[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Aug 3, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Aug 3, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Now Fans Call The Tune (Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-boucher3aug03,0,1981969.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels>
In a music world in upheaval, iTunes, with its paid downloads of music, is the closest thing to an interim government in the lawless land created by Napster and its revolutionary ilk, and while its future is uncertain there is no denying that the real estate on Third Street in Santa Monica is a foothold in a brash new world.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Muzak To Our Ears (Nick McCabe-Lokos, Toronto Star)
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1059775810970&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630>
Forget about those bland cover tunes, there's a hip new indie sound in retailing.

That New White Magic (Nathalie Atkinson, National Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=1378CAFA-0509-4389-8B7E-4333915AF45A>
It's white, it's expensive and it's instantly habit forming.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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12-Inch PowerBook G4 (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14105-2003Aug2.html>

FileMaker Pro Endures On Mac (Chris White, Computerworld)
<http://idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/070A52D886605662CC256D74000F547F?opendocument>
Of all the software Apple has been involved with over the past 20 years, FileMaker Pro must stand out as one of its greatest successes.

Mac Daddy: Is The G5 A Must-Have For Apple Fans? (Brendan I. Koerner, Village Voice)
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0332/koerner.php>
If the G5 were a car, it'd be a souped-up Mustang with a tank of nitro in the back.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Millionaires Grapple With Wealth (Blaine Harden, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15231-2003Aug2.html>
In the high-tech boom of the 1990s, legions of geeks and their support staff wandered into wealth. An estimated 10,000 Microsoft employees became millionaires during the era of options.

Attack Bot Exploits Windows Flaw (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5059263.html>
Online vandals are using a program to compromise Windows servers and remotely control them through Internet relay chat (IRC) networks, system administrators said Saturday.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Markets (Doc Searls)
<http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/suitwatch/2003q3/000050.html>
There's a symbiosis between the supply and the demand sides of real markets. But we won't fully understand it as long as "market" continues to mean too many things it's not.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Newspaper Web Sites Struggle To Attract Younger Readers (Maria Trombly, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/business/1059602230.php>
Online editors who have managed to attract the elusive younger set make it sound so simple: Give them content they'll want to read and forums online where they can meet and discuss things that matter to them.

Wonders Aplenty At Siggraph (Michael Stroud, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59857,00.html>
The Mona Lisa picture has been projected onto screens millions of times. But it's safe to say it's never been projected like it is at this year's Siggraph: onto a fog bank.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Filmflam (Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2003/0727/currents.htm>
Going to the movies used to be fun. Nowadays it's work -- just to figure out what's happening onscreen.

The Photo Booth: A Portrait Studio Of One's Own (Vicky Goldberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/arts/design/03GOLD.html?8hpib>
It was Andy Warhol, a crucial figure in the art world's love affair with the vernacular, who saw the grander possibilities of the photo booth and turned it into a portrait studio that furnished him with models for his paintings.

Farewell, Beloved Bug Of My Heart (Thane Peterson, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2003/nf2003081_5656_db028.htm>
Now that the very last VW Beetle has rolled off the production line, I can't resist taking a quirky, air-cooled drive down Memory Lane.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore's Job Situation Should Improve Next Year: DPM Lee (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/45925/1/.html>
DPM Lee painted this brighter picture after what has been a difficult period for Singapore, with the economy taking a battering from SARS.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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KL May Take Legal Action On Land Reclamation (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,203111,00.html?>

Singapore Will Delay Arbitration: Mahathir (Leslie Lau, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,203079,00.html?>
Malaysian PM insists there will be no more water talks and denies that his government is trying to make big profits.

LTA To Let Market Decide Number Of Taxi Operators: Minister Yeo (Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/45955/1/.html>
The Land Transport Authority is leaving it to the market to decide on the number of taxi operators Singapore needs as this will allow commuters to benefit from increased competition in the taxi industry.

PM: Malaysia & Singapore In Good Relationship (Sinchew)
<http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=2&artid=200308020001>
"We are in good relationship, but we could not agree with each other on all the issues."

Economists Apologise For 'Sensationalistic' Singapore Job Figures (Associated Press)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/8/2/latest/13313Economists&sec=latest>
In a dispute pitting respected economists at a government-funded university against the government itself, two academics have apologized for publishing information that called Singapore's employment policies into question.

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