Unlike this, I see some real use for OS X users in this.  Virtual PC for Mac OS X is VERY slow – even on a relatively top-of-the-line G4 with lots of memory.  Perhaps running Windows applications using WINE directly on OS X would be faster and easier for Mac users who need that “one Windows program” to get through their day.

The developers behind the Darwine project hope to bring the popular WINE technology first to Darwin and then to Mac OS X. If successful, Darwine could eventually pave the way to Mac OS X users being able to run Windows software without having VirtualPC or Windows installed.

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[MacCentral]

I have a great deal of respect for Leo…he’s a pretty knowledgeable guy that gives the real story.  He can come across as a little “over the top” at times – but that’s a trait all of us “geeks” share.  Leo needs to learn how to count, though.  Unless he meant #3 as a joke.  400 bugs?  No matter how many times I count it I end up with 11 - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830000.

Today's technology news.

The space shuttle Challenger exploded on this day in 1986 killing all seven astronauts aboard.

1. The collateral damage from MyDoom continues to reverberate through email systems. As much as 10% of all email is MyDoom related - either the virus itself or bounce mails from corporate and ISP virus filters. One of the targets of MyDoom, SCO, is offering a $250,000 bounty for the virus's author.
2. The US Government is responding by creating an early warning system for cyberattacks. The Department of Homeland Security will announce a color coded alert system that should make us all feel much better about being flooded by virus related email.
3. Word 2003 users should download a patch that fixes more than 400 bugs. Office now has an update feature that works just like Windows Update - probably worth bookmarking that and checking it regularly.
4. Amazon has shown a nice profit for the year just ending, $35.3 million on revenue of $5.26 billion. This is the online retailers first full year profit ever.
5. Me too, me too! Microsoft has released a beta of the MSN Toolbar to compete with Google and Yahoo! offerings. Only one problem: it uses MSN for its search engine. Pew.

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