[MyAppleMenu] Apr 26, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, April 26, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** The Fast And The Furious
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/7436655010032977/>
by Gregory Han, Unofficial Apple Weblog
There is indeed a commnity of quite resourceful Apple users who tinker with the inner workings of their machines to squeeze out a few more megahertz of clock speed from the Power PC G4 processors.

*** Rivals Mix Up Digital Music
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/music/2004-04-25-music_x.htm>
by Jefferson Graham, USA Today
Apple dominates online music with an estimated 50% market share. Its iPod is the best-selling portable digital music player. But Internet analysts suggest the next year may not be as rosy as the first.

*** Apple Ramps-Up PowerBook Graphics
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8517>
by Macworld UK
ATI has announced that Apple's newly upgraded 15- and 17-inch PowerBook G4 notebooks feature the Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card, "the world's fastest mobile graphics processing unit."

*** New iTunes DRM-Remover Emerges
<http://www.macnn.com/news/24408>
by MacNN
FairTunes is a new application that strips the digital rights management protection from songs purchased at the iTunes Music Store.

*** Google Co-Founder Promises Safari Compatibility WIth GMail
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/25/gmail/?lsrc=mcrss-0404>
by Mat Honan and Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral
Google co-founder Sergey Brin noted that he was "embarrassed" that Gmail's beta doesn't support Safari, but said that they will add Safari support before its public release.

*** Calpers Chokes On Apple
<http://www.cfo.com/article/1,5309,13479%7C%7CT%7C1221,00.html?f=home_todayinfinance>
by Stephen Taub, CFO
The campaign by the nation's largest pension fund has amounted to little more than background noise.

*** Apple Closes Project Enabling Fair Use Of Music
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831474108.html>
by Sam Varghese, Sydney Morning Herald
Apple has sent a cease and desist letter to an organisation in India, which provides hosting for distributed development of free software projects, and forced it to take down a software project that can be used to enable fair use of music purchased from Apple's iTunes music service.

*** Technology And Show Business Kiss And Make Up
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/26/business/media/26entertain.html?ex=1083556800&en=50d925c482dcdfcc&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
by Evelyn Nussenbaum, New York Times
With growth slowing in both entertainment and technology, players on both sides started to accept an uncomfortable reality: they simply could not afford to go on fighting.

[Opinion]

*** Apple's iPod Strategy Is Familiar Tune
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001912647_paul26.html>
by Paul Andrews, Seattle Times
It's unclear that working with Real and other music services would boost iPod sales. Googoo-eyed iPod users do not begin their testimonials by saing, "music downloads changed my life," or "I can't live without my MP3s." What they say is iPod, iPod, iPod.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** A Digital Video Recorder Leader Lags
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/26/business/media/26MOSTWANTED.html>
by New York Times
TiVo, the company that popularized the conept of digital video recorders, is increasingly being left behind by the success.

*** Is It OK To Switch Off From Work?
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/04/13/go.work.life.tech/>
by Nick Easen, CNN
New technology now enables flexible working hours around the clock, but some are beginning to feel the strain from vague expectations about how available they should be.

*** To Silicon Valley, A Sign Of Things Improving
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/26/technology/26valley.html>
by Laurie J. Flynn and Matt Richtel, New York Times
>From everyman investors to technology executives, the inhabitants of Silicon Valley are expressing strong, but sharply mixed, reactions to reports that the long-anticipated Google public offering may be imminent.

[Linux]

*** Could IT Mood Swings Boost Enterprise Desktop Linux?
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1572804,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Matt Hicks, eWeek
Linux on end users' desktops remains largely elusive for enterprises, but the open-source operating system could become more attractive as the demands of IT departments shift, said panelists and attendees at the Desktop Linux Summit 2004.

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The other things in life

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*** Art Of Fine Coffee Is In Your Face
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9301012%255E2862,00.html>
by Mark Moor, Herald Sun
Cafe owner Chris Phillips chose an unusual medium to create art -- the cafe lattes he serves by the trayful at his Richmond cafe.

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore's PM Seeks To Curb Successor's Powers
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1079420600662>
by John Burton, Financial Times
Goh Chok Tong confirmed he would step down as Singapore's prime minister this year but not before placing potential checks on the powers of his successor.

[News]

*** NKF Files Writ Against SPH
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/18114.asp>
by Today
The NKF filed a writ of summons in the High Court on Friday, following a lawyer's letter sent to ST on April 19 asking for an apology and a retraction.

*** On A Trip Down Highway's Memory Lane
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,247829,00.html?>
by Serene Goh, Straits Times
Opened in 1956 to great traffic relief, it later became a symbol of independence.