Friday Apple news

AppleInsider has pictures of the unreleased Power Mac G5. No earth-shattering changes, but it's still one of the best looking boxes around! Also from AppleInsider, some Tiger news. Lastly, “10 Things Apple Did To Make Mac OS X Faster” from the Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Join LARGEST Consumer Advocacy Site for Gas Prices!

Guys I found these in one of the IT mags GasPriceWatch.com & GasBuddy.com . People from all over post Gas pricing in their local Areas, seems like something worthwhile these days.

You can search for you home area or become a spotter ( post up prices) for your area. Hopefully this helps all of our wallets.

Exchange Server 2003 Scpk 1

Download and try out exchange New Service Pack for Exchange 2003 also available is their Exchange Intelligent Message Filter as well the All-In-One Tools download. Be curious to know how these updates have worked for anyone?

United States Patent: 6,727,830

It's official, Microsoft has patented the double-click. (Thanks to Metafilter for the link). Next on their list to patent: breathing and the color blue. I find this ironic, because I bet they stole the concept of double-clicking from Xerox, just like they stole their operating system. If you don't agree that there's something wrong with the US Patent system, you need to read Techdirt more!

Yahoo's Anti-Spyware Toolbar doesn't work

There's a post on Techdirt that talks about how bad the new Yahoo anti-spyware tool is. "...they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor." Sounds just like the tool I was looking for. Isn't this a little like the mafia buying off cops to avoid prosecution? The only thing worse than not having an anti-spyware tool is having one that you think works but doesn't.

New copyright law drives out CloneCD sheep

A classic is under attack for those who are still looking for a recent copy you may goto slysoft By the way the slysoft program is a great DVD copy protection breaker for copying.

June Tool

There's an old tradition on Stupidusers called Tool of the Week that has been ignored for a long while now. I hereby bring this tradition back in grand style with my nomination for Tool of the Month: Jeff Vintar.

Not content with just ruining I, Schmoebot, Screenwriter Hack extraordinaire Jeff Vintar is working on an adaptation (read: butchering) of Asimov's foundation novels. He wants to "create something which is still recognizably Foundation, and yet give us a narrative that has the requirements of a film." I've got a better idea: stay far, far away from this movie. You're already on my list with Keanu, Ewoks, and Jar-Jar, please don't make it any worse...