So much for being pretty sure that Apple wasn't going to roll this one out today. According to everybody's press releases, reports, etc. and what I heard sitting in the Keynote (now available via QuickTime), Apple will begin shipping Macintoshes that are based on the Intel CPU architecture by June …

CNet is again reporting that they have heard strong rumblings that Apple will announce on Monday a switch to Intel-based CPUs in the Macintosh line. I'm skeptical, but we were all skeptical when people discussed the switch to the PowerPC from the 68xxx architecture in the early 1990's, so we'll …

An interesting article from Anandtech compares the PowerMacintosh G5 to similarly configured PCs and finds it lacking as a server due to problems with thread spawning and (therefore) forking. However, they like it as a workstation. Perhaps Apple would like to comment on this at the WWDC.

Apple's logo is peeking out over rooftops in San Francisco from Moscone West, site of this year's WWDC.

Somebody put together a nice summary for the Apple finance information from the last report.

As is customary, the internet is rife with April Fools day jokes on April 1. Anyone who doesn't have a strong stomach for a (mostly bad) joke, should probably stay off the net until April 2. Personally, I don't tend to post anything on the "Pages" on April 1 that …

Now, I'd be just about the first person in line to claim that people don't take security seriously enough on computers. However, Symantec may well have reached new heights in the use of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) to promote the sale of product. A number of articles, such as …

The Mac may be the best defense against most viruses and spyware, but there is still a need to be careful out there when riding on the wild internet. According to an advisory from Secunia, the flaw uses a visual trick to convince users that they are at a web …

An interesting take on the Macintosh Mini from ComputerWorld senior news columnist Frank Hayes today at MacCentral. Basically, he thinks it is going to have an effect on the IT marketplace, and probably for the better, but not because it will take off, mostly because it puts Apple aiming computers …

It's not a huge surprise to have the CEO of Dell (Kevin Rollins) decrying Apple's business strategy, but in this article in Silicon.com, Rollins shows some interesting "insights" (so to speak) about consumer electronics and the consumer industry. At one point, he remarks that the iPod is a "one …

Not that anyone doubted that the iPod had become an icon, but I'm sure Apple approves of the nod to its newest member, the iPod Photo, by Playboy. Playboy has announced availability of iBod, a new feature that will provide downloadable nude photos sized just for the iPod Photo.

Apple's usually highly-visited site is currently providing a message of condolence ("Our hearts reach out to those hurt by the Indian Ocean tsunamis") and pointers to a wide variety of relief organizations. Cool.

An article from the Radiological Society of North America describes radiologists using iPods to carry around images in iPods instead of dragging film around.

And you should too! Seriously, if you are still using Internet Explorer, ask yourself "Why?" If you need it for some specific task, use it for that. Otherwise, take the advice of the Penn State IS department and use just about anything else. Popular alternatives are: Safari (MacOS X) Firefox …

A detailed article from AFP548.com (Macintosh server administrator's website) gives a pretty disturbing description of a problem that has been around in OSX for a while. The good news: it was finally fixed in the September 30, 2004 security patch. Those of you doing insecure management of OSX Servers …

An article on Apple-X.Net adds a lot of detail to the conjecture over the recently published "Chameleon patent" that a number of recent Mac sites have been talking about. The patent is probably best described (in layman's terms) in Apple Files for Chameleon Patent and Morph Trademark, an article …

MacMinute reports that Apple is at the top of the heap in this year's numbers from the ACSI. Dell, last year's winner, is now in second with most of the rest of the industry quite a ways behind.

Apple's iTunes Music Store has (according to an announcement by Apple Computer) reached 1 million songs in its catalog for download in the US. They have also stated that they now have songs from over 600 independent labels on the US site.

A web site called Dear Steve has been set up to collect messages for Steve Jobs about his recent cancer surgery. Interestingly, it's not an Apple site, but a set set up by Varen Swaab, whose relationship with Steve Jobs appears on the site. Cool read. Thanks to Wired for …

BusinessWeek has a series of articles about Apple this week in a special report entitled Apple: The Next Generation. The five articles look at the company's performance since Jobs took over the reins (again), corporate and government prospects, the role of clustered Macs in supercomputing, and their current push toward …