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Even pouring rain and gusty winds didn’t stop the Mac faithful from turning out for the release of Apple’s Mac OS X “Leopard” at the Apple Store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood Friday night.

The sidewalk in front of the store and around the corner was a sea of colored umbrellas as about 200 people lined up to be among the first to purchase Leopard in North America. Those who hadn’t prepared for the weather hunched under pieces of cardboard or just got wet, as people bustled past on busy Prince Street and wondered aloud what all the fuss was about.

The New York launch was part of a worldwide rollout of Leopard, which went on sale at 6 p.m. local time around the world Friday, beginning in Australia and New Zealand. Rain also plagued the Leopard launch in Tokyo, which marked the first place the OS went on sale at an official Apple Store, but didn’t deter users from lining up ahead of the time there, either.

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No matter what rampant rumors have been tossed around, we always knew there was going to be one main attraction to WWDC 2007: a feature-complete version of Leopard. Steve Jobs and co. didn’t disappoint, announcing 10 of the “300 new features of the OS.”

1. New Desktop - First off is the new desktop, featuring a new menu bar, a snazzed up dock and “Stacks” to help you keep your desktop clean. For instance, there’s a default Stack that collects all your downloads in one place on the dock.

2. New Finder - More on the aesthetics side, Apple is going with a unified look for apps, which nixes the brushed metal style and instead mimics the current iTunes theme — surprise, surprise. In fact, the new Finder looks and performs almost exactly like iTunes, all the way down to integrated Cover Flow for shuffling through your files. You can also save smart searches in the “playlists” side of the interface. On the back end of things, Leopard includes “Back to my Mac,” which keeps track of your home Mac’s IP address through various (and secure!) magicks, letting you browse your files remotely as if they were on a local network. Spotlight search also works over networks now, as expected.

3. Quick Look - Another new Finder integrated function, Quick Look lets you open up previews of most common document types without opening the respective app, and unsupported doc types can be added through extensions.

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Mozilla Corp. has released a critical security update to Firefox, taking a third shot at patching bugs in the way the browser can be used to launch programs from Web links.

The bug, rated ‘moderate’ by Mozilla, lies in the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) protocol handling technology that is used to launch programs — an e-mail client for example — from within the browser. Over the past few months, security researchers have been discovering an increasing number of ways that this technology can be misused, often as a way to install unauthorized software on a victim’s computer.

The URI patch is one of eight security bug-fixes that Mozilla has pushed out with the 2.0.0.8 update, released late Thursday.

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Look back at your life and point to the people who made the biggest positive difference. Parental figures and strong friendships may come to mind, but the teachers who were there through your high school education likely had a large impact on your career goals, your worldview, and perhaps–as a recent study suggests–your sense of self. In fact, high school students often cite their teachers as the most influential adults in their lives. If you’ve long wanted to make a difference in your community, becoming a teacher at the high school level could be a satisfying career move.
Educators among Important “Natural” Mentors

A recent study by Students Against Destructive Decisions found that teens who identify at least one “natural” mentor in their life–a teacher, parent, or other adult not assigned to them through mentoring programs–had a higher sense of self, and were more likely to take positive risks like taking on volunteer work or joining an athletic team.

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A growing number of Americans have discovered the joys of working for themselves. By developing a marketable skill, you can work directly for customers and clients without having to worry about middle managers or boring company presentations. In today’s increasingly flexible job market, medical careers no longer require working in hospitals, and technology degree holders can find lucrative work from their home offices.

According to government data, these five careers offer some of the easiest ways to get started with self-employment. In many cases, you can usually start earning money while completing your formal training.

1. Home Health Aide

While most home health aides spend their time working from clients’ homes, this fast-growing profession combines many of the benefits of a nursing career with the flexibility of self-employment. Earning $20,000 per year or more by working part-time, a typical home health aide assists clients when he or she is not caring for family members or completing a nursing degree program.

Many states require a prospective home health aide to hold an associate medical degree, as well as a personal bond. Though some home health aids are truly self-employed, the vast majority of professionals book clients through a professional agency. Agencies provide tax withholding, bookkeeping, and business support for home health aides. Some larger agencies even provide tuition reimbursement for online health degrees.

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