[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Aug 1, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Aug 1, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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QuickTime Integrated With AOL 9.0 For Windows (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/01/aol/>
For the first time, AOL includes with it a QuickTime installer, and QuickTime is integrated tightly into the software.

MyAppleMenu : News
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OmniGraffle 2.2 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/01/omnigraffle/>
The Omni Group has released a new version of OmniGraffle, its diagramming application for Mac OS X.

iTunes Sales Continue To Fall (Claran Tannam, Slyck)
<http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=208>
The sales figure may reflect seasonal variance and other launch hype related factors. However there is a clear decline in place.

Pixar Moving To Mac OS X? (Mac Rumors)
<http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/07/20030731182852.shtml>
Pixar's website reveals they are currently hiring a Mac OS X Migration Contractor at this time.

Glider Pro Is Now Free (MacMegasite)
<http://www.macmegasite.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=971>

There's No Other Apple Store Like David Jones (Sarah Stokely, ARN)
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1876763477&fp=16&fpid=0>
Apple computers are coming soon to a David Jones store near you. In fact, Sydneysiders have been able to buy a full range of Apple gear from the chain's Sydney city store for several weeks.

GraphicConverter 4.8 Adds Unskew Effect, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/31/graphicconverter/>
Lemke Software GmbH has updated its popular shareware image conversion and manipulation software GraphicConverter to version 4.8. As usual, the update lands dozens of changes, including new features.

PowerBooks 'In Short Supply' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=6674>
Apple's popular PowerBook G4 notebooks are in short supply, according to a number of UK resellers.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Marketing The Macs: The Myths Keep People From Switching (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/lab/03/0731.html>
I think Apple ought to talk to the people who are causing the greatest problems with the end user. That would be Fred, the guy down the street who works in IT in a big company and has told you that Apple is about to go bankrupt, is incompatible with Office, cannot connect to the Internet, and/or is far more expensive than comparable PCs.

Why I'm Not Sure I Want Macs In My Classroom (Noah Kravitz, PowerBook Central)
<http://www.powerbookcentral.com/columns/kravitz/29jul03.shtml>
Are iBooks and G4s worth the extra cost to schools that are already starved for funding? Have I been brainwashed into thinking that the state of Mac software is much worse than it really is?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Boswell 3.1 For Mac OS X (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/bos31.shtml>
Boswell is an amazingly powerful information managing program with a steep learning curve, but rewards for those who climb it.

Replacing Your Logic Board Can Cause Problems With iTunes-Purchased Music (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030731080732635>
If you are getting your logic board replaced -- common practice for a wide range of hardware irregularities -- make sure to de-authorize all of your iTunes-purchased AAC tracks.

QuicKeys X2 (James McCallum, MacSofa)
<http://www.macsofa.com/more.php?id=51_0_1_0_M>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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The Coca-Cola Clue (Dana Blankenhorn, Moore's Loore)
<http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/20030701.shtml#47235>
Microsoft has tried to make everything work the way it works back home. Coca-Cola is a local company is most places. Microsoft is always American.

Concerns Mount Over Possible Big Net Attack (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/31/HNnetattack_1.html>
Security experts warn that a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system may soon be used by a powerful Internet worm that could disrupt traffic on the Internet and affect millions of machines worldwide.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Digital (Fill In The Blank) Is On The Horizon (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/01/technology/01DIGI.html?ex=1060315200&en=150009ed36968849&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Despite a slump in some technology sectors, consumers are increasingly turning to all sorts of digital gadgets and services.

Teens Now Spend More Time Online Than Watching TV (Tobi Elkin, Ad Age)
<http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=38392>
Teens and young adults ages 13 to 24 now spend more time every day on the Internet than they do watching TV, according to a new study conducted by Harris Interactive and Teenage Research Unlimited.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Hackers Turn To Google To Find Weakest Links (Celeste Biever, New Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994002>
By using the popular search engine Google, they do not have to visit a site to plan an attack. Instead, they can get all the information they need from Google's cached versions of web pages, say experts in the US.

Why Is My Cell Phone So Much More Powerful And Easy To Use Than My Desktop Phone? (Philip Brittan, O'Reilly Network)
<http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/296>

Why We Don't Need QOS: Trains, Cars, And Internet (Dan Bricklin)
<http://www.bricklin.com/qos.htm>
Common sense argues against widespread use of QOS techniques on the Internet. It is better to just get more capacity.

Microsoft.com Revamps Search (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5058462.html>
Microsoft updated its corporate Web search technology this month with in-house software, its latest effort to catch up with innovations in the navigation tools market.

McNealy: Sun Safe From SCO Damage (Tony Hallett, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5058440.html>
SCO Group's ongoing legal action against IBM and end users of Linux has quietly left one company out of the dog fight: Sun Microsystems.

Intel Locks Up Deal For Secure PCs (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5058630.html>
Intel has signed a deal to integrate security software into motherboards that will be used in business computers, part of a larger industry effort to improve security.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Top Of Sky Is Receding (Philip Ball, Nature)
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/030721/030721-10.html>
We may be pushing the stratosphere away.

The DNA Of Desire: Is Infidelity Innate? (Shankar Vendantam, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10691-2003Jul31.html>
A fierce debate about whether jealousy, lust and sexual attraction are hardwired in the brain or are the products of culture and upbringing has recently been ignited by the growing influence of a school of psychology that sees the hidden hand of evolution in everyday life.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Sword Of Honor (Paul Robinson, The Spectator)
<http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old&section=current&issue=2003-07-26&id=3341>
America, it seems, remains culturally divided along the Mason-Dixon line, and the crucial difference now, as at the time of the American Civil War, is honour.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Economists Call For Greater Transparency In Labour Data (Sue-Ann Chia and Rebecca Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,202715,00.html?>
The dispute over just how many new jobs have gone to foreigners has prompted several economists to call for greater transparency in government data, especially labour figures.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Malaysia Wants Mediation On Singapore Water Row (Reuters)
<http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters08-01-010617.asp?reg=PACRIM>
Malaysia's prime minister called on Friday for arbitration to resolve a row with Singapore over water supply and said he would push through a plan to build a bridge across the strait between the two neighbours.

StarHub Offers IDD To 3 More Countries At Local Rates, M1 Gives Free Incoming Calls (Stephanie Sim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/45872/1/.html>
It's good news if you are a mobile phone subscriber.

Malaysia Will Not Involve Singapore In Bridge Construction (Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/8/1/latest/13294Malaysiaw&sec=latest>
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia had to build a "crooked" bridge because response from the republic was not encouraging.

Senate Approves Singapore And Chile Trade Agreements (Jim Abrams, Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/07/31/national2151EDT0798.DTL>
The Bush administration's goal of promoting prosperity at home by opening up markets abroad took a major step forward with strong Senate votes to establish free trade with Chile and Singapore.

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