[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Jul 25, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Jul 25, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Removes 'Switch' Ads (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/24/switchads>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple Support: Really First Rate? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/07/24/switchads>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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BookEndz For 12" PowerBook (MacSofa)
<http://www.macsofa.com/more.php?id=45_0_1_0_M>

PocketMouse Pro Wireless (Niko Coucouvanis, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0306/rev.pmpw.html>
This mouse would be great for travel--the transmitter tucks away behind a trap door so there aren't any cords or extra pieces to carry--if only it worked better.

Care For Your Mac (Rick Lepage, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/08/reviews/macgems/>
Cocktail performs 20 system tasks and interface adjustments, arranged in five basic categories.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Will Longhorn Rope Everything Together? (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5053699.html>
With the regulatory reins somewhat loosened, Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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People Want Antispam Registry, Senator Says (Grant Gross, IDG News Service)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,83367,00.html>
Trying to drum up support for his antispam legislation, Charles Schumer released survey results today showing that 74% of U.S. Internet users want a national do-not-spam registry.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Delay Linux Apps, Look At Windows, Unix, Says Gartner (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31938.html>
SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether Unix or Windows will provide functions equivalent to those of Linux deployments", and take a "go-slow" approach to Linux in high-value or mission-critical production systems.

Can Google Save America Online? (Jim Hu and Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5053461.html>
Paid search listings have helped pull Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Web portal from the dot-com advertising mire, but America Online is still in search of a savior.

Libraries Get A Break On Net Filters (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5053614.html>
Under a deadline set Thursday, libraries have an extra year to comply with a controversial law that says if they accept federal funds, they must install Internet filtering software.

Ballmer: Tech's Future Is Boundless (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-5054161.html>
At a meeting with financial analysts here, Ballmer said that much of the potential gains technology has to offer have yet to be realized.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Trade With Singapore (Jack Loftus, Portsmouth Herald Business News)
<http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/07242003/business/41297.htm>
Dave Peck knows how international business works -- he's lived or traveled in countries from Europe to Southeast Asia, and now he lives in Singapore.

House OKs Pair Of Free-Trade Pacts (Corbett B. Daly, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC3061449-8132-4985-939C-F9320E883DB9%7D&siteid=google&dist=google>
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved free trade pacts with Chile and Singapore, the first two such deals submitted to Congress since President Bush last year was granted the authority to negotiate trade pacts that Congress can approve or reject, but not amend.

KL And Singapore File Notices At ICJ On Island Row (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,201331,00.html?>
Malaysia said yesterday that it had begun the judicial process with Singapore to resolve its dispute over Pedra Branca with the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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