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Best of the Rest: Mac Classic Circa 2009, Office Web Apps Launch

by Thomas Houston on September 17, 2009 at 06:40 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Mere decades ago we were popping in floppies to boot our computers and using only one app at a time. Thanks to the wonders of stop-motion animation, here's what a Mac Classic would look like running at 2009 speed. [From: Cult of Mac]
  • Microsoft's Office Web Apps was announced several months ago as a competitor to Google's free online office suite. Microsoft is will open up its Apps in a new preview; so sign up here. [From: DownloadSquad]
  • Less than one week after shooting in New York City, the Engadget Show goes live in glorious high definition. [From: Engadget]
  • Take a spin through modern music history by looking at the development of iTunes. Your travels start with SoundJam, an app Apple bought way back in the pre OS X days. [From: MacLife via TUAW]
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