[MyAppleMenu] Apr 21, 2003

Mon Apr 21 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Apr 21, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Steve Jobs And Tinseltown (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5680916.htm>
The next piece of Silicon Valley's knife dance with Hollywood might be choreographed by Steve Jobs, an executive whose unique influence in both spheres gives him rare potential to shape the way the two industries evolve.

Apple To Hold Special Event April 28 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/21/appleevent/>
The invitation says that Apple will have "announcements that will be music to your ears." Apple has several music products, but speculation over the past couple of weeks has focused on three things: a new iPod; a buyout by Apple of Universal Music; and a new music service by Apple.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Is Open Source Apple's Salvation? (Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21318.html>
While Apple's reliance on open source has changed the nature of its products, it is not likely to result in a huge change in market share. Open source is not the key to Apple taking over the world, says Roger Kay, director of client computing at IDC.

Apple Preps Productivity Update (Nick Ciarelli and Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1036307,00.asp>
Sources said that the update, Version 6.2.7, will include improvements to AppleWorks' presentation and spreadsheet modules. It will also make further compatibility inroads for Windows, with better handling of Office 97 and 2000 files.

Macway Debuts New FireWire 800 Drive Line (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19189>

Talking Technology With Microsoft's Michael J. Kosek (Robert Weisman, Boston Globe)
<http://boston.com/business/tech_innovation/news/2003/04/21/q_a.htm>
"I think what really drives an operating system or a platform are the applications that they're trying to use... There are, obviously, some great applications for Macintosh, and people will continue to use those."

'Hotspots' Aren't So Hot In Calgary (Grace Casselman, The Calgary Herald)
<http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/info/business/story.html?id=16B79B80-001F-4224-93D4-3236F403FBF9>
We're moving one step closer to individuals being able to really work wherever they are, no doubt an admirable goal. The danger, of course, is that people will feel compelled to work wherever they are -- even in the middle of a coffee "break" at the local café.

Ambrosia Releases Snapz Pro X 1.0.7 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/04/21/snapz>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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American Idle (Rick Aristotle Munarriz, Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary030421ram.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y&bounce=y>
The music industry needs Apple. Apple needs the music industry.

Next Mac OS X Puts User At The Center (Matthew Rothenberg and Nick Ciarelli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1036539,00.asp>
Apple Computer Inc. is planning to put the user at the center of its next major release of Mac OS X.

Time For An Apple Blade Server? (Tieman Ray, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21320.html>
The market is already shifting from 1U rack-mount servers to racks of computers-on-a-card, known as blade servers.

A Windows User Spends A Week With A Mac (Acts Of Volition)
<http://actsofvolition.com/archives/2003/april/awindowsuser>
I?ve caught a glimpse of what it is that seems to make mac fans just that, ?fans?.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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All Power Big And Small (Adam Turner, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777206736.html>
Apple now has notebooks in three form factors, based on screen size, two of them brand new, each setting new standards for the industry.

Virtual PC 6: Satisfy Your need To Use Windows Without Leaving The Comfort Of Your Mac (MacHome)
<http://www.machome.com/reviews/display.lasso?grr8=105>
Whatever your reasons, Virtual PC goes far to fulfill them, provided your needs don't demand bleeding-edge performance. Those who merely wish to dip a toe in the Windows world from time to time should welcome Virtual PC as a better solution than buying the real thing.

Scanner Gives Old Photos An Automatic Sprucing Up (Craig Crossman, Knight Ridder Newspapers)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134679671_btsoho21.html>
Billed as the world's first one-step photo-restoration scanner, the ScanMaker 6800 actually repairs damaged photographs as it scans them.

Macromedia Freehand MX (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/freehandmx.shtml>
The tight help integration and newfound cohesiveness with other Macromedia products makes the task of learning what FreeHand MX offers a little less daunting, yet I can't help but feel that after a month or two of evaluating the product, there's still plenty more I'd like to learn.

The Promise Of Omni-Potence (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20030421.php>
Here’s the test of whether it was the interface or the pretty text that people liked about OmniWeb all along.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Intel Banks On Centrino To Tap Wi-Fi Phenomenon (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134679678_newcentrino21.html>
Intel's approach gives it a Trojan Horse advantage without the subterfuge. By associating its wireless vision with a soon-to-be familiar name -— Centrino -— the company hopes it will be at the front lines of any future wireless data revolution.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Now Digital, Spy Camera Technology Widens Gaze (Laurie J. Flynn, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/technology/21CAME.html>
The use of surveillance cameras in private businesses and public spaces has been a matter of debate for some time. But even as the controversy becomes more heated, the use of surveillance equipment is surging, driven by new digital technology, falling prices and terrorism jitters.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Is Open Source Apple's Salvation? (Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21318.html>
While Apple's reliance on open source has changed the nature of its products, it is not likely to result in a huge change in market share. Open source is not the key to Apple taking over the world, says Roger Kay, director of client computing at IDC.

Online Ad Outlook Brightens (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024-997369.html>
More and more, traditional advertisers are cooing over digital media--a sound that's music to the ears of Web publishers still stricken by the dot-com bust.

Ak Jeeves Eye Google Users (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032-997584.html>
Ask Jeeves, the No. 2 Web-search engine behind Google, on Monday is set to announce upgrades to its Ask.com site as it aims to up the ante in its battle to win Internet search users.

Intel Banks On Centrino To Tap Wi-Fi Phenomenon (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134679678_newcentrino21.html>
Intel's approach gives it a Trojan Horse advantage without the subterfuge. By associating its wireless vision with a soon-to-be familiar name -— Centrino -— the company hopes it will be at the front lines of any future wireless data revolution.

XMPP Rises To Face SIMPLE Standard (Cathleen Moore, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/16imstandards_1.html>
With the lure of presence-aware applications and systems dangling before them, competitors are warming up for a heated race to establish an industry standard protocol for presence awareness and instant messaging interoperability.

U.S. Sides With Record Labels (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027-997568.html>
The U.S. government sided with the recording industry in its dispute with Verizon Communications on Friday, saying a digital-copyright law invoked by record labels to track down Internet song-swappers did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Crossroads Of Culture (Peter Watson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/opinion/21WATS.html>
The golden age that Arab fundamentalists refer to was achieved only because Baghdad was wide open to foreign influences, much as the United States at its birth imported ideas of the Enlightenment from Europe and made more of them than did the Old World.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Tracking SARS (Claudia Kalb, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/902705.asp?newguid=5134bf73c3cc4825820180bea23241e1&cp1=1>
With technology and a global mission, scientists nailed this bug in seven weeks. Curing it will be much harder.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Turning Over An Old Leaf (Adam Bregman, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-bregman21apr21.story>
Used-book sellers battle national chains and the Internet to carve out their literary niche.

As A Novel Rises Quickly, Book Industry Takes Note (Bill Goldstein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/business/media/21BOOK.html>
The success of "The Da Vinci Code" by a little-known writer has caught the attention of an industry mired in a dismal retail economy.

Ready For A Reality Movie? (Rick Lyman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/movies/21CANC.html>
Reality, the trend that ate television, now hopes to make a meal out of the multiplex.

Deliberately Distorting The Digital Mechanism (matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/arts/design/21MIRA.html>
Since 1994 Ms. Heemskerk and Mr. Paesmans, collaborating under the name Jodi, have created a series of Internet-based artworks that deliberately cause computers to do the wrong thing.

Can AN Old Leopard Change Its Silk Pajamas? (David Carr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/business/media/21MAG.html?8hpib>
Playboy magazine, which once defined a certain kind of cool to millions of young men, is in danger of becoming the dad in the basement at a party for teenagers —- amusing, but not really part of the party.

A Reluctant Millionaire (Emma Hartley, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-653515,00.html>
Yann Martel doesn't care about money. So, what is he doing with his Booker Prize cash?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Teaching Or Research: Lecturers At NTU Given Choice (Jane Ng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,184383,00.html?>
Instead of a 50-50 split between teaching and research, NTU will allow its lecturers a more flexible 25-75 spread of workload.

Market Closure Sets Off Rush To Buy Elsewhere (Krist Boo and Neo Hui Min, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,184407,00.html?>
Shoppers throng markets, supermarkets, for greens, after Pasir Panjang market is closed.

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