[MyAppleMenu] Apr 16, 2003

Wed Apr 16 21:05:01 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Laptop Sales Lift Apple Earnings (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1047-997184.html?tag=cd_mh>
Buoyed by strong laptop sales, Apple Computer on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings and sales that narrowly topped analysts' estimates.

Vivendi Director Confirms Apple Interest In Universal (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/30289.html>
Vivendi Universal has confirmed Apple's interest in buying its Universal Music Group (UMG) subsidiary, but it isn't the only potential bidder and it may have to cough up more cash if it wants the acquisition to succeed.

MyAppleMenu : News
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A Look At Apple's Second Quarter Unit Sales (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/16/summary/>
A breakdown of the numbers shows bad news for some products, but good news for others, especially on the PowerBook front.

Apple Prepares To Open First Washington Store (Cydney Gillis, King County Journal)
<http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/128291>
Apple Computer Inc. promises a spectacle of giveaways and long lines next month when it opens its first Washington store at Bellevue Square.

Resellers Get Back To The Mac (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041-997130.html?tag=nl>
After earlier balking at a new contract, several of Apple Computer's key resellers have inked deals to continue selling Apple gear. Among the holdouts that have reached a pact with Apple are Dell Computer and regional computer sellers Fry?s Electronics and Micro Center, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Apple Denies It Bid For Record Label (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027-997175.html?tag=nl>
Countering speculation that it is close to buying Vivendi Universal's record label, Apple Computer said Wednesday that it has never offered to make such an investment or purchase.

Apple Set To Issue Q2 Results (David B. Wilkerson, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B776462F7-F41D-4603-AD8A-B2ECF5314372%7D&siteid=google&dist=google>
A possible purchase of the world's largest music empire will be one of the main items investors expect to be covered after Apple Computer announces its fiscal second-quarter earnings results on Wednesday after the market closes.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Poll: Do We Need A Tablet Mac? (Alison Turner, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6226>

Mac Myths And The Apple Challenge (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/03/0416.html>
Has anyone seen a rise in Apple market share in the last few years? I suspect that misconceptions regarding Apple are holding them back.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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TMac Gamers, Start Your Engines (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/04/reviews/gameroom200304/>
For years, fans of open-wheel auto racing were forced to seek out PCs or game consoles when they wanted to fulfill their need for speed. But open-wheel racing has finally come to the Mac, thanks to a Formula One simulator that's a blast to play even though it's a few years behind the times.

Pocket Tanks (Zack Lipowski, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=366>
PT has hours upon hours of replay ability thanks to the dozens of weapons, and the CPU provides more than enough challenge to keep you on your toes.

Making The Switch: Virtual OSes Ease Software Compatibility Issues (Emru Townsend, CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/story.asp?id=10251&sb=196>
The classic problem faced when switching to the Macintosh--for that matter, to any "alternative" platform--had been the issue of working with existing data.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Is Crawling Toward Trustworthy Code - Experts (Ashlee Vance, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/30265.html>
A panel of security experts have faith in Microsoft's ability to produce trusted code. The problem is that they think it will take Redmond a decade to learn how to do it.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Will Patents Pillage Open Source? (Steven J. Frank, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-997082.html>
With more and more innovation companies retreating even in circumstances traditionally justifying license royalties, the prospect that patents could doom open source grows ever more unlikely.

The Lab The Fell To Earth (Brendan I. Koerner, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/mitlab.html>
Once the center of the technology research universe, the storied MIT Media Lab is now teetering on the brink of breakup -- or, even worse, irrelevance.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Developer's Dilemma: Choosing An Open-Source License (Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21280.html>
The GPL is not perfect, but it is the preferred option, says Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB. "GPL is like democracy -- not perhaps an ideal system, but most definitely the best one available. We have no regrets as to choosing GPL."

Beyond Wi-Fi (Xeni Jardin, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/unwired/futurewifi.html>
The 5 next big things.

IBM Dives Deeper Into Linux (Paula Musich, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1022818,00.asp>
IBM next month will extend the reach of its Directory Server and Directory Integrator across additional Linux hardware platforms when it adds versions for the IBM i-Series and p-Series servers.

Guerrilla Browsers Continue The Battle (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997088.html>
Microsoft may have won the browser wars, but a recent proliferation of challengers suggests that the software empire has a long way to go before it wins the peace.

Phoenix Flies From Frying Pan To Fire (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032-997089.html>
The new name, Firebird, has only succeeded in landing the browser in another trademark conflict--this time with another open-source group.

SCO Ships Linux For Itanium (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997043.html>
SCO Group, which gained notoriety for a Linux-related lawsuit it filed against IBM last month, released a version of Linux for Intel's Itanium processor family on Tuesday.

RSS Is Not Hypertext. Isn't That Great? (Bob DuCharme, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3061>
People can mix and match link presentation styles with link domain classes.

Q&A: Novell Will Make 'Immature' Linux Robust And Reliable, CEO Says (Don Tennant, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,80359,00.html>
At Novell Inc.'s BrainShare user and partner conference here, Chairman and CEO Jack Messman yesterday announced that Linux would serve as the migration path for the company's flagship NetWare network operating system.

Americans Embracing E-Gov Despite Privacy Concerns (Roy Mark, Internet.com)
<http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2190871>
While Americans are increasingly embracing online government services, they are also concerned dealing with government over the Internet may compromise their privacy, according to a new study released by the Council for Excellence in Government and Accenture .

Taking On Microsoft And The DMCA (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-996883.html>
Taking a break from working on his doctoral thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate student Andrew "Bunnie" Huang decided that it might be fun to poke around the security systems protecting Microsoft's Xbox game console.

Corel Debuts New WordPerfect (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1046-997010.html>
Corel will begin selling the new version of its WordPerfect office software Wednesday, but analysts don't expect the package to make much headway against Microsoft Office.

Want A Job? Lose The 'Wacky' E-Mail (Will Sturgeon, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032-996938.html>
Job applicants who use 'wacky' e-mail addresses are far less likely to get the position, according to a poll of U.K. human resources managers.

Liberty Alliance Revs Web Standard (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1013-996995.html>
The Liberty Alliance on Tuesday said it intends to update its standard for simplifying the process of logging on to multiple Web sites.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Spin Cycle (Robert Shapiro, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2081427/>
Why has the business cycle gone topsy-turvy?

Baghdad's Buried Treasure (Eric Davis, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/opinion/16DAVI.html>
Despite skeptical opinions to the contrary, history indicates that civil society and democracy can be restored in Iraq.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Parallel Universes (Max Tegmark, Scientific American)
<http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=000F1EDD-B48A-1E90-8EA5809EC5880000>
Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Finding Reason In An Age Of Terror (David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-ulin15apr15,0,5624266.story?coll=cl%2Dbooks>
Author Don DeLillo surveys a landscape forever changed by violence and anxiety.

Super-Sizing The Gluttony (David Shaw, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-matters9apr09001436,1,5039414.column?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dfood>
We can't blame McDonald's for Americans who won't try new food even as their waists expand. Well, maybe we can.

Sprigs Of Spring (Regina Schrambling, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-mint16apr16.story>
Don't underestimate the versatility of fresh mint, a true wonder of the herb garden. It can add an enticingly sweet lightness to everything it touches.

Back On The Laugh Track (Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/lowry/cl-et-lowry16apr16.story>
Ready to laugh yet? The entertainment industry is hoping -- perhaps even saying a little (probably secular) prayer -- that you are.

Set In Stone (Janice Byrd, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2003/0413/setinstone.htm>
>From a tranquil lap pool to a rustic vegetable patch, two artists frame their outdoor space with rock.

Once Sweet And Heavy, Now Dry And Desirable (Amanda Hesser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/dining/16KOSH.html>
Over the last decade, the kosher wine industry has worked to change people's minds.

Go On, Repress Youself (Lauren Slater, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-647746,00.html>
Victims of trauma may be better off forgetting their bad experiences rather than examining them in therapy. The "stiff upper lip" can be an effective coping strategy.

How Will The Artists Get Paid? (Dan Bricklin)
<http://www.bricklin.com/artistspaid.htm>
Throughout history there have been a variety of ways that artists have gotten paid so they can create their work:Through an ecosystem which looks to a mixture of amateur, performance, patronage, and commission forms of payment.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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After Frost At Midnight (Mary Kinzie, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2081478/>

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