[MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, April 18, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** From His Computer To Cannes
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/2508845>
by Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Sifting through 70 hours of home moives, as well as tape recordings, snapshots and even phone messages, Caouette has pieced together a wrenching look at his life, called Tarnation. The cost of making this starkly stylized and riveting documentary, edited with Apple's iMovie software on a Macintosh PC, was $218.32.

*** 600 Macs, 4,000 Lines, One Giant Leap For DVD's
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/movies/18KAPL.html>
by Fred Kaplan, New York Times
Walk into the suites of Lowry Digital, the company that Mr. Lowry started six years ago, and the first sight that strikes you is the computer bank -- rack after rack of Macintosh G5 computers. What he is doing will make a DVD look nearly as sharp and detailed as a 35-millimeter film print.

[News]

*** Apple Recruiting For London Retail Store
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/18/london>
by MacMinute

*** Going The Refurbished Route
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19473-2004Apr17.html>
by Wayne Rash, Washington Post
The availability of refurbished desktops and laptops at a discount isn't a new thing. But the rapid pace of computing evolution means that even a computer that's six or nine months old is more than ready for most home-computing tasks.

*** Restrictions And Price Remain iTunes Turnoffs
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19472-2004Apr17.html>
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
The iTunes Music Store's success hides a couple of unsettling trends. One is pricing -- a lot of albums now exceed the store's customary $9.99 price, and a few even exceed their cost as CDs in a store. The other is compatibility -- though a variety of consumer-electronics devices could be made compatible with iTUnes music files, the only one Apple permits is its own iPod digital-music player.

*** Mo. Apple Store Location Scooped
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/5844163417449374/>
by Sean Bonner, Unofficial Apple Weblog

[Opinion]

*** I Love Bluetooth iSync
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4710>
by Brian D Foy, O'Reilly Network
Wireless networking means not only do I not need to find the missing cable, but I do not even need to know where the phone is.

[Review]

*** Peak 4
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1159_0_1_0_M>
by Kirk Hiner, Applelinks
When you're ready to advance from amateur to professional, as Apple makes it so easy for us to do, BIAS will be waiting.

[Wintel]

*** EU Official Downplays Microsoft Decision
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/169491_msfteu17.html>
by Robert Mcleod, Bloomberg
EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said Friday that his decision to force Microsoft to change the way it does business won't harm relations with the United States.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Can E-Mail Be Saved?
<http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/04/04/16/16FEfuturemail_1.html>
by Paul Boutin, InfoWorld
Battered by junk and reeling under makeshift fixes, e-mail is ripe for reinvention. Here's how six of the industry's most provocative thinkers envision a brighter day.

[Internet]

*** We Like To Watch
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040417/WEBCAM17/TPTechnology/>
by Tralee Pearce, Globe And Mail
But porn is just the half of it. Today's Internet voyeurs can't get enough of traffic jams, dull men and migrating birds.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The End Of Primary Care
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/magazine/18PRIMARY.html>
by Lisa Sanders, M.D., New York Times
Over the past few years, I have witnessed a troubling change: the future of primary care doctoring is in danger.

*** Security Is A Human Right, Too
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/magazine/18ESSAY.html>
by William F. Schulz, New York Times
But what about the protection of personal security? How well have we done in holding the feet of terrorists and their supporters to the fire for their human rights violations?

*** No Politics Are Local
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/magazine/18WWLN.html>
by Christopher Caldwell, New York Times
We (stupidly) believed that McLuhan's global village would be a friction-free Brotherhood of Man. But McLuhan never said that.

*** Kicking Over The Chessboard
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/opinion/18FRIE.html>
by THomas L. Friedman, New York Times
President Bush has stepped in and thrown the wole frozen Middle East chessboard up in the air.

[Life]

*** My Fare Lady
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/04/11/my_fare_lady/>
by Ken Gordon, Boston Globe
Boston has only a few female taxi drivers, as a new report says, which makes riding with Louise Samson all the more special.

*** A Job For Sarah
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9329-2004Apr13.html>
by Michael Leahy, Washington Post
Can a mildly retarted young woman find success and independence greeting shoppers at Lowe's?

*** The Writing Cure
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/magazine/18NARRATIVE.html>
by Melanie Thernstrom, New York Times
The crowd of physicians, psychologists, nurses and English professors had come to participate in a conference on what is called "narrative medicine," but in large part they had come somply to hear Rita Charon -- the leader of the burgeoning movement that seeks to situate storytelling at the center of medicine.

*** Can Disney Build A Better Mickey Mouse?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/movies/18GREE.html>
by Jesse Green, New York Times
Signals of the Mouse's distress have lately begun to seep out, almost unconsciously, from the soul of Disney's business.

*** Why Photography Has Supersized Itself
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/arts/design/18GEFT.html>
by Philip Gefter, New York Times
There was a time when most photographic prints were small enough to hold in the palm of your hand. Fast forward to the era of the big picture.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Happy Meal
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/lifestyle/story/0,4386,246318,00.html?>
by Ginnie Teo, Straits Times
No kidding. Kids meals are big business for airlines. Feed them right and everyone's happy.

*** Ugly Singaporean Shareholders At AGMS
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,246391,00.html?>
by Arlina Arshad, Straits Times
These shareholders come prepared for an annual general meeting not with questions for the board, but with plastic bags and styrofoam containers to take home the free food.

[Entertainment]

*** Feed The Whril
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/lifestyle/story/0,4386,246320,00.html?>
by Tee Hun Ching, Straits Times
Skip the menu and go straight to the spread. We pick up a plate and check out which hotel dishes out the best bites for your buffet dollar.