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The Cocoa Bindings system is a toolset available in Panther which allows you to define relationships between user interface and data objects. This means a lot less code, and a lot more functionality for free. This tutorial walks you through the conversion of a standard application into a bindings application.

In this article, Jim Menard is going to describe testing frameworks and walk through the process of adding unit tests to CheckbooX.

Apple this week seeded to beta testers the first pre-release build of Mac OS X 10.3.4. In a seed note, Apple said Version 10.3.4 should provide a performance gain when launching non-prebound applications among many other changes, ThinkSecret reports.

Apple says it is incorporating speech technology into new versions of its OS X operating system which will make Macs more accessible to users who are visually impaired as well as people with learning difficulties. Additionally, Apple released today updated Powerbooks and iBooks. BBC has an article about the G5-based laptops in the future.

No OS is perfect, but by combining the ease of use that Windows users expect, and the eminent hackability of the *NIX platforms, OS X makes a great case for a one-size-fits-all solution.

Mac OS X comes with dozens of utilities and applications—many of which can be easily cataloged, such as Internet and media tools. Many applications, however, can't easily be assigned a category. This chapter covers the useful Mac OS X applications and utilities that you're likely to use regularly.

When we're first learning Cocoa (or Java, or Qt, or any other application framework), one of the early things we address is the Model-View-Controller design pattern.

From MacMinute: Apple today released security updates for both Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar).

"Resistance is nearly futile. Three years after Apple introduced OS X, smaller newspapers have hard decisions to make: upgrade to Apple’s OS X, stick with software that is becoming more outdated by the day or move over to a Windows environment." Read the article at NewsAndTech.

Set up a computer cluster in your lab with just a few clicks, using Xgrid. At ADC read how scientists & mathematicians like Xgrid's power and easy setup, which lets them focus on problem solving.

Apple is now officially endorsing OpenAL and has provided a new branch of Mac OS X code which is now in OpenAL's CVS (it requires to install Apple's latest CoreAudio SDK before compiling).

Macworld goes undercover to reveal 40+ Mac OS X 10.3 Tips and Tricks here. Elsewhere, if you work in an environment where you need to manage a large number of Macs (such as in a classroom), you might want to take a look at Apple's Remote Desktop. Using this pricy but effective software, you can easily control and manage all of the Macs on the network. Also, MacOSRumors details some of the planned features and marketing points for Mac OS X 10.4 (preliminary code-name "Merlot").

Apple has released Xgrid Preview 2, the latest version of its powerful computational clustering software that turns a group of Macs into a supercomputer.

What is the big picture when it comes to Apple security? Is OS X safe enough to be a viable contender for running public Web sites and general enterprise applications? Read the article at NewsFactor.