[MyAppleMenu] Apr 13, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, April 13, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Announces Faster, Cheaper eMacs
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/13/emac>
by MacMinute
Apple today announced a faster, more affordable line of eMac desktops for home and schools, including faster PowerPC G4 processors running at up to 1.25 GHz, 333 MHz DDR memory, faster ATI Radeon graphics and USB 2.0 connectivity to peripherals.

*** Apple Investigating Complaints Of iPod Static
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5190343.html?tag=nefd.top>
by Ina Fried, CENT News.com
Complaints ranging from crackling sound to interrupted play have been making the rounds on Apple enthusiast sites, including iPodlounge. "Apple is aware of a few isolated reports online of iPod Mini audio static," the company said, adding that the device is covered by the company's standard one year warranty.

[News]

*** The Media Business Learns A New Song
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1079420300850&p=1012571727117>
by Tim Burt, Financial Times
Apple faces the tricky proposition of persuading people to buy songs from its catalogue of 500,000 tracks where there are 900m tracks available illegally on file-sharing sites.

*** Designer Grew Firm From Apple's Roots
<http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2004/04/12/smallb1.html>
by Dan Gallagher, East Bay Business Times
It's appropriate that the inspiration for Ken Haven's career as a product designer was a see-through calculator.

[Review]

*** Desktop Brawl: Is The Mac G5 The World's Fastest?
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2004/4/desktop_brawl/>
by Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics
The controversy over Apple's use of SPEC benchmarks, the discarding of the "fastest computer" claim and the adoption of new tests may call into question the idea of benchmarks themselves rather than Apple.

*** Mac OS X: The Grand Unified Platform
<http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6704>
by Aaron Vegh, OSNews.com
No OS is perfect, but by combining the ease of use that Windows users expect, and the eminent hackability of the Unix platforms, OS X makes a great case for a one-size-fits-all solution.

*** The Great Panther Disaster Of 2004
<http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0404d.shtml>
by Jeffrey Zeldman
It took three days' heavy digging to restore the Mac to operability. Along the way I discovered a couple of Apple design decisions that make sense under normal circumstances but turn problems into disasters when things go wrong.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Power Mac G5 Delayed 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/13/#20040413bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
AppleInsider<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=417>: Apple was recently forced to completely rework the internal temperature sensors inside the current G5 case design to accommodate the new 90 nanometer G5 processors.

*** Rumor Today: End Of Norton Utilities 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/13/#20040413bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
According to AppleInsider<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=418>, Symantec has halted development of Norton Utilities for Mac.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** A Manifesto For Collaborative Tools
<http://www.blueoxen.org/papers/0000D/>
by Eugene Eric Kim
This essay is a amnifesto about software for collaboration -- why the world's future depends on it, why the current crop of tools isn't good enough, and what programmers can and must do about it.

[News]

*** Sun Plots Java Comeback
<http://news.com.com/2100-7343_3-5190033.html>
by Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com
Sun is trying to climb back into the market for Java server software with rapid standards compliance and aggressive pricing.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Reconsidering Friends
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040419-610073,00.html>
by James Poniewozik, Time
The kids-in-the-city sitcom just wanted to be liked, not admired. But in spite of itself, it helped redefine the idea of normal family life.

*** Stooping To Conquer
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040419fa_fact1>
by Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker
Why candidates need to make fun of themselves.

[Expressions]

*** Cat 'N' Mouse
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040419fi_fiction>
by Steven Millhauser, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** The Roundtable Calls It A Day
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/17426.asp>
by Lee Ching Wern, Today
Political discussion group the Roundtable has decided, after 10 years, that it has done all it can to further the cause of civil society in Singapore.

[News]

*** Wanted: Best Marina Bridge Design
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,245460,00.html?>
by Tan Hui Yee, Straits Times
An international search will start from Friday for the best design of a bridge across Marina Bay, which some suggest shoudl give pedestrains the space to rest and catch a view of the waters.