[MyAppleMenu] Apr 26, 2003

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Saturday, Apr 26, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Macs Making Music: On The Road With Steve Wood (David Ellefson, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/26/ellefson/>

2nd Apple Store Will Open At University Village (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134683517_ptmacc26.html>
It's officially a two-fer: Apple Computer is not only opening its Bellevue Square Apple Store on May 10, but it's also starting construction soon on another in the University Village mall.

Apple To Answer Rumors With Facts (Rex Crum, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B25D47D19-C489-458D-820B-9F6836B30F58%7D&siteid=google&dist=google>
For a company that treasures secrecy as much as it does innovation, Apple Computer, by its standards, practically ran its mouth off about what it might unveil at a conference in San Francisco on Monday.

Mac OS X Tweak On Tap (Nick Clarelli and Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1043593,00.asp>
According to the seed's release notes. 10.2.6 will improve graphics and OpenGL, as well as OS X's Address Book application.

Apple Music Service Trumpets Ease Of Use (Billboard)
<http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1874807>
Label sources tell Bulletin that the service is an a la carte download store -- not unlike that of rival Liquid Audio -- that is built into Apple's iTunes player. No subscription is required for the service, and tracks are expected to retail for an average of 99 cents.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Freeware Gems For Mac OS X (Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/25/freeware.html>
We're talking about neat little apps that you might not have heard of, but that can do the job of something much better-known (and much more expensive) without you having to pay a penny for them.

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (Lucian Fong, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=363>
ATI has delivered another solid product in the Radeon 9000 Pro. While it is aimed toward a specific market segment, it is still a very capable gaming card for the price.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Not All Microsoft Apps Run On Window server 2003 (Gregg Keizer, TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030425S0005>
Amidst the ballyhoo over Windows Server 2003, the new server operating system software that Microsoft launched Thursday, something was forgotten: Many of the company's own applications won't run on Windows Server 2003 without updating. Some never will.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Judge: File-Swapping Tools Are Legal (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027-998363.html>
A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.

Lufthansa To Fly With Web Access (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-998282.html>
Lufthansa German Airlines sees "no reason whatsoever" to ground plans to offer high-speed Web access to passengers in 2004, an executive close to the company's program said Thursday.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Where Real, Cyber Worlds Collide (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58622,00.html>
Although the speakers and attendees are gathered here in Silicon Valley, much of the real action at this week's O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference is happening in cyberspace.

Internet Radio Makes Bigger Waves (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58626,00.html>
More than 100 million listeners have tried Web radio and the number of regular monthly listeners has tripled in the last three years, according to ratings agency Arbitron.

Red Hat Warms To Itanium-Booster Plan (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1006-998420.html>
Leading Linux seller Red Hat is looking fondly at an Intel technology that improves the ability of the chipmaker's Itanium processor to run older software written for Xeon or Pentium chips.

Desktop Cords Could Reach Halfway To Moon (Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1003-998433.html>
Lay all the desktop cords in the United States end to end, and you could circle the earth four times or reach halfway to the moon, according to a study released this week by cordless mouse maker Logitech.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Truth About Jihad (Amir Taheri, National Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=37F1E09C-EEA2-431A-A24E-D025A5511DC2>
With the campaign to liberate Iraq victorious, it is, perhaps, time for Muslims to review the improper use, not to say outright abuse, of the term "jihad.

The Empire Slinks Back (Niall Ferguson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/27/magazine/27EMPIRE.html>
Why Americans don't really have what it takes to rule the world.

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