[MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2003

Fri Apr 18 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Apr 18, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Macworld Magazine Available For Digital Download (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/18/zinio/>
With the release of Zinio Reader forMac OS X, readers can choose to subscribe to Macworld and read it on their computer, instead of receiving a paper copy in the mail each month.

Apple Confirms USB Bug In Mac OS X 10.2.5 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19179>

Rising Profits Hide The Pain (David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5664875.htm>
Silicon Valley's technology companies are learning to live with the pain of an economic slowdown -- pain that still doesn't show signs of abating.

Apple, Sun Should Use Cash To Boost Stock, Analysts Say (David Akin, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gtnews/TGAM/20030418/RAPPL>
"Give the money back to shareholders more aggressively."

Apple Releases Darwin 6.5 Source Code (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=2005>

Reader: Apple Store Coming To West LA (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19175>

AOL For Mac OS X Adds Broadband Options (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/17/aolosx/>
America Online Inc. has released a new version of AOL for Mac OS X that includes the ability to add the AOL for Broadband service to any high-speed DSL or cable Internet connection, as well as beefed-up parental controls.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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How To Survive While Your Mac Is Gone For Repair (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0418.html>
If you depend on your 'Book to get your work done, give some serious thought to a hardware backup plan.

Those Apple And Universal Music Rumors: They Just Won't Stop (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#frenzy>

Apple Design Helps Older Macs Retain Their Value (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/03/0418.html>
Apple laptops are designed to withstand changes in style better than most PC notebooks.

Apple's Non-Denial Denial? (Cynthia L. Webb, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44649-2003Apr17.html>
Media outlets were quick to point out that the  statement did not address the existence of talks between the media giant and personal computer company.

Steve Jobs, The Music Man (Peter Burrows and Ronald Grover, with Tom Lowry, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2003/tc20030418_9975.htm>
If he picks up even part of Universal Music, a pay-per-song download service would help to stop Apple devotees from straying.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Your Digital Life Is Complete (The Courier-Mail)
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6302219%5E8362,00.html>
It's not until you hold a shiny iLife box in your hands that you realise how spoilt we Mac users have been.

1GHz And Dual-1.25GHz Power Mac G4s: New Ports And Low Prices Distinugish Latest Power Macs (Christopher Breen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/1ghzanddual125ghzpowermacg4s/>
These are both fine machines that perform very well and include innovative features. However, in an economic climate where price is paramount, we are even more impressed that these attributes come at such an attractive price.

Final Cut Express 1.0: Final Cut Pro Sibling Offers Simplified Professional Video Editing For The Budget-Minded User (Lisa Brenneis and Jeff Carlson, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/finalcutexpress1/>
Learning to use Final Cut Express will take some time and effort, and you'll definitely need to reprogram the editing section of your brain if you're accustomed to working with iMovie. However, if you're looking to step up to professional-level video editing and if you don't require all of Final Cut Pro's advanced capabilities, Final Cut Express will serve you well.

The Quill: Ergonomic Mouse May Reduce Risk Of Injury (Franklin Tessler, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/thequill/>
The Quill isn't the perfect ergonomic solution, but it's clearly a step in the right direction. If you're concerned about repetitive strain injury (RSI) and have plenty of desk space, The Quill merits your serious consideration.

Fax Software: One Application Proves To Be A Shining Light In A Field Dominated By Dim Products (Jeffery Battersby, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/faxsoftware/>
Crashes. Freezes. Bugs. Classic. This roster of Mac-based fax applications isn't pretty, and if not for Page Sender, it'd be downright ugly.

Easy Card Creator 1.1: Greeting-Card App Has Promise But Needs Polish (Terri Stone, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/easycardcreator1/>
If you want a fast, easy way to create paper and electronic greeting cards, Easy Card Creator 1.1 has potential. But Script Software needs to iron out the program's kinks.

3GHz Pentium 4 Versus The Dual 1.42 GHz Power Macintosh (rob-ART morgan, Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pentium4.html>
Though I am biased toward the Mac, the fastest Pentium 4 system beats the fastest Power Mac G4 in every single task test but one.

Tips On Going Wireless (Larry Magid, CBS News)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/18/scitech/pcanswer/main549909.shtml>
Modern wireless networking is three years old this month. And it's beginning to show signs of maturity beyond its few short years.

Safari, Camino Could Re-Ignite browser War -- On Macs (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0304/18/technology-140337.htm>
It's too early to say whether Safari or Camino will launch another browser war, but it's an interesting skirmish. If anything, the offerings might give Microsoft some ideas -- or at least a not-so-subtle hint that it can't rest on Internet Explorer's laurels.

Apple's Desktop Computer Cases Suck (David Brickner, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3075>
As a system administrator I want computers that store easily, don't get scratched, have parts I can easily interchange, are easy to carry by the armful, can be deployed in a variety of environments, and finally, I need computers that aren't so sleek that all my users are fighting over who gets the prettiest one.

Hands On: Hunter College's Experience With Apple Remote Desktop (Yuval Kossovsky, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/macos/story/0,10801,80398,00.html?SKC=macos-80398>
ARD is a terrific application for monitoring and assisting end users, and can now install operating system patches and force net-installs. Given the price for unlimited clients, it?s a great value in remote management software.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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There's No Power Like Low Power (Tom Yager, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/15centrino_1.html?s=tc>
Intel's Centrino appears to be all about Wi-Fi, but the real star is the Pentium M processor.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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New Law Putting Net -- And You -- At Risk (Jim Rapoza, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1032977,00.asp>
As of this moment, the security level of the Internet has taken a big hit. And it's not because of a new worm or some nefarious hacker collective; it's because of a set of badly conceived laws that have been passed by several states.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Wi-Fi Could Let Iraq Skip Steps To Leap Into Broadband (Michelle Kessler, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-04-16-wifi_x.htm>
When Iraq is rebuilt, an emerging wireless Internet technology may let it avoid the broadband woes that have plagued the USA for years.

Women Need Widescreen For Virtual Navigation (Paul Marks, New Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993628>
Women who navigate around 3D computer-generated environments for a living -- or even for fun -- are having their style cramped by ultra-narrow computer displays and graphics software that favours men.

Uncle Sam Wants To Know Your Weakness (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-997218.html>
The Department of Homeland Security is hoping to convince technology and telecommunications companies that it's safe to share information about infrastructure vulnerabilities with the federal government.

law And Sausages (Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-997318.html>
Traditionally, there are two things where you don't want to know how they're made: laws and sausages. Now modern technology brings us a third: secure computing. The combination of that and legislation is proving exceptionally hard to swallow.

Microsoft Research Seeks Better Search (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012-997350.html>
Scientists in the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant's labs are experimenting with new types of search and user interface technology that will let individuals and businesses tap into the vast amounts of data on the Internet, or inside their own computers, that increasingly will be impractical or impossible to find.

Panel: Security Is Serious Business (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1009-997404.html>
Security experts warned Thursday that business executives need to take network protection more seriously before a major cyberattack results in government intervention.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Memories Don't Die So Easily (Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-war-memories18apr18,1,713113.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dleftrail>
Civilians shot at a checkpoint, a comrade killed by friendly fire. These are images that troops would rather leave behind but can't.

Oil, Food And A Whole Lot Of Questions (Claudia Rosett, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/opinion/18ROSE.html>
Whatever Mr. Annan's reasons for wanting to reincarnate the operation, before he makes his case there's something he needs to do: open the books.

Trading Truth For Access? (Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/107/oped/Trading_truth_for_access_+.shtml>
When ''the name of the game'' becomes ''keeping on good terms'' with the world's most evil men, journalism turns into something awfully hard to distinguish from collaboration. It didn't start with Eason Jordan, and it didn't end in Baghdad.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Sounds Of War (Adam Baer, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2081608/>
Rating the news networks' theme music.

A Conduit For Life (Renee Tawa, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-tawa18apr18,0,184773.story?coll=cl%2Dbooks>
Alice Walker ceased writing, then started anew. Don't ask, just appreciate wisdom gained.

Demise Of The Concorde Could Not Have Come Fast Enough (Eric Weiner, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-weiner18apr18,1,5246690.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
The possibilities for this new Age of Slow are endless. We just need the time to think about it.

Where Time has Paused (Thomas Mallon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/arts/18MALL.html>
Now that spring is here, from time to time when I'm in town I'll eat my lunch on the steps of the New York Public Library, a semiregular habit throughout the summer of 1968, when I was 16 and had my first job, at Fownes Brothers, a glove company at 411 Fifth Avenue. It's still there, on the northeast corner of 37th Street; I can even now see its second-floor showroom windows from the lower portion of the library's steps, four blocks up.

In Memoriam: The Foolish And The Brave (Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-650159,00.html>
As the climbing season gets under way, and in this anniversary year, eager crowds jostle for their moment of glory on the summit, it is only to be hoped that all the remaining spaces on the Everest Memorial will not find themselves filled up in one fell swoop.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Coyotes (Mark Jarman, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/jarman/coyotes.htm>

A Morris Dance (Mary Jo Salter, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/salter/morris.htm>

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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CNN Postings Send Some To Early Graves (Sandeep Junnarkar and Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1025-997367.html>
Rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated, one could say, when CNN accidentally made publicly available obituaries of several international figures who are in fact still among the living.

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