From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 30 21:05:00 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:10:59 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 30, 2003
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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Jun 30, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Explains Power Mac G4 Mobo Switch (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
Reverting to the older motherboard architecture had another added benefit: Today's Power Mac G4 is dual-bootable in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.
Beige G3 Abandoned By Panther? Is It Really Inevitable? (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
At some point it's going to happen.
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Casady & Greene To Cease Operations Thursday (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Casady & Greene, a company that's been publishing software since 1984, will offiically cease business as of Thursday.
.Mac Members Getting Renewal Notices Three Months Early (MacFixIt)
"What happened to the extra 3 months?"
Netscape 7.1 Released (MacMinute)
Pinnacle To Buy Dazzle Products (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Pinnacle Systems Inc., which makes such products as the Mac-based CineWave video editing solution, has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the Dazzle home video editing business from SCM Microsystems.
iSight, iPod, Power Mac G5 Top Apple Sales Chart (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Fuel Creativity, Manage Passion (Jimmy Yap, MIS Magazine)
Apple Computer attracts many bright, passionate individuals, and the big task for its Asia-Pacific VP, Tony Ho, is to manage them and harness their creative energies.
Benchmarking The Leaders (Chris Bell, Blanche McMath, Vikki Bland, MIS Magazine)
Most if not all educational organisations use the Apple Mac platform for teaching information technology and in visual arts departments.
PowerSchool Announces Student Information System 3.6 (MacMinute)
PowerSchool 3.6 features "more scheduling versatility, expanding on the Master Schedule Builder of version 3.5."
Apple Kicks Off "You Save. They Rave." Promo (MacMinute)
US$99 mail-in rebate with the purchase of a Mac and an HP DeskJet or Photosmart printer or any HP all-in-one product.
MacSoft: Neverwinter Nights Coming In July (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
Set in the Forgotten Realms, Neverwinter Nights is a true 3D RPG set developed using D&D 3rd Edition rules.
Macworld CreativePro To Feature FCP-Made Films (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
Independent Bands Use Internet To Sell Recordings, Widen Their Exposure (Christina Dyrness, News And Observer)
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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New Power Mac G5 Triggers Wave Of Hype (Larry Blasko, Associated Press)
Processor speed is but one measure of a desktop computer's performance.
The Video Phone Meets The PC: Steve Jobs Shows How To Put THe Phone Companies Out Of Business (Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0)
The folks who should be the most worried about this development are the phone companies.
Apple's On A Roll Again--But Is It Too Late? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
With stuff this good, Apple deserves a break.
Take Another Look At Apple (Dan Gillmor, Computerworld)
Apple can still make a case in the enterprise, targeting creative types, some road warriors and some server applications, and it's clearly not running short on innovation.
Will Microsoft's Browser Engine Backfire? (Munir Kotadia, ZDNet UK)
Microsoft may have unwittingly started a revolt against its Internet Explorer (IE) browser by discontinuing it as a standalone product and blurring the future of the current version, IE 6.
The Audiophile Future? (Jon Lverson, Stereophile Magazine)
Once the mass market has adopted an audio format it finds convenient, audiophiles are expected to grumble a bit and then get down to the business of perfecting it.
Q&A: Dan Gillmor On Apple's New G5s, Panther (Ken Mingis, Computerworld)
"Clearly on the UI front, Apple is ahead and will stay ahead. But Microsoft is nothing if not relentless. This is a long, long competition."
Analyzing Apple's Market Position (Miquel Inchaurrondo Nehm, OSNews.com)
I would appreciate if other marketing aspects are also brought to the spotlight, as the "lower the prices, sell more machines" argument is very simple and not well thought.
The Panther Report: Is Apple Now Cribbing Ideas From Windows? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
This isn't the first time Apple has gone outside the company for technology and ideas.
MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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MacAlly Noise Reduction Headphones (Greg Gant, Inside Mac Games)
The MacAllys are a solid set of headphones and pack the sound quality that should be expected for their price.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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New Itanium A Breakthrough For Intel? (Stephen Shankland and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
With "Madison," Intel is hoping the third time's a charm.
A Safer System For Home PC's Feels Like Jail To Some Critics (John Markoff, New York Times)
Your next personal computer may well come with its own digital chaperon.
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MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Mobile-Phone Technology Moves Toward Nirvana (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
Personal computing has been in a period of relative stagnation lately. But the gadget scene is a hotbed of innovation, and nowhere is this more true than in mobile communications.
MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Web Services Taking Root In The Enterprise (Peter Coffee, eWeek)
Labels May Face Risk In Priacy Suits (Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
As the record industry prepares to haul thousands of alleged music pirates into court, its biggest risk may be suing the wrong people -- and losing the support of leading members of Congress in the progress.
Coming Soon: A Horror Show For TV Ads (Jane Black, BusinessWeek)
TiVo's digital recorders indicate that viewers don't necessarily watch the ads, even on hit shows. Agencies and networks are still in denial.
MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Bedroom Door (William Safire, New York Times)
I used to fret about same-sex marriage. Maybe competition from responsible gays would revive opposite-sex marriage.
Welcome To The Machine (Nicholas Confessore, Washington Monthly)
How the GOP disciplined K Street and made Bush supreme.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Saving Lives With Living Machines (Peter Fiarley, MIT Technology Review)
Hybrid devices that are part machine, part living cells, offer new hope to patients for whom purely artificial treatments like dialysis aren't good enough.
Doctors Unite To Separate Conjoined Twins With Care (Erika Niedowski, Baltimore Sun)
They've studied life-sized models of hte patients' heads, pored over animated graphics showing the intricacies of their brains and reherased surgical strategies that will either make medical history or lead to a family tragedy.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Katharine Hepburn, Spirited Actress, Dies At 96 (Caryn James, New York Times)
Katharine Hepburn, the actress whose independent life and strong-willed movie characters made her a role model for generations of women and a beloved heroine to filmgoers for more than 60 years, died yesterday at her home.
Book Buyers Stay Busy But Forsake Bookstores (David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
The good news is that millions of consumers bought books last month. The bad news is that a lot of them skipped a trip to the bookstore, where they may have bought even more books.
Did Harry Have To Grow Up? (Marina Warner, The Observer)
Something about Harry growing up has taken away Rowling's own sense of fun and, with it, Harry's hopes and high spirits.
The (Not So) Secret Diary Of A Blogger (Damian Whitworth, Michael Gove and David Rown, The Times)
The first inkling that there was something out there, beyond my understanding, lurking in the depths of cyberspace, came early in the 21st century.
MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Doctors Unite To Separate Conjoined Twins With Care (Erika Niedowski, Baltimore Sun)
They've studied life-sized models of hte patients' heads, pored over animated graphics showing the intricacies of their brains and reherased surgical strategies that will either make medical history or lead to a family tragedy.
MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Bukit Panjang LRT Getting Its Act Together (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
It has suffered no serious problems in six months since being ordered to shape up.
Ballot For Food Van Permits Will Hurt Industry (David Tan Cheng Peng, Straits Times)
There must be some criteria for applicants in the exercise.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 1 21:05:00 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:10:59 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 1, 2003
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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Jun 1, 2003
MyAppleMenu : News
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Web Without Wires (Lisa Gill, Hoosier Times)
Armed with a $250 Apple AirPort Extreme station and a DL high-speed Internet connection, Steve Volan is providing his customers with the ability to surf the Web, download e-mail and electroncially chat with friends -- for free.
Apple To Open Store In Richmond, VA Area (MacNN)
"The new store will be at Short Pump Town Center, an upscale mall nearing completion in Henrico County."
Giant Bank Dumps Apple Mac Customers (Adamson Rust, The Inquirer)
Get lost, we don't want your business.
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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99-Cent Songs Online Not Really A Bargain (Jim Hillbish, The Repository)
The Jaguar Report: Migration Conspiracies Revisited (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
Aren't we forgetting why Apple bought NeXT in the first place?
MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Reader Notes Flaw In Some iPod Belt Clips (MacNN)
"The plastic part that hooks the carrying case to my belt buckle broke and my iPod fell 1 story onto our concree patio."
New iPod Is Not Necessarily Improved (Michael Prager, Boston Globe)
What I want more of its battery capacity. But in service of sleek, they reduced it from 10 hours' time to 8!
iPod Is An All-Star; Neuros Is Still A Rookie: Challenger Shows Promise, But It Needs More Seasoning Before It Can Take On The Cagey Veteran Of MP3 Players (Edward C. Baig, USA Today)
Apple remains at the top of its game.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft To Abandon Standalone IE (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
Microsoft is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE program manager Brian Countryman in an interview posted on the software giant's web site.
Microsoft's New Linux Gambit (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
Listen closely to what Microsoft is not saying about SCO Group's open-source operatta.
Going For A Streak-Free Finish (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
Will Microsoft's answer to Linux be Windex instead?
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The Web Can Be Tangled For Parents With Questions (Sana Siwolop, New York Times)
Many busy parents tend to go first to the Internet when looking for resources for raising their children, but that doesn't mean that they always like what they find.
Spamology (Tom Zeller, New York Times)
Spam is everywhere, including on the lips of legislators.
Analysts To SCO: No Thanks To Code Review Offer (Patrick Thibodeau and todd R. Weiss, Computerworld)
Analysts are balking at SCO's offer to view its proof that there is illegal Unix code in Linux, with one calling the move a publicity stunt.
Stopping Spam Isn't As Easy As You Might Hope (John R. Levine)
I'm not arguing that nothing can work so we should throw up our hands, but it's dismaying that the same old unworkable anti-spam approaches keep reappearing over and over, reinvented by people who haven't done the most rudimentary invstigation of prior work.
MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Dr. No And The Yes Men (Matt Bai, New York Times)
Howard Dean has cast himself as the one true Democrat in opposition to Bush. And he doesn't care if he takes those mushy, moderate mollifiers right down with him.
A Theory Of Everything (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
After 9/11 people wondered, "Why do they hate us?" speaking of the Muslim world. After the Iraq war debate, the question has grown into, "Why does everybody else hate us?"
The Slave History You Don't Know (Scott McLemee, The Chronicle Of Higher Education)
A scholar's startling study of hte Southwest wins unprecedented acclaim.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Mob Software: The Erotic Life Of Code (Richard P. Gabriel and Ron Goldman)
I've got good news: That way of hacking you like is going to come back in style.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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A Safe Place: Finding An Alternative Universe In Books (Leonard Chang, San Francisco Chronicle)
And then you find your voice.
A Few Words On Sex (Dean Kulpers, Los Angeles Times)
Pop culture's saturated, but fiction writers have yet to find a language to describe its complexity.
The Game Of Life (David Von Drehle, Washington Post)
Can an inept golfer improve his score by improving his soul?
They Shall Not Pass (Tony Saint, The Observer)
At Heathrow, they know how to spot an asylum-seeker -- he'll be in dodgy shoes and flying in on a Sunday.
The Never-Ending Story (Abigail Young as told to Harriet Brown, New York Times)
Everyone told Brian he's a miracle boy, and he's proud of that. But on some level he's got to know that he went through something nightmarish. That it wasn't just a miracle. It was terrible.
MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Museum's Piece Of Art Can Be Borrowed Home Under Public Art Library Scheme (Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia)
In an effort to encourage greater art appreciation, members of the public can now borrow a piece of art hanging in the museum to be put in their home.
Singapore Celebrates Its Victory In SARS War (Jacqueline Wong, Reuters)
A relieved Singapore celebrated its victory over SARS on Saturday with stores on its Orchard Road shopping street offering big discounts and thousands of people expected to gather for a riverside party.
Sars-Free, Now To Fine-Tune Crisis-Handling (Salma Khalik and Wong Sher Maine, Straits Times)
Hospitals will have three alert levels -- each having a set o fprecautions. Plans afoot for memorial and book on crisis.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 2 21:05:00 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:10:59 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 2, 2003
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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Jun 2, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Switches On PowerBook Cuts (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
"We want to get to a point where we are selling as many notebooks as desktops, and you need to do some stuff to make that happen."
Apple Drops 12, 15-Inch PowerBook Prices Up To $300 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
The 12-inch PowerBook G4 is available from $1,599, a price drop of $200. What's more, Apple's 15-inch PowerBook G4 is now available from $1,999 -- a drop of $300.
MyAppleMenu : News
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Formac Introduces New FireWire TV Recording Solution (MacMinute)
Apple's Ive Wins 'Designer Of The Year' Award (MacMinute)
Jonathan ive, Apple's chief design guru, has been named "Designer of the Year" by london's Design Meseum.
Apple Canada Cuts Laptop Prices Even Further (MacNN)
Xserves Power iTunes Music Store, 'America 24/7' (Jim Darlymple, MacCentral)
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Lower Your Blood Pressure (Sandy McMurray, The Globe And Mail)
I've switched to the Mac because it works and because it doesn't make me miserable.
Apple, Amazon In Online Music Talks (Tim Arango, New York Post)
Apple and Amazon.com are working on a deal that will make Apple's popular new online music store available on Amazon, The Post has learned.
Resistance Really Was Futile (Andrew Leonard, Salon)
Far from admitting guilt, it looks as though Microsoft took advantage of AOL's need for cash to establish another major beachhead for its products.
MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Snowball Run (Karen Halloran, Inside Mac Games)
It's a solid game that's well worth purchasing, especially considering the amount of entertainment you'll get at the price point.
Bloodrayne (MacGamer)
iBook 14.1in 900Mhz (Kenny Hemphill, MacUser UK)
If you want a robust, reasonably powered low-cost portable, this iBook won't let you down.
Snowball Run (Mark Lowe, Mac Game Database)
Nice idea, but looks like it didn't finish its beta cycle.
d2 External FireWire CD-RW Drive (Dan Boland, ATPM)
At a reasonable price, this speedy drive will make anyone who burns CDs extremely happy with the results.
NetNewsWire Lite (Byron Hinson, TopTechTips)
There are no better RSS news readers around at the moment, and I certainly can't find any faults with NetNewsWire at all.
Need For Feed (Shyma S, Rediff)
News aggregators provide an easy and efficient way of surfing the Internet.
Snowball Run (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
The monotonous gameplay wasn't incentive enough to keep me playing.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Digital Media Becomes Focus As Microsoft And AOL Settle (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
The corporate armistice declared last week between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner reflected two companies moving from the past to the future.
Internet Explorer 7.0 (Joel Spolsky)
Considering that AOL spent $4.2 billion to buy Netscape, you'd think somebody would have noticed that they already have a browser component.
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MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Everything Has A Price, Including Your Private Information (Jamie Court, Los Angeles Times)
Until the individual and society make new demands, corporate power will not concede.
MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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In Computing, Weighing Sheer Power Against Vast Pools Of Data (John Markoff, New York Times)
Innovation in data-storage technology is now significantly outpacing progress in computer processing power, heralding a new era where vast pools of digital data are becoming the most crucial element in scientific research.
SCO's CEO Says Buyout Could End Linux Fight (Todd R. Weiss, Computerworld)
If IBM wants to buy The SCO Group Inc. and end SCO's ongoing Unix licensing assault on Linux, CEO Darl McBride is apparanetly all ears.
>From The Battlefield To The Enterprise (InfoWorld)
Some key technologies -- deployed on a massive scale in Afghanistan and Iraq -- may hold promise for corporate IT.
MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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In TV News, Taking Credit Is Called Business As Usual (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times)
Many television newsrooms are surely puzzled by what happened to Rick Bragg at the New York Times. Either that or they're having a big laugh about it.
Bylines, Datelines And Fault Lines At The N.Y. Times (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
How did one of the world's greatest newspapers wind up in a civil war?
More News, Less Diversity (Matthew Hindman and Kenneth Neil Cukier, New York Times)
While regulation must remain flexible to account for technological change, the Internet shouldn't be invoked to justify diluting existing safeguards.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Wheelchair Users Take Flight (Karlin Lillington, Wired News)
An experimental mix of virtual reality and input devices tailored for people with disabilities is helping children express themselves artistically.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Scholars Who Blog (David Glenn, The Chronicle Of Higher Education)
The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics.
Music This Beautiful Is Something To Share (Leo Harris, Newsweek)
Thousands of black children will grow up without ever hearing beethoven--unless I get to them first.
Light And Darkness In Canada (John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times)
Photographer Lincoln Clarkes found beauty in Vancouver's female drug addicts. He didn't know he was also documenting murder.
Success Translates (Lewis Beale, Los Angeles Times)
Foreign crime writers such as Scotsman Alexander McCall Smith and Russia's Boris Akunin are riding a mini-wave of great reviews and booming sales in America.
Ali's In Wonderland (Harriet Lane, The Observer)
When she was voted one of the UK's best young novelists, Monica Ali's first book was only a manuscript. Now she's being hailed as a new Zadie Smith.
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The Folklore Of Our Times (Haruki Murakami, New Yorker)
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Only A Matter Of Days Before N-E MRT Line Opens (Straits Times)
SBS Transit and the Land Transport Authority are hoping 'it will be ready for revenue operation in the middle of the month'.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 3 21:05:00 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:10:59 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 3, 2003
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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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QuickTime 6.3 Adds 3GPP, Improves iApp Support, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
QuickTime 6.3 adds support for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard, bridging a connection to passing multimedia content over wireless networks on devices like cell phones and PDAs.
iSync 1.1 Adds Broader Phone Support, Safari Bookmarks (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
The new version supports more than 20 cell phones. iSync 1.1 also enables .Mac subscribers to synchronize bookmarks using Apple's own Safari Web browser.
Mr iMac Wins Design Prize For Banishing Beige Boxes (Charles Arthur, Independent)
Jonathan Ive is admired among designers because he pours elegance into products.
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Bluetooth 1.2.1 Improves Phone Support (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
Thr update provides enhanced stability and support for several Symbian OS-based mobile phones.
Dashboard, Interpol May Be Headed For iTunes As Apple Woos Indies (MTV News)
Apple has invited hundreds of indie label representatives to a private presentation on Thursday at Apple's campus to discuss hopping onboard and adding their content to the more than 200,000 songs already available through the service.
The World According To Quark (Pamela Pfiffner, E-Commerce News)
For the first time in many years, Quark has to deal with a viable contender to its seat at the top of the page-layout heap. Pressure from Adobe will only increase, and Quark will need to respond.
University Art Departments Requiring 17-Inch PB (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Virginia Tech's Department of Art & Art History is requiring the new 17-inch PowerBook for all of their incoming students in Graphic Design, Studio Art, and Art History.
Will The Beatles Take A Bite Of Apple Computer? (Fox News)
Soon Apple Corps is going to want something from Apple Computer besides a few laptops for its executives.
Macquarium: Swimming In Clear E-Business Waters (Elizabeth Millard, ComputerUser.com)
As Macintoshc omputers went from being small-screened beige boxes to stylish and sleek desktop machines, some Mac owners had a quandary -- what to do with all those old clunkers?
B'Before Jonathan Ive, Digital Technology Was As Dull As A Suburban Cul-De-Sac' (Jonathan Glancey, The Guardian)
Ive's genius has been to make imaginative what was previously lacklustre, to give a glamorous, desirable and human face to a technology that has been all too much the domain of joyless office managers and electronic professionals for all too many years.
MacExpo 2003 Off To Flyer (Macworld UK)
MacExpo 2003 is shaping up to be a major event, with a series of high-profile exhibitors signed up to appear at the show.
Keeping The Faith In Steve Jobs (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes)
Faith isn't about the cold reality of things like market share. And that's why Jobs, in the face of so much criticism about Apple's long-term viability in the market, still commands wide approval, whent he chips are down as well as when the chips are up.
iMac Designer Who 'Touched Millions' Wins £25,000 Award (John Ezard, The Guardian)
Jonathan Ive won the Design Museum's first designer of the year award for a range of innovations from the Apple iMac to the iPod.
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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I Have To Disagree With Many About The iTunes 4.0.1 Update (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
Sure, I wish Apple didn't have to limit the streaming of music. But even more, I hated how things were before April 28, and I don't want to go back. Ever.
Thinking Too Different: Why Mac Users Are Slow To Adopt OS X (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
If Apple wants to gain converts, they need to make OS X as easy, as elegant, as simple, as powerful, as friendly, and as comfortable as the best OS these people have ever used -- the classic Mac OS.
Looney Tunes (John Gruber, Daring Fireball)
Apple's disabling of Internet sharing in last week's iTunes 4.0.1 update caused quite a stir. I'm baffled -- not by Apple's decision, but by much of the reaction to it.
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What Does Apple's New Wireless Technology Mean For The Future Of Networking? (Glenn Fleishman, E-Commerce News)
AirPort Extreme's new speed and the Base Station's bridging option make it a natural choice for businesses or schools looking to expand their networks in a more flexible and potentially less costly way than adding more Ethernet.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Corey Tamas, MacHome)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is cool, original and, above all else, a whole lot of fun.
Letter Perfect: Font-Management Tools For Macintosh (Micah Johnson, ComputerUser.com)
Crosswords Online: Cruciverbalizing On The Web (Kirk McElhearn, TidBITS)
For a reasonable cost, or even for free, cruciverbalists can have their daily fix, and solve crossword puzzles either onscreen or on paper. It may seem like a niche market, and it is, but the advantages provided by the Internet allow it to turn a tidy profit, something relatively few other types of content have accomplished.
MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Searching For Online Gold (Doug Brown, American Journalism Review)
Newspapers are trying a variety of methods to wring money from their Web sites. One increasingly popular approach is requiring visitors to register, in order to amass data to help boost advertising. But the paid-subscription model is losing favor.
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The MP3 Economy (Nancy Einhart, Business 2.0)
How labels and artists divvy up your MP3 dollar.
Lawyers Against Linux (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
Armed with old patents, a software company launches a billion-dollar suit against the open-source operating system's biggest backer, IBM -- and only succeeds in underscoring Linux's strength.
SCO Actions Prompt Linux Warning (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
Analyst firm Gartner has recommended that customers minimize their use of Linux on important systems because of questions resulting from SCO Group's warnings about legal liability.
MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Cult Of ID (Christopher Hitchens, Slate)
Our strange obsession with driver's license photos.
Standard Operating Procedure (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
It's long past time for this administration to be held accountable.
The News Is Out There (Dennis Roddy, Post-Gazette)
The tragedy of the Jayson Blair incident will soon become that readers will get a lesser story because journalists around thenation proved unable to tell the difference between covering the news and covering their tails.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Playing Music As A Toy, And A Toy As Music (James Gorman, New York Times)
Is there anything wrong with the lure of electronics and computer technology, the easy pleasure of video games, and electronic musical toys?
Better Babies? (Steven Pinker, Boston Globe)
Why genetic enhancement is too unlikely to worry about.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Computer Or The Cradle (Dani Shapiro, Salon)
As a novelist and new mother I despaired: How could my book be a serious work of literary fiction and contain the word "poopy"?
Epidemic Of Fear (Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe)
How the SARS scare played into America's culture of panic -- and then, just as quickly, faded from the headlines.
These Days, Business Risk Is Often The Journey (Francine Parnes, New York Times)
Business travelers today, facing deterrents like terror threats and a flimsy economy, may not want to contemplate a brush with life-threatening illness or injury on the road, but frequent fliers would be well advised to do so.
Can Culture Save Us? (Andy Beckett, The Guardian)
Does pouring money into cultural landmarks actually regenerate run-down areas?
Salam Pax Is Real (Peter Maass, Slate)
How do I know Baghdad's famous blogger exists? He worked for me.
Come On Over The Water's Lovely (Mark Steyn, Telegraph)
There's no dysentery or cholera, no sign of a human catastrophe, the roads and medical centres are empty and the countryside charming. Yes, there's no place like Iraq for a holiday.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jun 4 21:05:00 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:10:59 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 4, 2003
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Wednesday, Jun 4, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Releases Keynote 1.1 Update (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
"With any update release we want to address any outstanding customer issues we're aware of. We've been monitoring feedback from our customers and testing for any issues they've reported."
Return Of The Mac (Neil McIntosh, The Guardian)
How did an ugly beige box become a fashion accessoary? The Guardian meets the man who made computers cool.
iMovie 3 Gets Performance, Stability Boost (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Refinements to the Ken Burns Effect allow greater pan and zoom control on digital images and make it easier to crop digital stills.
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Apple Confirms Meeting With Indie Record Companies (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
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Apple Cracks The Music Market (Robin Bloor, IT-Director.com)
Apple is now thinking of porting the iTunes software to Windows, and may be staring a $3 billion per annum market straight in the face. However, it may not be so easy to realise this in practical business terms. Apple has to find a way of remaining in harmony with the music industry, which means staying ahead of the music pirates.
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Insanely Cut Rate (Matthew Haughey)
The titanium metal snapped clear off the LCD screen, right above the left hinge.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Ballmer Memo Targets Linux (David Becker, CNET News.com)
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer identified Linux and open-source software as key competitive challenges to the company in a memo sent to all employees Wednesday.
Microsoft's Browser Play (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
Purveyors and consumers of Web content and software, already unsettled by the peace pact between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, may be in store for an even more radical upset: The end of Microsoft's standalone Internet Explorer browser.
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Tracking Your Every Media Move (Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times)
Technology is offering a wide assortment of Orwellian options to gauge viewing and listening preferences.
Designing For Users (Jonathan B. Cox, News Observer)
Higher competition pushes companies to make their equipment more comfortable and elegant.
Why Has 802.11 Flourished And Bluetooth Failed? (Bob Frankston, ZDNet)
In the end, the value of creating general applications built on 802.11 gives it a major advantage.
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Microsoft Lock-In? (Tristan Louis)
This is really all about a fight for the soul of the Internet.
RIAA, Colleges Agree On Webcasting Rate (Reuters)
Universities and the music industry on Tuesday said they reached a royalty payment deal that would allow college radio stations to stream music over the Internet at a discount.
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Because We Could (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
The "real reason" for this war, which was never stated, was that after 9/11 America needed to hit someone in the Arab-Muslim world.
Imperialism Of Neighbors (Michael Hirsh, Washington Monthly)
A new paradigm for the use of American power.
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Killer Virus (David Brown, Washington Post)
Few people alive today remember the Spanish flu firsthand. But the global epidemic lives vividly in the collective memory of medicine and public health. It's the distant mirror in which today's epidemic of SARS is reflected.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The End Of History (Fred Kaplan, Slate)
How e-mail is wrecking our national archive.
Chefs Bite Back (Candy Sagon, Washington Post)
So who's right? The trained chefs who feel their expertise is being ignored? Or the paying customers who want what they want -- no matter the reason.
Iraqi Name Droppers (Peter Slevin, Washington Post)
All over the country, Saddam Hussein's government glued his name to schools, neighborhoods and institutions of every description. But now that his government has fallen, Iraqis are renaming institutions with glee.
Why God Should Matter In Social Science (Rodney Stark, The Chronicle Of Higher Education)
If it is hard to believe that conceptions of the Gods are ignored in most recently written histories, it is harder yet to understand why Gods were long ago banished from the social-scientific study of religion.
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Chamberland Road (Joyce E. Peseroff, Slate)
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Create Laws To Protect Consumers' Personal Data (Jos Birken, Straits Times)
Maintaining and safeguarding clear principles of privacy, such as transparency and acting only with consumers' consent, is something that will benefit Singapore, both as a country that respects citizens' privacy rights and as a country that offers its corporations a world-class environment in which to do business.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jun 5 21:05:01 2003
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com)
Date: Thu Feb 3 15:11:00 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 5, 2003
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Thursday, Jun 5, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Final Cut Pro To Be Released June 14 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
The next version of Apple's pro video editing software is set to go on sale at 4 pm on Saturday, June 14th.
A Conversation With Steve Wozniak (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
Apple's co-founder discusses Steve Jobs and the company's roots.
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OmniWeb 4.5 Public Beta Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
OmniWeb 4.5 public beta 1 is the first version of the Omn Group's Web browser to incorporate WebCore and JavaScriptCore frameworks from Apple -- the same frameworks Apple uses for its own Web browser.
Apple Preps Mac OS X Server Security Update (Nick Ciarelli, eWeek)
Apple is preparing to release a security update to Mac OS X Server, sources said. The patch will reportedly update Mac OS X's instllation of Apache 2.0, fixing a security vulnerability.
Symantec Debuts Norton SystemWorks 3.0 (MacNN)
Symantec today announced its first complete antivirus and drive repair/optimization solution for Mac OS X.
Apple To Open Chestnut Hill, MA Store Next Week (MacMinute)
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So What's The Truth About Apple's Market Share? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
Apple cannot just depend on its own user base to generate sales.
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Legion 1.0 (Gregory Tetrault, ATPM)
Apple's iTunes Music Store Is A Winner (Michael Gowan, PC World)
Apple's iTunes Music Store is by far the best of the three services and may be the beacon that finally draws users to pay for play.
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Singapore Abandons Wi-Fi For 3G (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
Singapore operator MobileOne invested heavily in 802.11 last year, but this week it announced that it had abanoned its Wi-Fi experiment and decided to put its money behind 3G instead.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Gag Rules? Blogers Report Anyway (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
At a tech conference last week, journalists in attendance were told anything they heard at panel discussion was "off the record." But bloggers posted away. Time to rethink the rules?
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Singapore Abandons Wi-Fi For 3G (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
Singapore operator MobileOne invested heavily in 802.11 last year, but this week it announced that it had abanoned its Wi-Fi experiment and decided to put its money behind 3G instead.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jun 6 21:05:00 2003
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Friday, Jun 6, 2003
MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple iTunes + Independent Music (Derek Sivers)
I got an invitation to go to Apple's offer for a presentation/meeting about how to get independent artists into the iTunes Music Store. I wrote down all the major points of their presentation as they went.
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.Mac Email Difficulties Continue (MacNN)
.Mac users have reported email-related problems for over a week.
'iCreate' Mac Magazine Launched (MacMinute)
Paragon Publishing has announced the launch of "iCreate," a new UK-based magazine aimed at creative Mac users.
Aladdin Ships Spring Cleaning 6 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
The new version is optimized for Mac OS X, and sports improved performance, organization and privacy capabilities, according to the developer.
Pogue To Speak At SoHo Apple Store (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
George Spyros: Directing In DVD (Apple)
While DVD Studio Pro is often the star of the show, it doesn't stand alone either.
iTunes Music Swap Just Won't Die (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
Apple may never be ablet o stop Mac users from sharing music over the Internet, despite its best attempts.
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Discussion: Celebrating 26 Years Of The Apple ][ (Slashdot)
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Legion (Dean Browell, Inside Mac Games)
This is a game that could provide hours of up-late-all-night intensity, or even casual pick-up play on a portable.
Installing A Wiki On Your iBook (Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network)
The Browser Wars: New OmniWeb Beta Improves On Original (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Alters Settlement To Address Apple Concerns (Karen Gullo, Bloomberg)
Vouchers are good for software "produced by other companies that compete with and/or have substantially similar functionality to" Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel and Office.
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Phoning Over Wi-Fi Getting Easier (Elisa Batista, Wired News)
The so-called "voice over Wi-Fi" service is not ubiquitous today. But it is a breakthrough that could roll the cell-phone business, some analysts say.
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Economy Will Revive But IT Job Market May Take Months To Bounce Back (Margaret Quan, EE Times)
Economists and management experts are cautioning that it will take six months to a year for the technology sector and IT job market to return to positive territory despite the Bush administration's plans to simulate the economy through tax and interest rate cuts.
Wired To Publish Slammer Code (Reuters)
Wired magazine plans to publish the underlying code for the Slammer worm that slowed Internet traffic to a crawl in January, raising questions over whether such articles inspire future hackers or educate potential victims.
New IBM Supercomputer To Begin Its Weather Work (John Markoff, New York Times)
The federal government will use the new computer to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts, particularly to help predict the path of hurricanes three to five days in advance, providing additional time to prepare for the storms.
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Weapons Of Mass Deception (Jake Tapper, Salon)
The Bush administration goes into full spin mode and Tony Blair battles to save his political life, as charges mount that they lied their way into war.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Pixar: The Geniuses Behind Finding Nemo Are The Next Disney. Uh-Oh (Chris Suellentrop, Slate)
Pixar needs Disney because that's how it outsources its Evil.
Sound Familiar? A Leak, An Uproar And Talk Of A Suit (David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
The pre-publication reports of some emotional details from the memoir of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sent her publisher scrambling yesterday to protect its carefully calibrated marketing plans.
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Singapore's Sars Checks Satsify KL (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
Malaysian officials say they feel 'very reassured' after visiting Woodlands checkpoint to see how screening is done.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jun 7 21:05:00 2003
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Date: Thu Feb 3 15:11:00 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 7, 2003
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Saturday, Jun 7, 2003
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Suddenly Popular (Stephen J. Dubner, New York Times)
You've just inherited a fortune, making you part of the largest transfer of private wealth in history. Now everyone wants a piece of you.
At Gender's Last Frontier (Ginia Bellafante, New York Times)
How precisely, did we get here -- to a point where the midsection has supplanted all other parts of the female anatomy as the one most eroticized in the culture's image bank?
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 8 21:05:00 2003
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Date: Thu Feb 3 15:11:00 2005
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Sunday, Jun 8, 2003
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Digitally Mastered (John Hanna, Beaver County Times/Allegheny Times)
Quaker Valley's plan centers around the idea of putting the technology into the hands and bookbags of every student from grade 3 up, every teacher and administrator in the district and creating a wireless local-area network to tie it all together.
Innovation Is No Promise Of Success (Charles Stein, Boston Globe)
In computers, Apple is on the wrong side of the Microsoft moat.
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Confidential Apple Music Details Leaked (BBC News)
"I didn't realise yesterday's presentation was supposed to be confidential. WHen I found out, I pulled the details. Honest mistake."
Brian Purdy: Extreme Sports Filmmaker (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
"People are friendly and I don't have to wake up at 6 AM and put a suit on and battle traffic on my way to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours."
Chad Muska: Hip Hop On The Fly (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
"I was going crazy because I couldn't make music. So I got a PowerBook, the PC300 USB-connected keyboard and Cubase."
Tom Anthonly; The Ambrosia Software Spokesman Who's Not A Parrot (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
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Got Grads Or Dads? Give 'Em Gifts For Their Macs (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
We'll look at some gift ideas sure to tickle the fancy of the dad or grad in your life.
Face The Fax: Dependable Software Can Be Found (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
Smile Software's PageSender works. It sends, it receives, it's easy to use and it does not fail us.
Scattered Digital Photos? (Doug Bedell, Dalls Morning News)
Album software organizes the photo strewn on your hard drive.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Gates' Wealth Irrelevant, Microsoft says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Microsoft wants to exclude references to the "wealth or net worth" of Chairman Bill Gates or other executives from the trial of a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of overcharging consumers for Windows.
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Buddy, Can You Spare A Bot? (Gabriel Goldberg, Washington Post)
Instant messaging was invented to let people communicate more directly and immediately online. But some of the more interesting developments in IM don't involve talking to other people at all. Developers are using popular messaging services from America Online and other firms as ways to distribute information, market products and even track IMusers' popularity.
Sun To Pitch Java In Ads (Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News)
Hoping to burnish its image with key developers before its JavaOne trade show in San Francisco next week, Sun Microsystems plans to announce a campaign to establish its Java programming language as a consumer brand for high-tech devices from cell phones to computers.
Pick A Language, Any Language (Katie Dean, Wired News)
A group of co puter scientists and natural language epxerts were given a "mission" earlier this week: within a month, build a program that translates between English and a randomly chosen language.
Novell Backs Off Copyright Claims Against SCO (Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service)
In light of SCO's finding, Novell on Friday reluctantly acknowledged that the amendment in an asset purchase "appears to support SCO's claim that ownership of certain copyrights for Unix did transfer to SCO in 1996." However, Novell reiterated its claim that it holds the Unix patents.
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Deja Vu (Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times)
After Pearl Habor, 8,000 Japanese immigrants were detained in the U.S. as enemy aliens, among them Yoshitaka Watanabe. Sixty years later, amid a similar climate of suspicion, his family learns why.
Have I Got Mail (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
Two themes stood out: One is how much people are now interested in foreign policy, in the wake of 9/11 and Iraq. The other is that many, many people are worried about how alienated America is becoming from the world.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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All Work And No Play (Joe Robinson, Los Angeles Times)
Spending too much time on the job? Don't expect relief any time soon.
Get Real (Laura Boswell, Washington Post)
What kind of woman would humiliate herself for a chance to compete for a strange man on national TV? You'd be surprised.
Tasting Shanghai (Alison Arnett, Boston Globe)
The food of Shanghai is intriguing. Designed to highlight the distinct flavors of fine ingredients, it is more refined that that of some other regions of China and always look beautiful.
Moving On From Memphis (Michael Bracewell, The Guardian)
Lisa Marie Presley was nine when Elvis died and she inherited a crushing legacy of global fame. Ever since she's been struggling to find a reality of her own.
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Singapore's Q3 Growth May Be A Little Flat, Says PM Goh (S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
But he adds that the Ministry of Trade and Industry is sticking to its growth forecast of 0.5 to 2.5 per cent for this year.
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North-East Line Set To Roll On June 20 (Ben Nadarajan, Straits Times)
Singapore's first driverless mass transit system will get the go-ahead barring any glitches in the next 10 days, says LTA.
Oh No, Not Another Mall (Tan Hsueh Yun, Straits Times)
Singapore is in danger of turning into a giant shopping mall, sameness everywhere you go.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 9 21:05:00 2003
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Date: Thu Feb 3 15:11:00 2005
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 9, 2003
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Monday, Jun 9, 2003
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Laptops In Schools Click, Win Support (Associated Press)
Maine's first-in-the-nation program that put computers on the laps of students in all 241 public middle schools has received high marks as the first full year of the experiment draws to a close this month.
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BugBear Virus Slows .Mac E-Mail Service (MacMinute)
"While the bug apparently only affects Windows executables files, the massive amount of waste e-mail generated took its toll on Apple's already high-load .Mac mail servers."
Apple Offers Security Update For OS X (Peter ohen, MacCentral)
The new security update addresses a potential problem that arises when AFP is used to reshare a NFS mount. Also addressed is a potential situation that causes LDAP bind authentication requests to be improperly sent when using Kerberos authentication.
Macs Against Cancer: Dr. David B. Agus (Chris Mace and Claudia Palz, MacDirectory)
Apple Store Coming To Santa Monica, CA (MacMinute)
Greene County Looks At 'Learning With Laptops' Program (Angela Hame, The Daily Reflector)
"Apple has a tremendous dedication to education. I'm very optimistic at this point (about a partnership)."
Apple To Spotlight 'Digital Classroom' At NECC (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Apple will show how incorporating Apple technology into the curriculum can: promote mastery of basic skills; engage and motivate students; and provide an environment that fosters higher order skills, such as problem solving and collaboration.
Apple Peeling Off (Tim Arango, New York Post)
While selling a half-million songs a week isn't bad, considering the service is only available to the 3 percent of computer users with Macintosh computers, some music execs had hoped the service would sell 1 million to 2 million tracks per week.
Reader: Misleading iTunes Store Ad (MacNN)
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64-Bit Macs May Outpace 'Panther' (Nick Ciarelli and Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
Apple is nearing the release of desktop systems featuring IBM's 64-bit PowerPC 970 chip, sources report -- but a 64-bit version of Mac OS X may lag behind by a month or two.
Saving Commencement (Dean Browell, Applelust.com)
This story is not atypical of the jams Apple has gotten me out of by just being a high quality hardware and software maker.
Dad Offers Barometer Of Tech World (Paul Andrews, Seattle Times)
What my dad does with his computer is in many ways more telling about the state of the industry than what early adopters are doing.
Apple Gets It Right With iTunes System (Randall Rothenberg, AdAge.com)
What makes Apple's new music-distribution system so delicious (f not downright insidious) is that you don't think of it as a music distribution system. Apple has managed to fashion a near-perfect retail outlet on the Web.
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Want Souped-Up Application Switching? Check Out LiteSwitch X! (John F. Braun, The Mac Observer)
Uplink (Zack Lipowski, Inside Mac Games)
Uplink is satisfyingly unique and fresh, and a great addition to the growing Mac library. Don't miss it.
iPod Old Vs New - A Comparative Analysis (Taylor Barcroft, iPod-Zone)
VR Worx 2.1 (Rick Sanchez, MacAddict)
In one app you can easily create impressive, interactive VR objects, panoramas, and scenes -- and the whole process is deceptively simple.
MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Still Certifying Leaky Drivers (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
Months after promising to tighten up its procedures for certifying third-party software drivers, Microsoft is still giving the green light to network interface card (NIC) drivers that leak sensititve user information from machines running Windows Server 2003, according to a prominent security company.
Microsoft Plays To Film Industry (Aram Sinnreich, Wired News)
The software company wants Hollywood to use its Media Player technology in the industry from start to finish -- from filming and post-production to distribution. While some are intrigued, Microsoft still has much industry trust to win.
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States Skirt Internet Tax Ban (Brian Krebs, Washington Post)
Several states are trying to get around a federal tax moratorium to battle their budget deficits.
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Linux Rocket Hits The Launch Pad (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
This week, a group of amateur rocketeers will present plans to launch a high-power, suborbital rocket controlled by Linux. If it works, the craft will travel at Mach 3 to 50,000 feet.
Bell Tolling For PNG Graphics Format? (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
A patent underlying one of the Web's most popular graphics formats is set to expire later this month, raising the question of whether a rival, open format, created as a roylaty-free alternative, will become obsolete.
EU Ends Free Internet Tax Ride (Reuters)
On July 1, a new EU directive goes into effect requiring all Internet companies to account for value added tax, or VAT, on "digital sales."
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In Gold Ink On A Chip, The World's Tiniest Book (Julie Flaherty, New York Times)
To the naked eye, it looks like a fleck of tile decorated with the Greek letters alpha and omega. But when it is magnified by a factor of 600, its true nature becomes evident -- the world's most portable copy of the New Testament.
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As Poetry, Is It Defensible? (Renee Tawa, Los Angeles Times)
Humorist Hart Seely has put togther a book of quotations from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that contains some, uh, real gems.
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From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 10 21:05:00 2003
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Date: Thu Feb 3 15:11:00 2005
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Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003
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Quark Makes Way For Mac OS X (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
Quark says a long-awaited version of its publishing software will ship next week, removing a major hurdle that's prevented some businesses from upgrading to Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system.
QuarkXPress 6 For Mac OS X To Ship Next Week (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
"This is one of the biggest, most important applications in the creative space," said Phil Schiller.
Wi-Fi For Dummies (Paul Boutin, Slate)
The only product that met our needs was Apple's AirPort Extreme base station. At $199 for the entry-level model, it's a bit pricier than most other home Wi-Fi bases, but it has all the right stuff for our project.
Foster High Considers Turning Down Free Macs (Nora Doyle, King County Journal)
Some Foster High School teachers are balking at the idea that the school board could refuse to let them accept $43,000 worth of new computers the school was recently awarded through a grant program.
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Can Apple Break The 5 Percent Barrier? (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
The answer may be determined within the next couple of years -- and if it is a resounding yes, Apple's future may be not just bright, but insanely great.
Aladdin Ships Internet Cleanup 1.0 For Mac (MacMinute)
Blocks pop-ups, banner ads, and detects the presense of Spyware on your computer.
Apple Store Coming To Boca Raton, FL (MacMinute)
QuickTime Facilitates The Making Of Lecture Videos (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
Administrators and professors in Baruch's Zicklin School of Business have found that making digital video recordings of lectures available online can help undergraduates succeed in large lecture courses. Not surprisingly, Apple technology is being used.
Internet Giants Plan Music Services (Jeff Leeds and Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and others may follow Apple's lead by offering downloads a la carte.
Independent Streak: Apple Wooing A Host Of Indie Record Labels To Join Online Service (Chris Gaither, Boston Globe)
"It's really the first business model for online retailing that actually makes some sense."
Apple Opens New Web Site For Education IT Managers (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
"Technical Resources for Integrating Mac OS X" is an interactive site that promises the opportunity to "learn about -- and discuss -- Mac OS X installation, deployment, and maintenance in your school."
Final Cut Express 1.0.1 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
The new version introduces improved performance and stability, according to Apple, and can now link keyframe parameters to the Motion tab. NTSC and PAL noncontrollable device presents have also been added.
Microsoft Settlement Change Highlights Apple's Problems (Paul Thurrott, WinInformant)
For Apple, fending off Microsoft in its home state is a crucial move because Apple's education sales -- once one of its strongest markets -- fell 15 percent in 2002, when California schools faced budget shortfalls and moved to standardize on Windows.
Greene Board Endorses Laptop Project (LaToya Mack, Kinston.com)
The Greene County Board of Education endorsed a plan Monday nkight that would provide Apple iBook laptop computers to every student and teacher in the middle and high schools.
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Mac Hardwae Report: What's In A Name? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
Drop "Power" completely, and make it real simple. After all, we've had Power Macs for over nine years now, and it's time to move on.
MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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New Apple Laptops Are Droolworthy (Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics)
These two beauties could easily make 2003 the "Year of the Laptop," as Steve Jobs said in his keynote speech at Macworld SF. And if the experience I had with these machines is any indication of the degree of technolust they inspire, he's right.
iSync, Therefore I Am (Ross Rubin, Wireless Supersite)
It's hard enough to get one piece of software working right with any of these quirky devices, but it's downright impressive that Apple has suddenly been able to support so wide a variety.
Freeverse Deluxe Board Games (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
Wipeout 2097 1.2.1 (Eric Blair, ATPM)
If you like fantasy-style racing games, you'll likely enjoy Wipeout 2097.
MSN Reaches Out To Mac Users (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
If you're looking for a full-featured online service, complete with exclusive content, the new Mac software merits serious attention.
eMac Keeps Promise Of Original iMac Alive (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
Today's eMac is not just a direct descendant of the CRT iMac. Its lineage can be traced directly back to the original Macintosh. If you want a true computer for the rest of us, the eMac may indeed be your best choice.
MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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A Passion To Build A Better Robot, One With Social Skills And A Smile (Claudia Dreifus, New York Times)
Dr. Cynthia L. Breazeal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is famous for her robots, not just because they are programmed to perform specific tasks, but because they seem to have emotional as well as physical reactions to the world around them.
MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Making The World Safe For Software (Kim Girard, Business 2.0)
The ugly reality is that a lot of enterprising applications don't work. Mercury Interactive's testing tools help companies fix that.
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Ashcroft's Attitude Problem (Richard Cohen, Washington Post)
A cavalier attitude toward civil liberties, an inability to concede mistakes, a refusal to see imperfections in the criminal justice system, a zealously irrational belief in the death penalty -- and pretty soon you can read between the lines of that Justice Department report. The attorney general is far more dangerous than any of the immigrants he wrongly detained.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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What Really Happens When Fruit Flies Fly? (James Gorman, New York Times)
In the early 1870's, Eadweard Muybridge produced the first stop-action images of trotting horses, proving that at one point in the gait of a fast trotting horse all four feet were off the ground. Now scientists who study biomechanics are using high speed digital video to track more fleeting movements like the stutter-step flight of butterflies and the frenetic skitter of cockroaches.
MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Life's Full Participant (Suzanne Mantell, Los Angeles Times)
Jane Juska, single as she approached 70, opened herself to romance. That labor of love has become the memoir 'A Round-Heeled Woman.'
MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore War Rationale: On Hindsight, Decision May Have Been The Same: PM (Val Chua, Today)
The failure to discover weapons of mass destruction in postwar Iraq ha sput many nations in a bind, but Singapore says its decision to back the war was justified.
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All Private And Public Houseowners Can Now Apply To Turn Homes Into Offices (Ynja Bjornsson, Channel NewsAsia)
All home owners in Singapore can now conduct small scale businesses in their own homes under a new Home Office Scheme launched on Tuesday.
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MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Unix's Courtroom Adventures Continue (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
Apple is being sued by The Open Group, the San Francisco company that claims ownership of the Unix trademark, for using the term Unix in conjunction with its Mac OS X operating system without a license. Apple has countersued, asking a judge to declare that the trademark is invalid, because the term Unix has become generic.
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Apple 'Threatened To Sue' Samsung Over iPod Clone (MacMinute)
Quark: QuarkXPress 'Absolutely... Will Ship Next Week' (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
"I absolutely want to reassure you that QuarkXPress 6 will ship next week."
AOL Looks To Rival Apple Service (Owen Gibson, The Guardian)
AOL plans to follow Apple's lead by launching its own music download service in the US, offering music fans the chance to download songs on a track by track basis for 99 cents and offering more flexibility in terms of what they can do with them.
Apple Store To Open In Tokyo (The Inquirer)
An advert in the Japan Times has given a strong indication that Apple is to open an Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo.
Apple Store Coming To Cleveland, Ohio (MacMinute)
MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Mac Users Can't Catch A Break In A PC World (Vicki Estes, Capital-Journal)
Even when a software company supports the Macintosh platform or operating system, they really don't want to.
Say, Ya Want A Revolution? (Megan Johnston, Money)
Apple's new iTunes Music Store is changing the music biz. Here's why.
MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Medal Of Honor: Spearhead (Chris Barylick, MacGamer)
Apple's Titanium PowerBook Adapters: Flawed Design? (MacFixIt)
There is no strain relief built into the device and the cable on some adapters.
Risky QuickTime? Safety QuickTime! (Chris Adamson, O'Reilly Network)
If you take a little time to learn the vast expanse of QuickTime's toolset, you can either make more clever movies for your QuickTime users, or make movies that an even larger user community can enjoy.
Should Family Computers Be Secure Or Not? (Jeremy Lavergne, MacTeens)
With QuarkXPress 6.0 Arriving, Are The Glory Days Back? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)