Year: 2002

Wireless (802.11b) networks may be proliferating at coffeehouses and airports, but actually taking advantage of them is a trend that hasn’t yet caught on, according to a Salon article that takes a detailed look at the current state of the wireless Web. Furthermore, while numerous private access points can be found within range of public places, the vast majority prevent guests from accessing them, limiting the vision of a consumer-built wireless network.

Memory Usage Getter 2.0.1 is a small utility for Mac OS X that displays the memory use and allocation of applications, user processes, and system processes under Mac OS X. The software is provided as US$5 shareware.

Your Mac Life, an Internet-based Mac radio show, has announced their lineup for tonight’s broadcast (21:00 – 23:00 ET). Tonight’s show features Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda, Founder of the famous “News for Nerds” Web site, Slashdot; Eric Wittman, Macromedia’s Director of Product Management, who will talk about the company’s latest software for Mac OS X; and Peter Cohen of MacCentral will talk to Dallas Dickinson, Producer for Sony’s Station.com site