that Apple has hired Umax founder Peter Mehring — perhaps as a replacement for Tim Bucher as chief of the Mac hardware division. (For what it’s worth, I always thought Umax’s Mac clones were a bit junky.)

Sony Strikes Back ★

Looks like Sony is finally fighting hard: they’re introducing a 20 GB Walkman that plays MP3s.

“I don’t know if we can take this market back in a year … But this launch is our message that we will work hard to put an end to the dominance by just one company,” Sony President Kunitake Ando said.

More from Engadget, including a larger photo.

MT-Blacklist Bug: Don’t Delete Weblogs ★

Bug in Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist 2.0 could cause a second weblog to be deleted when using MT’s “Delete Weblog” command. Needless to say, if you use MT-Blacklist, don’t delete any weblogs until this is fixed. Greg Storey just got bitten by this bug.