User group Newsletter Editors: Utilize this content in your newsletter -- PLEASE ... reference The User Group Network _ / _ UG Network Channel _ / _ NEWS_/ _ Rumor Manager The Rumor Manager is looking for your rumors and tidbits... give him a post! ...or subscribe... see subscription notes below 9909.19 **** New Internet "Network" On September 9, Digital Island Inc. announced plans to build a worldwide network streaming video and audio with RealNetworks Inc. and Inktomi Corp. Digital Island said it will integrate RealNetworks' software for media delivery and Inktomi's software for audio and video caching. Digital Island's network connects data centers and local Internet service providers. Sounds like real competition for QTTV. I wonder how Gates is doing with his streaming technology. **** ScanTastic ScanTastic version V4 brings Mac support to HP and Epson USB scanners Second Glance Software's ScanTastic Version 4 brings Macintosh support to HP's new 3300C amd 6300C scanners. ScanTastic works with a wide range of USB scanners including many HP and Epson scanners. It's $69 with a demo version available. More. **** Be Careful Out There The San Jose Mercury News via an AP story is talking about a Swedish teenager who put links on his web site to other sites. He got sued and charged with piracy. The verdict was to be announced on September 15. So becareful what you link to. **** US Army I have seen several Mac web site posting that tell of the US Army switching to Mac servers because they are much more secure. (After having someone successfully attack its NT server). Here is the actual Army posting. **** FreeBSD A Wall Street Journal article talks about FreeBSD being used by many Internet firms, including Yahoo, but the real surprise is: "The free programs are all variants of the venerable Unix system invented by AT&T Corp. And they aren't just running Yahoo. While Microsoft almost never talks about it, its own Hotmail free e-mail service runs not on its flagship Windows NT but on FreeBSD." More is available on this story! **** Palm Well, apparently 3Com has decided to concentrate on Networking issues and has decided to spin off Palm. For more info Http://www.3com.com/news/releases/pr99/sep1399a.html Wonder if this will help or hinder the "Apple Palm". **** Messenger for Macs Mac users finally get to enter the instant messager war, Microsoft Corp. iannounced on September 15th that it is offering free downloads of its MSN Messenger Service, which allows users to "chat" with others online, for the Macintosh platform, and also plans to release software versions for Windows CE, WebTV and MSN Mobile Service. For more info and to download the software go to: http://messenger.msn.com. **** Dell Dell is going to be producing notebooks computers using the same IEEE 802.11 technology as Apple's AirPort. Dell will to use a PC card from AiroNet for about $400. AiroNet has not set a price on their base station yet. Apple has announced pricing of its AirPort expansion card for $99 and its base station for $299. Apple's iBook and Power Mac G4s feature built-in antennas, perhaps that is the additional expense on the Dell computers. **** SuperCard IncWell DMG, Ltd. announced on September 16, that the SuperCard upgrade path for owners of SuperCard 2.5 or older will end on October 15, 1999. The upgrade path for SuperCard 3+ and HyperCard owners remains at $99.95. Since June 1998, IncWell has released two major upgrades and a new web plug in for Windows 95/98 and NT, keeping it up to date. Don't forget, the Rumor Manager invites you to use all or part of his column in your user group newsletter. 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