[MyAppleMenu] Jul 20, 2003

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Sunday, Jul 20, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Rivals Ready To Take A Bite Of Apple (Sue Zeidler, Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/030720/bizmedia_online_3.html>
Spurred by the runaway success of iTunes, competitors are readying their own music download services in a surge of activitiy that record executives see pulling the music industry out of a three-year slump.

Laptops Will Transform Schools, Educator Assures (Dave Murray, Grand Rapids Press)
<http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-9/105853964368220.xml?grpress?NEG>
Principal Chris Toy says education in his Freeport, Maine, middle school has "transformed" in the year since each seventh-grader received a laptop computer.

Proposal To Give Laptops To All Sixth-Graders Gets Mixed Reviews (Amy F. Bailey, Associated Press)
<http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?g7802_BC_MI--LaptopComputers&&news&newsflash-michigan>
A program to give all Michigan sixth-graders wireless laptop or handheld computers puts the state on the verge of having the nation's largest school technology program.

Oasis To Supply Apple iTunes Music Store (Axcess Business News)
<http://www.theaxcess.net/money_04_0703.html>
The Rain Dog Records division of Oasis CD Manufacturing announced today that Oasis has been hand-picked by Apple to help supply independent ("indie") music to the Apple iTunes Music Store.

What Albums Join Together, Everyone Tears Asunder (Jon Pareles, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/weekinreview/20PARE.html?ex=1059278400&en=9235ee752e288b0c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Can the notion of an album -- a collection of songs sold as a single unit, to be heard in a certain sequence -- survive the Internet?

Apple lowers Educational Pricing (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/19/education>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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About A Bug And A Pod (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/2003-07-18-steinberg_x.htm>
Once you become accustomed to the joys of digital music on an iPod, wouldn't you consider buying a Mac to go with it?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Ten Reasons To Go X (John O'Brien, Courier-Mail)
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6772114%5E8362,00.html>
THere are more exciting and innovative things happening on the Mac now than at any other time in Apple's history.

Adding Movies To Your Web Page (Jennifer Niederst, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/excerpt/learnwebdesign_chap22/index.html>

Gadget Of The Week: Apple iSight Camera With iChat AV (Wilson Rothman, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/gadget/20030718/>
Problem-free? Not yet. It seems that not even Apple is beyond a little of the old tech troubleshooting. But it's still the most painless videoconferencing I've witnessed to date.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Why Liberals Are No Fun (Frank Rich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/arts/20RICH.html>
How can Democrats be so ineffectual in the media in which they would seem to have a home-court cultural advantage?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Writing Life (Lily Tuck, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5628-2003Jul17.html>
Liars and novelists have this in common: They need to sustain the lie.

Question Reality (Liza Mundy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61947-2003Jul15.html>
'Survivor' gave Colleen Haskell fame she didn't enjoy, fans she'd rather avoid and a movie career she didn't want. So she escaped to an ordinary life and an ordinary job... making a reality TV show.

How Much Did Your Seat Cost? (David Leonhardt, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/arts/theater/20LEON.html>
Now the purchase of a theater ticket has come to resemble the purchase of an airline ticket. For complete control -- the ability to choose your seat and the date you sit there -- you will probably pay top dollar. In most other cases, you can make a deal.

Over 90, And Still On The Road (Hila Colman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/opinion/20COLM.html>
For many people my age, just getting out for something as simple as an ice cream cone can make a big difference in your quality of life. If we can't get there in our own cars or afford to hire a driver, we need better public transportation or the help of younger people who don't mind the company of someone who's been around the block a couple of times.

3-D Rides Back To Save The Day (Rick Lyman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/movies/20LYMA.html>
Always frantic to revive the sense of magic that greeted the first motion pictures, Hollywood is taking yet another chance on one of the movies' most enduring challenges: 3-D.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Lesson From Buangkok Station: Give Early Warning (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,200549,00.html?>

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