[MyAppleMenu] Oct 15, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Microsoft Pulls Ad After Net Faux Pas (Associated Press)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/821269.asp>
Who was that mysterious Windows user? Red-faced executives at Microsoft Corp. on Monday pulled a breezy advertisement purportedly by a free-lance writer who switched to using Windows software from the rival Macintosh, amid questions about whether the woman actually exists.

MyAppleMenu : News
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MusicMatch Quits Mac Service (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-962120.html>
The development is interesting, say analysts, as the San Diego-based company provides the software Apple Computer uses to synch its iPod music player with Windows PCs.

QuickTime 6 Downloads Top 25M In 100 Days (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16977>
Apple today announced that more than 25 million copies of QuickTime 6 have been downloaded in less than 100 days.

Apple Strengthens Pro-Arabic Stance (AME Info)
<http://www.ameinfo.com/cgi-bin/news/showarticle.cgi?id=101502115056>
With the recent release of the acclaimed MAC OS X V10.2 'Jaguar', Apple has continued to display its commitment and resolve in serving the interests of its Middle Eastern users.

More Consumers Burning To Create Own DVDs (Francine Brevetti, San Mateo County Times)
<http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87%257E11271%257E926080,00.html>

Apple Offers Education Rental Scheme (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5403>
Apple UK has launched iStudent, a "flexible" rental programme for students at participating colleges to deliver access to Macs on a student budget.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Microsoft Ad Unravels -- Lessons (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/4289980.htm>
This is tomorrow's journalism, a partnership of sorts between professionals and the legions of gifted amateurs out there who can help us -- all of us -- figure things out.

Mac Rocks! But Apple Ads Oversimplify Switch (Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy15.html>
Switching to an entirely different OS requires a more sophisticated advertising than expressing a yearning for a simpler way to get pictures out of a digital camera.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Xserve Stands Out (Magie Biggs, Federal Computer Week)
<http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/1014/tec-apple-10-14-02.asp>
Agencies should consider it as a platform that can easily handle middle-tier and back-end business-critical operations.

Soldier Of Fortune II: Double Helix (Corey Tamas, MacGamer)
<http://www.macgamer.com/features/?id=1324>
Soldier of Fortune II puts more effort into making the game which comes out of the box as playable as possible without the need to install mods, add-ons or patches.

The Importance Of Being Backed Up (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/etech/etechmain.html?gannet_story=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/eteam/mac_reality_check.html>
If you have valuable files that are costly or time-consuming to recreate, don't take any chances. Make multiple backups.

Light Your Fire With Tinderbox (Matt Neuburg, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06959>
With its Web capabilities, outliner hierarchy, hyperlinks, lightweight database abilities, and snippet keeping, Tinderbox will surely have something to intrigue you.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Gateway Snubs Microsoft (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-962085.html>
In another blow to Microsoft, a fourth computer maker plans to bundle Corel's WordPerfect Office with its low-end consumer machines.

Microsoft Set To Implant Bluetooth (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-962116.html>
Microsoft is set to release a Windows XP update that adds support for Bluetooth, the much-hyped technology for wirelessly connecting peripherals. But analysts questioned aspects of the release.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Saving AOL (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/15/save_aol/index.html>
The online giant's woes are legion. Will new software and a bet on broadband come to the rescue?

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Linux Renews Desktop Bid (Anne Chen, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,633806,00.asp>
Organizations shouldn't expect a move to Linux to significantly cut desktop costs.

Compact Disc Replacement Skips Out (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-962131.html>
Start-up DataPlay, which hoped its quarter-size minidisc would replace the compact disc, has shut down and is looking for a buyer.

On Eve Of AOL 8 Launch, MSN 8 Info Leaks (Nate Mook, BetaNews)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,634625,00.asp>
Set to debut on October 24, MSN 8 features an enhanced version of MSN Explorer with improved junk mail filters and new parental controls.

Sun-Microsoft: Missed Opportunities (John Carroll, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-962071.html>
All Sun has accomplished is to create a void for a VM-style technology on Windows, creating a market opportunity for the ultimate "polluted" Java (.NET).

The Keyboard That Isn't There (Maggie Shiels, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2326077.stm>
Work on the move? Forget laptops and fiddly data entry devices; soon an uncluttered tabletop will be all you need to set up a mobile office.

Dot-Org Gets A New, Well, Org (Steve Kettmann, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55778,00.html>
The humble dot-org domain, intended primarily for the nonprofit community, will now be operated by an international nonprofit group called the Internet Society (ISOC).

AOL Hopes New Software Will Slow MSN Threat (David A. Vise, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25379-2002Oct14.html>
America Online formally launches the newest version of its online software today with a star-studded extravaganza at New York's Lincoln Center that marks a new emphasis for the Dulles-based firm: fending off a competitive threat from Microsoft Corp.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Politics And TV Can Mix (Tom Rosenstiel and Dave Iverson, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rosenstiel15oct15,0,799442.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
Faulty surveys are one reason for lack of coverage.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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How Science Solves Crimes (Jeffrey kulger, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101021021/story.html>
>From ballistics to DNA, forensic scientists are revolutionizing police work--on TV and in reality. And just in time.

On Scientific Fakery And The Systems To Catch It (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/science/15FRAU.html>
In some ways, the pivotal figure in the research misconduct case at Bell Labs was not Dr. J. Hendrik Schön, the scientist fired last month for fabricating and manipulating data, but Dr. Bertram Batlogg, the man who hired him in 1998.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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It's A Particular L.A. Kind Of Pilgrimage (mary McNarnara, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/visitor/cl-et-mcnamara15oct15.story>
Angelenos are making the trek to North Hollywood to satisfy their cravings for granite.

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