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<div>Here's a quick summary of what happened today:</div>
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<blockquote>-- Apple's CEO Steve Jobs showed Mac OS X 10.3
"Panther". It has over a 100 new features. For more
information, see http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/. Panther is
slated to ship by the end of the year. Apple press
release:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23panther.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>Along with Panther, Steve jobs demonstrated Xcode, a new
set of developer tools for Mac OS X developers. More info at
http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ and
http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/xcode.html. Press
release:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Introduces Xcode, the Fastest Way to Create Mac OS
X Applications</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23xcode.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>What Steve didn't mention is his keynote is a new version
of Mac OS X Server, currently known as Mac OS X "Panther"
Server. Among the new features is the ability to run a Kerberos KDC on
Mac OS X--courtesy of Information Systems' MacDev team lead by
Marshall Vale. Press release:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"
Server</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23server.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>-- Steve Jobs also showed a new version of iChat, called
iChat AV that now supports audio and video conferencing. The public
beta version of iChat AV is available from Apple at
http://www.apple.com/ichat/. He also showed a new FireWire video
camera called iSight. Although iChat AV works with any FireWire
camera, the iSight will probably be the camera of choice for video
conferencing. iSight is available today. Press releases:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Introduces iChat AV and iSight</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23ichat.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>-- Safari is no longer beta--it's now officially 1.0. This
version of Safari doesn't support personal certificates--we're hoping
that a future version will address this. For more information on Safar
1.0, see http://www.apple.com/safari/. You can update to 1.0 by using
Software Update.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Releases Safari 1.0</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23safari.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>-- Apple announced a new line of Power Macintosh computers
based on the G5 processor. G5 is Apple's marketing name for the IBM
970, a 64-bit PowerPC-based processor that was co-developed by Apple
and IBM. More information on the processor is available from
http://www.apple.com/g5/. If you want some very detailed information
on the 970, I would recommend the Ars Technica articles:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Inside the IBM PowerPC 970--Part I: Design Philosophy
and Front End</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://arstechnica.com/cpu/02q2/ppc970/ppc970-1.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>* Inside the PowerPC 970--Part II: The Execution
Core</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://arstechnica.com/cpu/03q1/ppc970/ppc970-0.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>-- There are three models: a 1.6, a 1.8 and a dual 2.0
GHz. The educational pricing is $1899, $2299 and $2899
respectively--educational pricing is $100 less than retail. A whole
lot more information is available at http://www.apple.com/powermac/.
The Power Mac G5 is expected to ship in August. Press
releases:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>* Apple Unleashes the World's Fastest Personal
Computer-the Power Mac G5</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23pmg5.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>* Developers Applaud Power Mac G5 Performance</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23quotes.html</blockquote
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<blockquote>* Apple and IBM Introduce the PowerPC G5
Processor</blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jun/23joint.html</blockquote
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<div>There's a lot of information to digest here--and this is just the
first day of WWDC. Lots more will be coming, especially as we get
reports from the conference. Send any questions to the list.</div>
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<div> -- Al</div>
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<div>Albert Willis<br>
Macintosh Platform Coordinator<br>
Software Release Team<br>
MIT Information Systems</div>
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