[MyAppleMenu] Jul 16, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Beats Expectations On Lower Profit (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-1026425.html?tag=fd_top>
Buoyed by a rise in sales, Apple on Wednesday reported third-quarter results of $19 million profits, exceeding expectations, although this profit was down from a year ago.

The Common Sense Report: Why Is My Head Shaking? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#shaking>
We all make mistakes, but I do think that anyone who claims to be a Mac journalist should make at least some effort to stay well informed and make sure the things they publish pass the common sense test, at the very least.

Apple Offers Premiere Users Incentives To Switch To Final Cut (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/16/premiere>
Premiere customers have the choice of trading in their disks for a free copy of Final Cut Express, or receive a US$500 rebate towards the purchase of Final Cut Pro 4.

The Good, The Bad, And The Avie (John Gruber, Daring Fireball)
<http://daringfireball.net/2003/07/the_good_the_bad_and_the_avie.html>
Tevanian's stewardship over Apple's software has been a decidedly mixed bag. Overall, he's done a tremendous job. But where he's gone wrong, he's gone terribly wrong.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Groxis Visualization Software Now Available For OS X (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/16/groxis>

Print Shop OS X Debuts (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/16/printshop/>
In addition to Mac OS X support, the new version of The Print Shop for Mac sports enhanced integration with iApps like iPhoto, iCal and iTunes, as well as Address Book.

Apple Soundtrack Goes Solo (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/16/soundtrack/>
Apple announced Wednesday that Soundtrack, a professional music creation tool originally offered specifically with Final Cut Pro 4, will be available as a standalone product.

Mac Fans Pervert Forbes Tech-CEO Popularity Poll (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1192404,00.asp>
It's hard to decide what's more pathetic: scripting an electronic ballot stuffer for a trivial on-line poll of tech-CEO popularity, or creating a trivial on-line poll that begs to be abused.

Apple Airs New Power Mac G5 Commercial (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/15/g5ad>
"Introducing the Power Mac G5. The world's fastest, most powerful personal computer."

Retail Outlets Help Apple Register Growth (Patrick Seitz, Investor's Business Daily)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/030715/tech_1.html>
On the negative side, the stores have increased the company's fixed operating costs and have caused conflict with its resellers. On the plus side, the stores have raised Apple's profile and helped boost its share of the U.S. consumer PC market.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Is Creative Professional Software On The Macintosh Being Crippled To Maintain Parity With Windows (Thomas Fitzgerald)
<http://www.thomas-fitzgerald.net/mt_test/archives/000023.html>
Let's just hope developers can see the potential rewards and take advantage of the numerous technologies Apple is laying on the table for them, instead of waiting for Apple to release software and then complain about it afterwards.

The Chili Peppers' Sour Grapes Over iTunes (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2003/tc20030715_6812_tc056.htm>

With Due Respect To David Coursey, The 'Book Is Still The Logical Mac (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/03/07/14/index.html>
The laptop is simply a more elegant solution.

Bringing The Apple To The Masses -- An Alternative THeory (Eugenia Loli-Queru, OSNews.com)
<http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4037>
Apple will have to spin off a new brand.

My First Day At Macworld Creative Pro - News And Rumors (Divia Melwani, TheMacMind.com)
<http://www.themacmind.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=275&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Unreal Tournament 2003 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/ut2003.shtml>

Two Books For Switchers (Kirk McElhearn, ATPM)
<http://www.atpm.com/9.07/two-books.shtml>

In Sync With CVS (James Duncan Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/15/cvs.html>
You can work with your data no matter where you are.

Acrobat 6.0 Professional (Alistair Dabbs, MacUser UK)
<http://www.macuser.co.uk/?reviews/reviews_story.php?id=44487>
This is a must-have upgrade.

ShuttleXpress (MacSofa)
<http://www.macsofa.com/more.php?id=35_0_1_0_M>
Want to edit video with precision frame by frame controls? Scroll through documents with the slight flick of the wrist? Or zoom around Photoshop images with one hand? I think I have found just the thing for you.

Tip: Cleaning Up The Dock And Starting From Scratch (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030715080340581>
"I acciednetally dragged approximately 300 files to the dock..."

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Why Google Should Be Worried (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2003/tc20030715_6830_tc004.htm>
By buying Overture, Yahoo! is challenging its rival in the booming paid-search market -- and giving Microsoft a headache as well.

Mozilla Wants To Rumble With IE (Anmit Asaravala, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59640,00.html>
Microsoft's Internet Explorer might have trounced the likes of Netscape Navigator, but the folks at Mozilla.org insist the browser wars aren't over.

Professor Gadget (Megan Vandre, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/vandre0703.asp>
The Media Lab's Ted Selker is cooking up more inventions to make our everyday lives easier.

Is Unix On Borrowed Time? (Peter Galli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1193375,00.asp>
A panel of Linux luminaries here predicted the demise of Unix over time, saying it would inevitably be replaced by Linux.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Tour Of Duty Or Deplorable Deployment? (Jeff Danziger, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-danziger16jul16,1,5688148.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions>
This is a hideous mistake. There are no short-timers' calendars, no end of this assignment to look forward to. Nothing you can promise the folks back home. Or yourself, for that matter.

It's Hong Kong V China: Who'll Crack? (Oliver August, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-746248,00.html>
Six years after the handover to China, Hong Kong's residents are so angry at the collapse of their once vibrant economy and property market that they are prepared to challenge the might of Beijing.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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The New Sex Scorecard (Hara Marano, Psychology Today)
<http://www.psychologytoday.com/htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/PTO-20030624-000003.asp>
It's safe to talk about sex differences again.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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He Knows The Flow Must Go On (John Balzar, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-balzar16jul16.story>
For a collector and businessman, nothing that modern technology offers these days can replace the magic of writing with a fountain pen.

New Tarantino Film To Be Released In 2 Parts (Laura M. Holson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/16/movies/16KILL.html>
Miramax Films will take the unusual and potentially risky move of releasing "Kill Bill," the much-anticipated Quentin Tarantino martial arts action-adventure film, as two movies, the first to open in the fall.

People's Poet (Martin Wainwright, Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,12887,999087,00.html>
For years he worked with down-and-outs, drug addicts and burglars. Now Ian Duhig has been shortlisted for one of Britain's most prestigious poetry prizes.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Leaflet On Wooing (Lucie Brock-Broido, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2085630/>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Girds For SARS (Asia Times)
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG16Ae06.html>

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