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Entries from June 2006

Famous Alameda Actions!

June 29, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Air guitarists live out rock dreams with 6 strings of imagination
Hindu – Chennai,India
year. Instead, the night belonged to Hot Lixx Hulahan, a 32-year-old from Alameda, California, named Craig Billmeier. Billmeier

Linux spawns Brazilian Wi-Fi firmware for Realtek devices
Inquirer – Harrow,Middlesex,UK
that in order to lower the price even more, they decided to switch to the Vxworks proprietary unix realtime OS from Wind River Systems of Alameda, California.

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Bunch of Leopard links for 10.4.7 and 10.5 dreaming at WWDC

June 29, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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OS X 10.4.7 in Software Update
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
Also interesting is the fact that there are only two decimal places left for updates until 10.5, which would numerically indicate Leopard.

23 things we want in Leopard
Macworld – San Francisco,CA,USA
at OS X 10.5. At the Worldwide Developers Conference in August, Apple plans to provide a sneak preview of the next major update to OS X, code named Leopard.

Today’s most-read story is:
OS Opinion – USA
Some industry experts are suggesting that Apple may include the open source ZFS file system/content manager in their upcoming Leopard Server.
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VoIP features expected in Apple’s Leopard
Apple Insider – Pennsylvania,AL,USA
Although Apple has so far referred to the operating system as “Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard,” there’s a strong possibility that name will change, sources have said.

Mac OS X gets security fix
Silicon.com – UK
Apple plans to showcase Mac OS 10.5, code-named Leopard, at its annual developer meeting in August, the company announced on Monday.
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Leopard Performs 7 August
TrustedReviews – Bracknell,Berkshire,UK
dozy few of you who always email me get where the nickname comes from yet?) but we can make a good stab at some elements 10.5 – to give Leopard its official
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Apple Demo’s Leopard 10.5

June 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Apple’s Leopard uncaged
Stuff Magazine – Teddington,UK
Known as Leopard – or, more prosaically, version 10.5 – the new operating system will be shown off to developers and tech journos at a bash in San

Apple to Demo Leopard at WWDC
The Mac Observer – USA
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, will be on hand at the World Wide Developer Conference 2006 (WWDC) keynote to preview Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard.

Apple confirms Mac OS X ‘Leopard‘ the topic of Jobs’ August
TG Daily – USA
will indeed preview the next version of the Mac OS X operating system, v. 10.5Leopard,” during the company’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference on 7 August.

10.5 speculation runs wild; Photoshopper field day
ZDNet – USA
Last Thursday a mysterious blogger named Trinity Rubicon posted some terrific screen shots he alleged were from Apple’s unreleased Mac OS 10.5 (aka “Leopard“).

Brief: Apple Confirms Plans To Demo ‘Leopard‘ OS At WWDC
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
vice president of platform experience, Scott Forstall will demo Mac OS X 10.5 at a the five-day San Francisco event which will go into more detail on Leopard.
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Avigen and UTStarcom – Nods and Bribes?

June 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Avigen Receives FDA Nod To Commence Initial Clinical Trial Of
Trading Markets – Los Angeles,CA,USA
normal volunteers. Alameda, California-based Avigen plans to initiate clinical development in the second half of 2006. The company

UTStarcom to probe alleged bribe
Shanghai Daily – Shanghai,China
became aware in April that one of its agents may have paid an Indian government official in violation of the US law, Alameda, California-based UTStarcom said

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iPod sales are lower!! Is the Sky Falling?

June 24, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Macs Should Offset Lower iPod Sales
The Mac Observer – USA
August. That’s most likely to happen at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference along with the preview of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

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More Leopard news on Mac

June 24, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Alleged screen captures of Leopard posted
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
that screen captures of Leopard haven’t started popping up already. Well, the wait is over, at least for the fantasizing. Two supposed images of 10.5 are up at

New and Noteworthy: Mac OS X 10.5 speculation begins — purported
MacFixIt (subscription) – Portland,OR,USA
Mac OS X 10.5 speculation begins — purported screenshots Macworld UK reports on new purported images of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) showing a degree of

New Apple OS screenshots
bit-tech.net – Hereford,UK
New screenshots have been leaked, and they appear to show new features in the next major revision of Apple OSX, codenamed Leopard and versioned 10.5.

Mac OS X 10.5 speculation season begins
Macworld UK – UK
Apple will offer its developers their first chance to take a look at Mac OS X 10.5Leopard‘ at WWDC 2006 in August, and anticipation is already growing over
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Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Screen Shots
O’Grady’s Power Page – Philadelphia,PA,USA
I’m not sure if they’re real or not but two screen shots posted on Trinity Rubicon claim to be from Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard screenshots.

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better this year than never UTStarcom???

June 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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UTStarcom Aims to Make Profit This Year
TMCnet – USA
Headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has a dozen of R&D centers distributed in America, China, India, South Korea, and Canada.

Avigen Receives FDA Approval To Begin AV650 Initial Clinical Trial
Trading Markets – Los Angeles,CA,USA
The Alameda, California-based company noted that this initial clinical trial will be a Phase I study to assess the safety and pharmacokinetic profile, as well
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Some Coast Guard and military news

June 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Admiral Transfers Helm of Pacific Support Command
Military.com – USA
Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA. – Rear Adm. Jody A. Breckenridge, will be relieved by Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown as Commander, Coast

PSU 312 Deploys fot the First Time
Military.com – USA
Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA. – A large detachment from Alameda-based Port Security Unit 312 departed June 1, 2006, from Air

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Apple To Buy out Parallels?? – Time will tell the truth

June 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Google Alert for: leopard 10.5

Apple could buy Parallels with petty cash and say ‘buy a Mac
MacDailyNews – USA
Full article, including speculation about virtualization in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and, “Apple is swimming in cash at the moment, so it could buy Parallels out

The end of the death march
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Tiger. If Leopard (10.5) arrives alongside Vista, that will be six releases since 2001 – the year both OS X and Windows XP came out.

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Some new Alameda News

June 20, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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Editorial: Weasel Word Watch: ‘It’sa Compromise’
Berkeley Daily Planet – Berkeley,CA,USA
how foolish it would have been (or perhaps could still be) for Alameda County to s muscle shows up in Berkeley as the University of California consumes more

225 acres burned in early morning Contra Costa fire
Inside Bay Area – Oakland,CA,USA
remains under investigation, said Ed Schell, a spokesman for the California Department of between Livermore and Brentwood, just north of the Alameda County line
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Teacher recruiting gets boost
Mercury-Register – Oroville,CA,USA
part of nearly $50 million set aside for hundreds of California school districts. the same purpose, but Oakland received the largest award in Alameda County by
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The joys — and some basics — of backyard grilling
Alameda Times-Star – Alameda,CA,USA
In California, however, you must cook in your backyard at least twice during the summer. It’s the law. In foreign spy schools, the

Column: History may offer insight into immigration reform debate
Western Farm Press – USA
once again imposed on bringing Chinese or Japanese nationals into California who could Tulare, Merced, Stanislaus, San Jose, Contra Costa and Alameda counties.

4 charged in Oakland CD, DVD bootleg bust
Alameda Times-Star – Alameda,CA,USA
In addition to the computer equipment, police uncovered one of the biggest bootlegging shops in Northern California in a raid Thursday, recovering 17,000

Police probe Ferris wheel death
Inside Bay Area – Oakland,CA,USA
STOCKTON — Officials of the Stockton Police Department and the California Occupational Safety The company is providing the rides for the Alameda County Fair
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UTStarcom to Speak on Voice Over Wi-Fi at CommunicAsia 2006
TMCnet – USA
Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has research and design operations in the United States, China, Korea and India.

Assisted suicide takes the spotlight
Alameda Times-Star – Alameda,CA,USA
from the Bay Area and Los Angeles will begin their final 2006 push today to win approval of a landmark bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide in California

Berkeley This Week
Berkeley Daily Planet – Berkeley,CA,USA
Club meets at 7:30 pm, at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda. Next?” with Ali Mirabdal of Iranian-American Community of Northern California at 7

Girl who slashed woman to get help at locked facility
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
Since the girl’s conviction last year, Alameda County authorities had not been able to find a the girl — but not housing her at the California Youth Authority
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