[MyAppleMenu] Jun 22, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Jun 22, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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MacHack 18: Experiencing The Unstoppable (Shawn Platkus, MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/index.php>
MacHack is a conference for professional developers who make their living developing for the Macintosh platform.

MyAppleMenu : News
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NetNewsWire Gets Combined View, LiveJournal Support (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/21/nnw>
Version 1.0.3 brings a new Combined View that combines titles and descriptions into a single view.

Power Mac G4 Hard Drive Update For OS 9 Released (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/21/pmg4>
Apple has released Hard Drive Update 1 (Mac OS 9 only), which improves the longevity of some hard drives shipped in certain Power Mac G4s, including the Cube.

MacHack 18 Opens With A Keynote Address From Ken Arnold (Shawn Platkus, MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030621115125746>
As is traditional, MacHack 18 opened first thing Thursday morning at 12.00 am with its keynote address.

Apple UK Posts iPod Radio Ads (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/21/ipod>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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12-Inch PowerBook Continues Low-Weight Legacy (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/6144685.htm>

PowerBook Is Big, Expensive Spectacle (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/6144683.htm>
It's a dream. Get one and tourists might even ask to pose with you at the Burbank airport.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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The Missing Future (Eric Kidd, Random Hacks)
<http://www.randomhacks.net/stories/the-missing-future.html>
If you want my support, and the support of others like me, propose a vision. Show me you can co-operate, show me you can build platforms.

Happy Birthday, Dear DNS (Kari L. Dean, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59348,00.html>
Twenty years ago Monday, two computer scientists at the University of Southern California created a key component essential to the modern Internet.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Developing World Needs Linux (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59334,00.html>
By sticking with basic, low-cost, open-source technology, developing countries have a better chance of establishing vibrant economies, executives at the Net World Order conference said.

Does Identity Management Clash With Privacy? (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/reports/SRidmgmtandprivacy.html>
InfoWorld looks into the rising need for ID management and the corresponding privacy concerns for users, partners, and customers.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Affirmative Action: The Sequel (Orlando Patterson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/opinion/22PATT.html>
No issue better reveals the American tension between principle and pragmatism than the debate over affirmative action.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Signals From Nowhere (Walter Kirn, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22WWLN.html>
Radio from nowhere produced by nobodies eventually makes you nod off at the wheel.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Portable Numbers For Cell Phones (Natalie Soh, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,196037,00.html?>
The Government yesterday announced that the three mobile phone operators here -- SingTel, StarHub and M1 -- will have to provide number portability by Aug 1 and forward SMS by Oct 1.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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HDB Tendering Process Being Reviewed (Sharmilpal Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,196099,00.html?>
The government will review the tendering process that many people think is at the heart of the Housing Board's recent upgrading woes.

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