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Executive perks are great if you have them, but for those of us climbing the ladder, these just come across as glutinous, excessive personal spending at the expense of the stakeholders of the company. Check out the story here:

Walt Mossberg reviews Tiger:

April 28, 2005
Tiger Leaps Out in Front

By WALTER S. MOSSBERG

Despite all the advances in personal computing, one problem has remained constant: It often is really hard to find a file months or years after it was created. To have any hope of doing so, users have to create a logical, structured system of folders, and take care to give consistent, descriptive names to their files. But few have the patience to do that.

Tomorrow, Apple Computer will introduce a new edition of the operating system for its Macintosh computers that finally solves the missing file problem, and introduces other features as well, including a new “Dashboard” that instantly displays small, frequently used programs like a calculator, dictionary and stock tracker.

The new release, called Tiger, is the latest version of Apple’s excellent Mac OS X operating system. Its key feature, called Spotlight, is the first universal, integrated search system ever offered as part of a mainstream consumer PC operating system. In seconds, Spotlight can peer inside e-mail, office documents of all kinds, photos, songs, address books, calendars, and all manner of other files to see which ones match a search term you type in…… Go to the article

A reader of Osnews has also reviewed Tiger - a little more thorough and technically oriented than Mossberg’s

I recently broke my 3g Ipod 30 gb after dropping it on a corner on the tile floor in my apartment. I am now looking for an aftermarket enclosure for it. For your guidance - this one does not work. I have seen many people suggesting using it on Ipod lounge and the Apple support website but I havent gotten wind of any enclosures that work with the Ipod harddrive. If you know anything different, please let me know!!!

I received the following in my email:

Hi everyone,

Some of you may not remember me…and some of you may not know me
because I only attended SAS from 1998-2000…Those of you that
remember me — hi!

You may or may not already be aware of the 5-year reunion that I am
planning for this summer in Las Vegas. The tentative date that was
posted on SAS’ alumni website
(http://www.sas.edu.sg/sasalumni/alumni/alumni.htm) probably won’t
happen due to feedback that I’ve gotten. I’d like to propose either
the weekend of June 10-12 or July 9-11. If you are interested in
attending the reunion and have a preference for one of the dates,
please email me asap so we can get this hammered down and start making
transportation and hotel arrangements.

I imagine the reunion to be relatively informal. Mostly free time to
spend with friends and at least one group meal and/or night outing. An
alum from SAS ‘96 is a travel agent and is getting me group hotel
quotes, but if any of you have hotel contacts that could help, please
let me know. I think in terms of transportation, it’ll be easier for
everyone to take care of their own since we’ll be coming from all
over, some flying, some driving, etc.

So far I know of about 25ish people who are interested in this
reunion. I hope that more of you are but just didn’t know about it.
Please email me if you’re interested so we can get more accurate hotel
quotes. I haven’t even seen some of my good SAS friends since
graduation, and I’m sure I’m not the only one…so I really hope we
can get a good turnout for this!

I got this email list from the alumni office; I know it’s incomplete
and probably outdated, so if you could forward this on to any SAS ‘00
friends that you are still in touch with, I’d really appreciate it.
Special thanks to those of you who have expressed interest already! So
– spread the word, let me know of your preferences, and please don’t
hesitate to contact me with any questions or suggestions. Hope to hear
from you soon!

Take care,

Vicki Chen

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