Linked List: December 17, 2004

Friday, 17 December 2004

Microsoft v. MacSlash 

MacSlash’s colocation host gets nastygram from someone “on behalf of Microsoft” because of a Windows serial number posted eight months ago in a comment.

Apple Sues Over Web Leak of Advance Products 

Duncan Martell, reporting for Reuters:

Apple Computer Inc. is suing anonymous people who leaked details about new products by posting information on the Internet, court documents showed on Friday.

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The complaint alleges that “an unidentified individual, acting alone or in concert with others, has recently misappropriated and disseminated through Web sites confidential information about an unreleased Apple product.”

I hope this doesn’t mean that TheMacMind’s no-screen iPod flash rumor is legit, because I’ll have some crow-eating do to.

2004 Macworld Eddy Awards 

Winners include BBEdit 8.0 and Nicecast, from DF sponsors Bare Bones Software and Rogue Amoeba Software. Other winners from indie Mac developers: OmniWeb 5, Snapz Pro X 2.0, and Bit Torrent. Apple hardware winners: XServe G5, iMac G5, and iPod Mini. Biggest surprise to me: QuarkXPress 6.5.