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InfoWorld is convinced that Apple has plenty of corporate integration initiatives. The article points out that Mac OS X Server supports FTP, DNS, and DHCP. POP and IMAP mail, Xsan and Xgrid add storage-area networking and clustering options, together with an unlimited client license. Apple also has open source packages such as Apache, Jabber, Kerberos, OpenLDAP, Postfix, Samba, and SpamAssassin, integrated in a single interface; What IT would not be in love with this package? More …

Apple has sent emails to all pre-orders confirming a delay in the shipping of the much anticipated Apple TV. Confirmed by Steve Jobs himself to be delivered by the end of February. The frustration of the anticipated delay has been enormous, indicative of a bullseye, as reported by BusinessWeek.com. More …

Reports to AppleInsider, “have singled out the device’s embedded software as the likely source of the delay. It’s also possible that the device has yet to receive the necessary go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission.”

CaminoBrowser.org has released the latest development milestone of the group’s namesake browser. Camino 1.1b offers the following fixes and features:

• Privacy & Security—Camino now warns users if the login form on a website differs from the form used when saving the password
• Annoyance Blocking—You can now disable all plugins
• Session Saving—You can now restore tabs and windows that were open before an unexpected quit.

Comparison’s with Y2K, are alarming. It is being predicted a number of devices dependant on the clock could give us trouble. I have a wrist watch, car stereo, and alarm clocks that don’t know the different from night and day, unless I tell them. My cell phone is a mystery, so I expect to have to change the time. I trust.my coming iPhone will be daylight savings aware. The Baltimore Sun covers the coming paranoia. More …

Relevant articles:

Apple downloads

MacInTouch has an extensive review which includes a variety of possible ways to configure the new Airport Extreme. Whether it be WAN or LAN, Bridged or NAT, WPA or WP2, it was tested The conclusion, the new Airport Extreme can provide “amazing wireless speed”, but it may not be all good news. More …

Gizmodo has the scoop on the real ad.

 Apple has it in 4 flavors.

For those that missed it, here is the commercial

For those who saw it, you did not see the whole commercial.

Relevant articles:

Cingular iPhone Ad Leaked: Rate Plans Revealed

Cingular’s iPhone Pricing Leak: Fakiest Fake that Ever Did Fake

Birmingham Post looks at the DRM debate and notes that, last December, Uncle Bill asked for more compatibility between music formats. Who remembers or, for that matter, cared?. Steve Jobs calls for the end of DRM and becomes “a poster boy for consumers’ rights”. Who is more cool? More …

Uncle Bill (read M$$$$) is viewed by this author, as only caring about himself. He is trying to launder he’s conscience through his foundation. Apple is viewed as having the consumer’s eye. The article argues that Steve is the bad guy for, among other reasons, keeping DRM a part of iTunes music, forgetting that Apple would never had secured a contract with the labels without some copy protection.

other relevant articles:

Easy non-DRM file format conversion within iTunes

“far from curbing piracy of copyrighted materials, DRM actually causes it.“

Fix verified for later version of Tiger (requires two Terminal commands, just copy and past)

Thanks to MacWindows.com

iPods are banned at the school in Germantown, Philadelphia, and when a 17 year old teenager brought the music player to class, a 60 year old high school teacher attempted to confiscate it and an altercation took place. The teacher was hospitalized with two broken bones in his neck. A 15 year old student was allegedly an accessory to the assault, as reported by The Age. More …

While interest in the article is driven by the involvement of the iPod, the boy’s attitude is the more common element. An appropriate penalty is essential. Any comments?