[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Where "Think Different" Is Taking Apple (Jane Black, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc2003085_3215_tc112.htm>
Rather than accept being a niche PC maker, Steve Jobs is transforming his baby into a high-end consumer-electronics and services company.

Picking Apple As A Server Solution (Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc2003085_7828_tc112.htm>
Some companies are finding that OS X and Xserve are a viable, sometimes cheaper, alternative to Windows-based networks. That could be a big help.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Metrowerks Announces CodeWarrior Development Studio 9.0 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/05/codewarrior>
New features in this release include the Metrowerks PowerPlant X C++ framework, which allows developers to write native Mac OS X code using Mac OS X supported features.

iPod (And Mac) Shortage In Ireland (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/20485>
"Australia has not had half the problems that we have had."

Tinderbox 2 Improves Weblog Tools (TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07292>
In addition to gaining an overall speed boost and interface polish, the new version includes the Tinderbox Weblog Assistant for setting up a personal weblog.

EA, Adobe, Apple Lift Index (Bloomberg)
<http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11271~1552709,00.html>

Back To Future For XPress 6.0 (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6690>
Public demand has prompted Quark to post a free XTension to provide XPress 6.0 users with similar image-editing functionality they enjoyed in pre-6.0 versions.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Why I Am Not Continuing My .Mac Subscription (TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=298>
I can pay less and get more 'technical' features at the same time using another service.

Sun, Apple, And J2ME, Oh My! (Bill Day, O'Reilly Network)
<http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/304>
It's in Apple's best interest to give developers access to the J2ME tools they want on Mac OS X, so that they'll use Macs for their development and for deploying the server portions of their mobile Java applications when the time comes.

Most Never Consider Macs (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#consider>
Apple's biggest problem is that the vast majority of potential customers rarely consider a Mac in the same breath as a PC. Not that Apple isn't doing some degree of promotion. But a cool ad for the iTunes Music Store or the iPod isn't necessarily going to change perceptions right away or ever.

Why I Have To Write About Apple (Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc2003085_7303_tc112.htm>
Innovation and influence -- rather than paltry market share -- are the true measures of this computer company.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Study Hall: School Supplies Beyond Pencils And Paper (Leo Timmins, ComputerUser.com)
<http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2208,4,44,1,0801,03.html>
Getting educated doesn't have to dreary -- not with new software to ease the pain.

Understanding Pageouts In Mac OS X 10.2.x (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030805080602809>
For a handful of users, various applications seem to skyrocket in their usage of available physical RAM for no apparent reason, resulting in an increased number of pageouts, and therefore overall system slow-down.

BuyMusic.com Vs. iTunes Music Store (James Kim, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3491640,00.html>
New, reliable BuyMusic.com offers hundreds of thousands of tracks, but coveted Windows market still up for grabs.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/tigerwoods2003.shtml>
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 doesn't revolutionize computer golf sims as I expected it would, but it at least sends them in the right direction.

Another Quantum Leap For Apple With Flawless Videoconferencing Tool (Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy05.html>
iChat AV isn't the first videoconferencing tool, but it's the first to flawlessly integrate multimedia into the chat model.

New Twist In Tale of Cube Upgrade (Mark Kellner, Washington Times)
<http://washingtontimes.com/technology/20030804-094152-7479r.htm>
My Cube is a larger, beefier machine, and we're not done yet.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Wi-Fi To Be Embedded In 95% Of Notebooks By 2005 (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/32182.html>
Market watcher In-Stat/MDR has added to the growing weight of research reports that claim there are going to be lots of notebook PCs with built-in WLAN adaptors over the coming years.

Linux Sweeping Unix Aside At Unilever (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7252_3-5060198.html>
Some have doubted whether Linux can grow up to fill the shoes of Unix, but at least one major customer has faith that it will: Unilever.

The Voice Of Experience (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59890,00.html>
Israel's technology industry is casting a covetous eye at the growing U.S. security market, arguing that its years of dealing with terrorism give it a leg up when it comes to developing effective counter-terrorism defenses.

2 Companies To Announce U.S. Clearance For Linux Security (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/technology/05BLUE.html>
In a step to help the Linux operating system gain popularity among government and corporate users,  IBM and SuSE Linux plan to announce today that they have security certification for Linux from the United States government, a first for the free system.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Winning Combini (Jim Frederick, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/cool_japan/711.html>
The rise of 7-Eleven is a welcome victory for corporate Japan.

What's Right With Japan (Jim Frederick, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/cool_japan/story.html>
Forget about salarymen, gridlocked politics and zombie corporations. Japan is transforming  itself into Asia's cultural dynamo -- and might be reinventing its economy in the process.

Slot Machines Cha-Ching No More (Daniel Terdiman, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59871,00.html>
Casinos love coinless slot machines: no dirty coins to count, fewer moving parts to maintain, up-to-the-second tallies. For gamblers, though, it's a different matter. Purists miss the lovely sound of quarters hitting the pan.

The Washington Post Lite (Jack Shafer, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2086597/>
If you find news radio too intellectually taxing or wish CNN would slow down its news ticker, the Washington Post Co. has just the thing for you.

NBC Hopes Short Movies Will Keep Viewers From Flipping (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/business/media/04ADCO.html>
NBC thinks it has come up with a new way to get people to sit through blocks of commercials: Break up the ads with minimovies.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Is Unionism Still Relevant Today? (Riana Ariffin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,203372,00.html?>
Let us forget about championing workers' rights as this had failed to save the many jobs of workers in today's Singapore, which is so dependent on the global economy.

SBS Transit Again Under Pressure For Transport Woes In Hougang Area (Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/46017/1/.html>
First Buangkok residents were lobbying the North-East Line operator to open their station, now Hougang residents are unhappy SBS has cut buses, forcing them to take the train.

Handphone War Coult Hurt All Three Telcos (Angela Tan, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/premiumstory/0,4574,89962,00.html?>
Customers stand to gain from cheaper services as rivals step up battle.

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