[MyAppleMenu] Jun 25, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jun 25, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Design According To Ive (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,59381,00.html>
"We wanted to get rid of anything other than what was absolutely essential. We kept going back to the beginning again and again. Do we need that part? Can we get it to perform the function of the other four parts?"

Developer Notes From WWDC 2003 (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/06/24/wwdc_2003.html>
The hardware is robust, the operating system is evolving, the developer base is growing, and customers worth having are taking notice of Apple once again. My gosh, what a good time to be an Apple developer.

Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks (Slashdot)
<http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2154256&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=181>
Apple set out from the beginning to do a fair and even comparison, which is why Apple used an independent lab and provided full disclosure of the methods used in the tests, which would be "a silly way to do things" if Apple were intending to be deceptive.

Apple's Benchmarks Put To The Test (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-1020631.html>
Analysts and others are raising questions over Apple's claim that its new Power Mac G5 is the world's fastest personal computer.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Offers Details On Panther Server (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19916>
Apple's Panther Server Sneak Preview offers a glimpse of its upcoming features which Apple says "will deliver major enhancements."

Power Mac G4 Hard Drive Update For OS X Released (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/25/osxdrive>
Apple has released Hard Drive Update 1 for Mac OS X, which improves the longevity of some hard drives shipped in certain Power Mac G4s, including the Cube.

FileMaker To Spotlight K-12 Solutions At NECC (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/25/filemaker/>

Sony USA CEO Sees Glimmers Of Hope In Music Sector (Reshma Kapadia, Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030625/media_sonymusic_3.html>
"Steve Jobs has liberated us."

Pixar Measuring Interest In Mac Renderman (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19908>
Pixar has "found the performance of the G5 to be impressive," and is considering a full release of the popular renderer, depending on customer demand, among other issues.

iChat AV Problems Widespread (TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=247&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>

Apple Shares Hit 52-Week High (MacUser UK)
<http://macuser.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=43874>
Apple's share price reached its highest point for a year following Monday's announcement of the Power Mac G5.

Apple Denies Fiddling G5, Xeon Tests (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31416.html>
What the 'cheating' controversy has done at least is question the value of SPEC-based tests.

Apple Computer Steps Up Marketing In Korea (Korea Herald)
<http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/06/26/200306260032.asp>
Apple Korea said it would actively promote its computer products for ordinary users as well as professionals.

Apple Store Boca Raton To Open July 3rd (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19904>

MacMania III To Sail For Eastern Caribbean (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/25/macmania/>
MacMania combines an ocean voyage with 20 hours of conference ocurses. It will run Nov 7-14, 2004, in the Eastern Caribbean.

Ability Enterprise Lands Orders From Apple And Casio (Claire Sung and Wen-Yu Lang, DigitTimes.com)
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/06/25&pages=14&seq=81>
Ability Enterprise has landed orders to produce Apple's iSight PC camera, sources said.

Keep Connected On The Go (Chris McGregor, Chatham Daily News)
<http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=35830&catname=Local+News>
"The use of wireless laptops facilitates learning and students become lifelong learners. The idea is to get into the hands of kids technology they can use."

Can The G5 Save Apple? (James Maguire, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21787.html>
For all of the innovation the company is introducing with its next-generation G5 processor, its market battle remains decidely uphill.

Ellison And Jobs: Two Visions Of Tech (David Kirkpatrick, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,460843,00.html>
In their recent moves, the CEOs of Oracle and Apple have demonstrated divergent views of the industry.

No WPA For Apple Until Year-End (SmallNetBuilder)
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/News_story_261.php>
Support for Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) will not be available until Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther".

Retail ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Coming To The Mac (Sean Smith, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=7887>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple: The Last Bastion? (Alex Kidman, ZDNet Australia)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/computers/desktops/story/0,2000023504,20275710,00.htm>
As more sites shift to the IE way of thinking, it becomes easier to sell the Windows message; why buy a Mac system (or for that matter, a Linux one) that 'doesn't work properly with the Internet'?

Tempted (Marc Zeedar, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/03/06/24/index.html>

Apple's New G5 Is Impressive Despite Questionable Benchmarking (Martin Reynolds, Gartner)
<http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=115876>
In any case, Apple's market share does not really depend on performance. The company's user interfaces, packaging and competence with content keep customes coming back. Apple users will welcome the update, but we see no reason for PC users to switch unless the Mac platform offers a compelling and sustainable performance benefit for their specific needs.

Wintel Catching Up? Time For Apple To Think Again (Yeong Ah Seng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/techscience/story/0,4386,196509,00.html>
Apple, I believe has, in recent times, taken its customers and pre-eminence in PC laptop design for granted. It's time to Think, not just Different, but Again.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Blowout G4s Or Forthcoming G5s, Which Wins Value Comparsion? (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/03/0625.html>
There are precisely two standout values -- the 2002 dual 1.25 GHz G4 at $1,299 and the dual 2.0 GHz G5 scheduled to ship in August.

Apple Power Mac G5 (Molly Wood, ZDNet)
<http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/2/1/4811.html>
We don't love the G5's look, but the innards have serious promise.

Rendezvous With Web Services (Massimiliano Bigatti, O'Reilly Network)
<http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/06/24/rendezvous.html>

Xserve RAID Shows Promise (Henry Baltazar, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135090,00.asp>
Apple's first foray into the RAID market yields an interesting storage unti that blends ATA drives with Fibre Channel connectivity. Unfortunately, it's currently an Apple-only product.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft's Next Target -- Google? (Jim Hu and Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020731.html>
Microsoft's path to expand the Windows empire is leading directly to search king Google.

Alas, Poor Microsoft... Yo Used To Be So Interesting (Stewart Alsop, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/alsop/0,15704,460546,00.html>
These guys are no longer the zeitgeist-setting titans we loved to hate. It makes a polemicist like me sad.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Wi-Fi Vs. Cellular Data: Making The Right Connection (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135061,00.asp>
Each connection method has its pros and cons, but the best solution may be a mixture of the two.

On The Road To Wireless Access (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1134878,00.asp>
eWeek Labs tested three services designed to make public wireless access easier by providing users with single-subscription access to hot-spot networks.

Gates Puts The Squeeze On Spam (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020660.html>
Microsoft stepped up the rhetoric in its war on spam Tuesday, as Chairman Bill Gates called for government and corporate cooperation to stem the tide of junk e-mail.

Microsoft's Next Target -- Google? (Jim Hu and Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020731.html>
Microsoft's path to expand the Windows empire is leading directly to search king Google.

Many Libraries Will Skip Grants To Avoid Using Net Filters (Julie Sevrens Lyons, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/6158188.htm>
Many local libraries will do whatever it takes to avoid computer filters that restrict access to information, even if it means losing their federal funding in lean economic times.

Open Source's Moment Of Truth (Richard Wilder, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1020184.html>
Regardless of the case's outcome, the specter of liability has already been raised among the notoriously risk-averse ranks of corporate information officers.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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How To Save Africa (John Pollock, Acumen Journal Of Sciences)
<http://acumenjournal.com/issue/v1/1/feature2.html>
The invisible hand, AIDS, and the developing world.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Pixar's Unsung Hero (Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_26/b3839078_mz063.htm>
President Edwin Catmull isn't widely known, but he's theunwavering force behind the studio's success.

Landing A Job Can Be Puzzling (Amit Asaravala, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59366,00.html>
With the depressed economy supplying dozens -- if not hundreds -- of qualified applicants for each job, companies increasingly use riddles and puzzles in interviews to narrow the options. However, whether questions like these actually yield important information about candidates is still up for debate.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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What I've Learned: Alex Trebek (A. J. Jacobs, Esquire)
<http://www.esquire.com/features/learned/030401_mwi_trebek.html>
"It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence."

Tumult In The Newsroom (Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030630fa_fact>
Why chroic insecurity is every Times reporter's lot.

Dave's No Angel, But He's Earned His Wings (Tom Shales, TelevisionWeek)
<http://www.tvweek.com/shales/062303shales.html>
Is Dave losing heart? Is Dave depressed? Is Dave, God forbid, thinking about chucking it and going fishing for the rest of his life?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Harvey's Dream (Stephen King, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?030630fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Government Invites Bids For 2nd Pay-TV Licence (Bryan Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,196403,00.html?>

Let Jobless Tap CPF In Bad Times, Says 'Remaking' Panel (Helmi Yusof, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,196401,00.html?>

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