Internet Explorer 5.2.3 has not been updated in a while, and still retains a skin suited best for Jaguar. A simple update to the Hexadecimal code can give IE for OS X a Panther-like skin (as seen in this screenshot), so that IE no longer has to stick out like a sore thumb. Using an Hexadecimal editor such as HexEdit, open the IE package contents and go to Contents -> MacOS and then open the ‘Internet Explorer’ file. Go to the Address (command-J using Hexedit) 2FA014 (using the latest version of IE, 5815.1). This is the 18 bytes of code you will want to edit:
EE EE EE EE EE EE E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 EE EE EE EE EE EE FF FF FF FF FF FF

Replace those 18 bytes with:
EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 F3

Save the file then restart Internet Explorer.”

I don’t use this lame browser anymore…but Adobe has chosen it as it’s default so it does pop up every once and a while.

During a panel discussion Tuesday at PC Forum in Arizona, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser said that Apple is creating problems for itself by using a file format (AAC with its FairPlay DRM) that forces consumers to buy legal music from Apple’s own iTunes Music Store. “Because Apple’s iPod music player does not support other proprietary music formats and does not license its own format to rivals, Real’s Rhapsody and other song sites are blocked from easily reaching iPod users,” notes CNET News.com. “Apple’s (market) share will go down if they continue to do this,” Glaser said. “The only way to presently put songs on an iPod is to (buy) them from iTunes.”

Of course overlooking the fact that iTunes handles mp3 better than any other player out there. What is Real bringing to the table anyway?