Furthermore About a year ago, a lot of people were questioning why Macromedia made a deal to bundle Yahoo’s toolbar with Flash downloads by default — a practice many pointed out was quite similar to the way spyware was included with other apps. In fact, many seemed to feel it was sneaky and untrustworthy. Since then, Macromedia merged with Adobe, who apparently didn’t have a problem with these types of deals, because they’ve now done a similar deal with Google for their toolbar to be included on Shockwave Player downloads. It’s not clear if the Yahoo/Flash deal is replaced by this one, or if you just get competing toolbars based on which Adobe tool you download. Either way, bundling totally unrelated products as a default setting — especially after the widespread controversy over Yahoo doing the same thing last year — has to make some wonder how this fits into Google’s “sliding scale” of evil. Adobe - the clay or soil from which this brick is made. What a wonderfull idea apple offers eMac Repair Extension Program details
(Macworld.com) Macworld.coum - Apple has posted details of an eMac Repair Extension Program it is offering for users of select eMacs who have video or power-related issues as the result of a specific coumponent failure. Program - a plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.. On another note: forget The Lack Of Booth Babes; Next E3 May Be Missing Exhibitors Running a big conference ain’t easy — especially in the tech field. Even Comdex died eventually — though it had clearly been on the decline well before the final towel was thrown (to Greece, apparently). However, it’s still a bit surprising to potentially see a similar fate hit E3, the big video gaming conference held every spring. While there are conflicting reports concerning whether or not the show has simply been scaled back to bring it back to its roots, or if that’s simply an attempt by the organizers to save face after all major exhibitors pulled out, it certainly sounds like some of the messy behind-the-scenes politics of conference culture is reaching the public. More details are supposed to be released later in the day Monday, but from what’s been said, it appears to be a case where the various exhibitors teamed up to try to get a better deal out of the Entertainment Software Association, who perhaps thought they were bluffing — leading the exhibitors to prove they were not. Of course, many people perhaps felt that E3 headed downhill after announcing its (mostly ignored) plans to ban “booth babes” at the last event. Lack - a particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed. this is worth your time