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M$$$$ will submit a new photo format to an international standards organization, as IDG reports. HD Photo (formerly known as Windows Media Photo), can accommodate lossless and lossy compression. Microsoft also claims that adjustments can be made to color balance and exposure settings and will not discard or truncate data as occurs with other bit-map formats. More …

It is sort of like crying wolf.

This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and improves compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks.

This update includes the content from the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001, and addresses a security issue as described in: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n305031 …

This update also improves compatibility for the MacBook Core 2 Duo and the MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo when using certain third-party access points configured to use WEP Open System security. Download page

A long article in Fortune tells the story of how Steve Jobs, Ron Johnson and Michael Drexler built Apple’s retail stores into the fastest retail business to reach $1 billion in sales. The piece starts off with a prediction by BusinessWeek in 2001 that the stores would fail. What was done to avoid typical failure? How does Apple’s approach contribute to success? More …