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Wednesday Jobs and Gates will spend 75 minutes together, taking about the past as well as the future. As pointed out by iTWire, the last time these two were “together” M$$$ was buying $150 million of Apple Stock. Reported at the time as a payment for dipping into the QuickTime cookie jar to enhance Media Player’s codec. More …

Designed to run between 4 and 5 GHz with multiple cores. Designated for embedded applications and servers, one has to wonder what might have been. Power consumption and heat caused Apple to move to Intel, as only recently did Intel release a 3.0 GHz multiple core CPU. There are only a few that regret that move. RealWorldTech has all the specs on the POWER6. More …

You can always search for file with Command-F. What if you wanted to fine file install after the last index by Spotlight, files related to an install you wanted to remove? Macworld: Mac OS X Hints Weblog has all the commands necessary to find the files you are looking for. More …

Sand, sun and heat are not friends of iPods and digital cameras. Associated Press provides some hints about how to prepare and what to watch out for when taking your consumer device to the outdoors, beach or camping. More …

LoopRumors reports that Apple Mac sales in April are 62 percent above a year ago, including a 94% increase in MacBook and MacBook Pro sales. There appears to be a building upon or a continuation of the previous quarter where the Mac market was at 7.7 percent and laptops at 10%. More …

Security Update 2007-005 (Universal) and 10.4.9 PowerPC, (also available for 10.3.9 Client, and 10.3.9 Server) is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

bind
CarbonCore
CoreGraphics
crontabs
fetchmail
file
iChat
mDNSResponder
PPP
ruby
screen
texinfo
VPN

Security Update 2007-004 has been incorporated into this security update.

According to MacFixIt, connecting a Mac OS 9 (or earlier) computer and a 10.4.9 computer, using Apple File Sharing, have been unable to transfer files between the two computers.

Apple has a solution; in the Terminal, enter this command on a single line, and hit Return:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleFileServer TCPQuantum -int 327680

(Make sure the command is all on one line, the format can be seen in the KB article)

According to the article:

Adjusting the TCPQuantum parameter for the AFP server will apparently prevent the timeouts and disconnects between the two operating systems. TCPQuantum in AFP-speak represents a maximum size for a block of data being transferred to or from an AFP server; increasing the amount lowers the number of requests the server has to make for data at the expense of a gradual increase in overhead. More …

The Morning Call Online brings news of the next Apple Store to be opened. Located in the Lehigh Valley Mall (PA), it is to open in August.

This store, among others now open and some on the way, highlight a shift in strategy as the Lehigh Valley is considered an economically blighted area. More …

MacFixIt tells you how to find what is taking up hard drive space. WhatSize is a free tool to do just that. More …

Apple has a number of sample noises made by varies operations by the MacBook and MacBook Pro, in an attempt to set a baseline. If your noise exceeds the sample noise, then contact Apple. More …

In the actual Knowledge Base article Apple uses the word “sounds”, not noise. My guess is that a number of returns or repairs were because of noise below the threshold.