[MyAppleMenu] Jul 2, 2003

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
-------------------------
Playing Our Song? (Henry Jenkins, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_jenkins070203.asp>
Rekindling the flame of community that Napster first lit will require a service that encourages its users to connect with one another and share their musical experiences.

Developers, Analysts Weigh In On The G5, Panther (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/01/reaction/>
"Nobody else is delivering this type of innovation; no one elase is even close to doing what we're doing and it's paying off."

MyAppleMenu : News
------------------
PC Laptops Catch Up With Giant PowerBook Screen (Tom Krazit, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6536>
Toshiba has joined Apple among the small number of vendors offering a large 17-inch notebook display.

Make Room For FireWire (Glenn Fleishman, NewsFactor)
<http://wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/21839.html>
Apple's IP-over-FireWire software turns a FireWire bus into something akin to an Ethernet port.

Revamped Canvas 9 Line Now Available (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/02/canvas/>

Sign Up Friends To .Mac, Get A Discount (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/02/friends/>
Apple is offering a special offer in which you get 20 percent off your renewal fee if you talk a friend into signing up for the suite of Internet services.

Some Artists Won't Put Songs On iTunes (Associated Press)
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/gossip/6219000.htm>
It's not about money, but about preserving albums as an art form.

Registration Open For O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/02/oriellyconf>

Fresh Tools, Choices Abound For Mac OS X Developers (SD Times)
<http://sdtimes.com/news/081/special1.htm>
What Apple lacks in market share and developer populace, it perhaps makes up for in development options.

Netscape Updates As Andreessen Yawns (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1022657.html>
Netscape on Monday updated its browser, touting improvements in navigation and spam-control--days after Netscape's founder pronounced browser innovation moribund.

Ambrosia Releases Deimos Rising, Uplink Updates (Tuncer Deniz, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=7943>

StickyBrain Gains Safari Support (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/01/chronos>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
----------------------
Intel Endorses Apple Macintosh, Software (Adamson Rust, The Inquirer)
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10287>
Intel does use Apple machines and software, and seems to rely on it when producing its annual results.

Has Apple Lost The War On Power In The Portable Market? (Rich Leach, TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=256&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>
Has Apple neglected its PowerBook line?

Hey Apple, Got J2ME? (Bill Day)
<http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/223>
As best I can tell, Apple doesn't currently offer any J2ME development tools.

How Apple Spells Future: i-P-O-D (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2003/tc2003072_0512_tc056.htm>
Apple is at one of the most important turning points in its history. It stands at the threshold of crossing over from cult favorite to household name, especially if that household has a teenager. And Apple is making this crossing on the slender back of its little iPod.

Margin Note: Apple's Unique Spot In A "Boring" Industry (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030701082333687>
Mainstream ignorance regarding Apple's position as a pillar innovator has become all too common and is exactly the type of obstacle that Apple is desperately attempting to overcome.

The Panther Report: Has The Fallout Begun? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=10&Art_ID=12302>
The demise of C&G doesn't auger well for small software companies.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
---------------------
Apple Latest iPods May Be Too Slick (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6220843.htm>
The latest models are just a bit less convenient. But the ipod remains by far the best, most portable and durable jukebox for botm Macintosh and Windows-based computers.

Ultranium 4 (Pat Miller, MacGamer)
<http://www.macgamer.com/features/?id=1588>

When Building Applications For More Than Just Mac OS X (Edward J. Correia, SD Times)
<http://sdtimes.com/news/081/special2.htm>
There are lots of choices for targeting multiple platforms from a single codebase.

Making Movies With The Apple iSight (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/01/isight.html>
I'll show you how to use the iSight with some very inexpensive QuickTime-based software to create top-notch video presentations.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
-------------------------
Gates On Microsoft, Boredom And Risk (H. Darr, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-06-29-gates-boring_x.htm>
Microsoft isn't boring, says Gates; it takes risks and develops stuff you're meant to take for granted.

More Wintel News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
----------------------------------
TV 'Brick' Opens Up Copyright Can Of Worms (Benoit Faucon, Wall Street Journal)
<http://afr.com/articles/2003/06/30/1056825330084.html>
A French company is ready to launch a device that lets television viewers watch any channel on earth, and may open another front in the battle over digital copyright.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
--------------------------------------
White-Collar Sweatshops (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/02/outsourcing/?ref=null>
"Globalization" is becoming a dirty word to U.S. tech workers, increasingly angry and anxious as their jobs disappear overseas, never to return.

Video Games Get Updated Rating System (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Games-New-Ratings.html>

Brace For Onslaught Of Privacy Laws (Robert L. Mitchell, Computerworld)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111416,00.asp>
Vendors eagerly market tools to enforce new legislative rules.

Court Says Gator-Style Ads Are Legal (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-1022791.html>
A federal court has ruled that pop-up ads for rivals of U-Haul International, placed atop the moving company's own site by a third-party software application, are legal.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
--------------------------
Underwater (Peter Hessler, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030707fa_fact>
The Yangtze swallows the past.

Who Lost The WMD? (Massimo Calabresi and Timothy J. Burger, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030707-461781,00.html>
As the weapons hunt intensifies, so does the finger pointing. A preview of the coming battle.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
-------------------------
At Bedtime, Is A Book All You Want? (Erica Wagner, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-731494,00.html>
The success of several new books shows that erotic writing is becoming bolder and more mainstream, but sex works best in the mind, not on the page.

Salads That Declare Their Independence (Mark Bittman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/dining/02MINI.html?8hpib>
Meat is not only the centerpiece of most barbecues, but also the simplest part. Intensely flavorful to begin with, it is easily made more so with rubs, sauces and smoke. It's the salads that can be tricky.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
--------------------------------
Strange State, Wrong Highway, Cold Night (J. Allyn Rosser, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2085037/>

The Walk With Elizanne (John Updike, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?030707fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
-------------------------------------------
Singapore Gives Five Stars To Toilet (D'arcy Doran, Associated Press)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20030701/ap_on_fe_st/singapore_toilet_award>
Singapore's environment minister awarded the country's first five-star rating to a public restroom on Tuesday, at the start of a nationwide drive to flush out dirty lavatories.

Malaysian Budget Carrier AirAsia Looking To Fly To Singapore (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/43502/1/.html>

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

More
----
Internet News <http://www.myapplemenu.com/internet/>
Linux News <http://www.myapplemenu.com/linux/>

---
Modify your subscription at <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/applesurf-list>

MyAppleMenu is edited by Heng-Cheong Leong. This site is not affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc., or any other companies in any manner. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac, iBook, iPod, and eMac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their registered holders. Copyright &copy; 1996-2003 Heng-Cheong Leong. All rights reserved.